Sri Lanka’s new Chinese Ambassador, Wei Huaxiang, met VIII Executive President Ranil Wickremesinghe at his political office on Flower Road in Colombo, in an engagement between China’s new diplomatic representative and the
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Around 30 prisoners convicted of serious offences in Sweden are preparing to serve their sentences in Estonia, hundreds of kilometres from where they were tried. They will form the first group transferred
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The European Union and China have marked October as a crucial point in their trade relationship. Negotiations are under way, and Brussels wants to see “tangible results” by then to begin addressing
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The departure of hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers following last year’s border conflict has exposed how heavily parts of Thailand’s economy depend on migrant labour from neighbouring countries. Industries ranging from
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Africa is emerging as an important testing ground for China’s effort to expand the international role of the yuan and reduce dependence on the US dollar. An increasing number of African financial
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan, North Korea’s state news
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India has opened a tax amnesty scheme allowing small taxpayers to declare certain previously undisclosed foreign income and assets, giving eligible individuals until December 31 to come forward under a one-time disclosure
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Luna al-Shibl rose from television presenter to one of Bashar al-Assad’s most powerful advisers, but her sudden death in 2024 exposed the dangers of proximity to a regime whose inner workings she
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The death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday has intensified questions about proportionality, race and journalistic responsibility after weeks of relentless coverage over allegations concerning his academic record and the wider story of
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Afghanistan’s expanding CCTV network is giving the Taliban new power to monitor public life, while women, activists and political opponents describe a growing climate of fear five years after the fall of
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China’s first national rules governing emotionally engaging AI seek to prevent chatbots from replacing human relationships, as millions of users increasingly turn to artificial companions for intimacy, reassurance and companionship. For Yuan
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Note From the Editorial Team Nineteen years ago today, on 16 August 2007, we began. Nineteen years after we began during Sri Lanka’s civil war, governments have changed, crises have multiplied and
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