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
Sometimes political reality can resemble a badly scripted Hollywood film. On 8 July, after the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump appeared to leave Turkey in the customary manner, boarding
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More than four years after Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilians on both sides are paying an increasingly heavy price as the war shifts further towards long-range strikes and attacks deep behind
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By publicly documenting her decision to freeze her eggs, the US congresswoman has transformed an intensely private medical choice into a wider debate over reproductive autonomy, women’s careers and the political struggle
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August 13, 2026, marks the 100th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth, recalling the Cuban revolutionary leader who governed the Caribbean nation for nearly five decades and became one of the most prominent
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has in recent months urged key artificial intelligence staff to focus intensely on the company’s Gemini model as parent company Alphabet seeks to close a widening gap with
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Elon Musk’s ambitious plan to build what he describes as the largest building on Earth is facing growing concern from residents in Grimes County, Texas, where his Terafab semiconductor facility is already
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China is beginning to tackle a long-running problem threatening parts of its commercial property market: the expiry of land leases underpinning office towers, shopping malls and warehouses across the country. The issue
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India’s Tamil Nadu state is set to sign investment agreements worth about 150.5 billion rupees ($1.58 billion) for more than a dozen new projects by overseas companies, according to a government source,
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Meta said on Thursday it had removed more than 750,000 accounts it suspected were operated by Australians under the age of 16 since the country introduced a world-first ban on social media
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Indonesia’s Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has accused two tax officers of accepting bribes from listed pulp producer Toba Pulp Lestari in connection with alleged under-invoicing that prosecutors estimate caused state losses of
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by Durga Velayudham A marriage certificate is not merely a piece of paper recording a private relationship. In a legal system founded upon registration, it is an official record created through a
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As tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco towards Spain’s enclave of Ceuta in a single day, the question of what borders are actually for returned with renewed force. For philosopher
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North Korea may be preparing to send another large contingent of troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, raising concerns not only about the immediate battlefield consequences but also about
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The United States is intensifying its campaign against the Cuban government, with the Central Intelligence Agency establishing a targeted task force to gather intelligence, monitor financial activity linked to the Cuban political
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For decades, resource-rich African nations operated within a familiar economic model: foreign companies extracted minerals, loaded raw ore onto ships and exported it overseas, leaving producer countries with relatively limited gains from
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