Sri Lanka has launched a centralised digital human resources management system for the public service as the government prepares to recruit more than 120,000 additional employees this year, according to Public Administration,
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A group of Donald Trump supporters living in Manhattan, many of whom are immigrants or belong to minority communities, say they have kept their political allegiance largely private out of concern for
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The Most Venerable Thibbutuwawe Sri Sumangala Maha Thero, Maha Nayaka of Sri Lanka’s Malwatta Chapter, has publicly criticized the group responsible for the country’s ongoing education reforms, saying they appear to lack
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Ronald Lauder, a billionaire scion of the Estée Lauder cosmetics empire and a fixture in Washington’s political and lobbying circles, has emerged as a key figure behind former President Donald Trump’s infamous
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During the height of the 1973 oil crisis, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Ahmed Zaki Yamani, issued a stark warning: if the United States attempted a military intervention to seize Saudi oil, the
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The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell, the central bank confirmed Sunday, Reuters and The Washington Post reported. The inquiry centers on Powell’s
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Alphabet (GOOGL.O) reached a $4 trillion market valuation on Monday, driven by investor confidence in its sharpened artificial intelligence strategy, Reuters reported. The milestone also marked the first time since 2019 that
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President Trump called for a one-year cap on credit card interest rates on Friday, without providing details on implementation. Financial analysts immediately noted that such a move would require congressional approval and
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The UK government has reportedly found a legal basis to authorize military operations against Russian shadow fleet vessels, which transport oil around the world to generate revenue for Moscow’s war effort, The
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A new study led by researchers at Imperial College London has found that same-sex sexual behaviour is a recurring feature of primate life, challenging the long-held notion that sex among animals is
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The Indian government has banned the bandhgala, a jacket introduced during British rule for senior railway staff, in a move that reflects Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing campaign to eliminate colonial influences
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The UK government and regulators have launched an international row over Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, hosted on his social media platform X, after users were able to manipulate images to strip
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Sri Lanka’s Divisional Secretaries and Assistant Divisional Secretaries Association, along with the Government Accounts Service Association, have formally appealed to the Secretary of Defense for urgent action to address housing reconstruction and
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