Donald Trump faces a potentially damaging electoral defeat as Americans prepare to vote in midterm elections, with economic dissatisfaction, allegations of corruption and growing opposition to his foreign policy threatening Republican control
Asian markets rallied sharply on Monday, driven by a decisive election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that raised expectations of aggressive reflationary policies, alongside relief over a last-minute rebound in
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Indian refiners are steering clear of new purchases of Russian oil for delivery in April and are expected to remain cautious for longer, according to refining and trade sources, a move that
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Hong Kong’s most prominent media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in prison on national security charges, bringing to a close the city’s most high-profile
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Taiwan has pushed back firmly against calls from Washington to move a large share of its semiconductor production to the United States, with the island’s top tariff negotiator saying it would be
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A local government body in northern Sri Lanka has unanimously approved a proposal to fully renovate the former home of Velupillai Prabhakaran, the late leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,
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More than two months after the “Ditwa” cyclone swept through Sri Lanka, a tragedy in the hill country village of Nawaneliya in Galaha, Deltota has exposed what residents describe as a grave
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Thailand’s ruling Bhumjaithai Party declared victory on Sunday night in the country’s lower house election, as vote counting neared completion and projections showed a wide gap between the conservative-led government and its
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Japan’s political landscape shifted decisively on Sunday as projections from public broadcaster NHK showed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party surging toward a historic landslide in the Lower House election, consolidating
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China had 602 million users of generative artificial intelligence (AI) by December 2025, a 141.7 percent increase from the previous year, according to the 57th Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development released
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Two studies published in Nature Health on 6 February reveal that cheap, readily available AI chatbots, or large language models (LLMs), can enhance clinical decision-making and even outperform trained doctors in controlled,
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More than four years after the MV X-Press Pearl caught fire and sank off Sri Lanka’s western coast, the country is still struggling to turn a historic court ruling into tangible compensation.
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Sri Lanka’s long-term coal supply agreement with Trident Chemphar Ltd. will remain in force after the third shipment of coal reportedly cleared required quality standards, easing immediate concerns over supply disruptions, according
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India is set to secure zero-duty access for goods worth around $44 billion under the first phase of a new bilateral trade agreement with the United States, marking a significant expansion of
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President Javier Milei has launched his most confrontational bid yet to reshape Argentina’s economy, pushing a sweeping labour reform bill that has brought him into direct conflict with the country’s powerful trade
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The chairman and chief executive of Dubai-based logistics giant DP World maintained a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and exchanged emails containing explicit references to sexual encounters, according to documents released by
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