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
Jonathan did not want to leave Israel. When his wife first suggested moving abroad, he resisted. But after years of war, political turmoil, economic pressure and social tension, the Tel Aviv real-estate
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Spanish investigators are examining an alleged money-laundering network used to conceal the proceeds of a major cocaine trafficking operation centred on the port of Valencia, with suspected funds traced through property companies,
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Leading US artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic are cutting the prices of some of their models as they compete to retain cost-conscious customers increasingly turning to cheaper alternatives from Chinese rivals.
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The US Navy’s aircraft carriers have come under renewed scrutiny following complaints about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East for almost seven months without
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UN experts have warned States against normalising Taliban rule in Afghanistan, saying five years of increasingly entrenched restrictions have demonstrated the need for greater international accountability rather than accommodation of the de
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, has warned that a new Russian law imposing sweeping restrictions on Russians living abroad represents an
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At a newly built factory in southwestern Japan, a robot makes a mistake — and then corrects it. At Yaskawa Electric’s new 20 billion yen ($126 million) factory building in Kitakyushu, one
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Nearly 80 years after the dissolution of British India produced the independent states of India and Pakistan, public opinion in both countries continues to be shaped by deep mutual distrust. A new
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s Government has rejected what it described as attempts by foreign countries to pressure Colombo over the holding of long-delayed Provincial Council elections, as a senior
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s Government is set to present the 22nd Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament on August 18, proposing to extend the retirement age of judges of the
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Hong Kong is approaching a potentially important stage in the evolution of its role as a global financial hub, with policymakers and market participants calling for a broader range of financial products,
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UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, has expressed serious concern over what she described as a troubling pattern in Israeli family courts and
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India’s largest conglomerate is entering a potentially decisive period of transition. Tata Sons, the holding company behind businesses spanning steel, power, aviation, automobiles and technology, is preparing for a change at the
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The extraordinary wealth being created by artificial intelligence is already reshaping an industry far removed from the laboratories where the technology is developed. Wealth managers are cutting fees, recruiting advisers and redesigning
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For years, the secrecy surrounding Xi Jinping’s campaign against corruption has provided fertile ground for political gossip in China. Now that speculation is taking a more organised and commercial form, with underground
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