South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of violating a confidential agreement by publicly disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea,
by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s government debt climbed sharply in the first half of 2025, raising concerns over fiscal stability and economic sustainability. According to the Weekly Economic Indicators Report
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Petrobras, Brazil’s majority state-owned oil company, has received permission to drill an exploratory well 100 miles offshore from the ancestral lands of the Karipuna people in Amapa state, a move that has
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed on Saturday that he had apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump following a political advertisement that targeted American audiences and drew sharp criticism from the former
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Asia-Pacific leaders concluded the annual APEC summit in South Korea on Saturday with a joint declaration emphasizing the need for resilient and mutually beneficial trade, amid mounting fractures in the global trading
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More than ten years after jihadi forces stormed the fabled city of Timbuktu, banning music, dancing and imposing sharia law, Mali is once again teetering on the edge of collapse. Fighters affiliated
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Egypt is set to make history this weekend with the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), a vast cultural landmark on the Giza plateau that has been two decades in
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Canada is spearheading a major push to strengthen its position in the global critical minerals market, announcing C$1.4 billion ($1 billion) in new investments and partnerships aimed at securing key materials for
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Adani Enterprises Ltd., the flagship firm of Gautam Adani’s sprawling port-to-power conglomerate, is preparing to raise as much as 250 billion rupees ($2.8 billion) through a rights issue, according to people familiar
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China is set to remove a decades-old tax incentive for gold buyers, a policy shift that could increase costs for consumers in one of the world’s largest bullion markets. Starting November 1,
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NASA has dismissed a recent claim by reality star Kim Kardashian suggesting that the 1969 moon landing was faked. During an episode of the television series The Kardashians, Kardashian told actress Sarah
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The Republic of Maldives has taken a bold and unprecedented step in global tobacco control, becoming the first nation in the world to implement a generational ban on tobacco. Effective from November
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on excerpts adapted from an interview with Professor Jiang Xueqin conducted by Cyrus Janssen. “I see geopolitics as a game among different players,” Professor Jiang
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Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has launched an anti-corruption drive targeting former rebel loyalists and even members of his own family, as he struggles to transition from insurgency leader to head of a
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by Durga Velayudham Wow… simply wow. What an amazing gentleman, Mr Andrew, the former Duke of York, erstwhile Prince, occasional newsmaker, and now, apparently, full-time symbol of monarchical awkwardness. Let us not rush
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Scientific institutions in China and Japan have announced a collaboration to enhance typhoon observation and research, as warming global temperatures threaten to make the powerful storms more destructive. The initiative will enable
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