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
A US judge has dismissed criminal charges against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, while sharply criticising the Justice Department’s handling of its decision to abandon the high-profile fraud and bribery prosecution. Brooklyn-based US
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Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as negotiations between the United States and Iran over a peace deal and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz reached an impasse, adding to uncertainty across
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Former Mossad Director David Barnea has joined US defence technology company Ondas Inc. as Global President and Chairman of Ondas Defense Ltd., taking a senior role as the Nasdaq-listed group accelerates its
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Intel plans to raise $15 billion through a share sale, using a surge in its stock price to help finance the costly expansion of its chip contract manufacturing business as the company
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Nvidia is partnering with six major financial institutions to launch financing platforms aimed at raising more than $500 billion in third-party capital for artificial intelligence infrastructure, in a move that underscores the
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US President Donald Trump reportedly travelled secretly aboard a US military aircraft from Turkey to Britain last month after what US media described as a credible assassination threat from Iran, rather than
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Vietnam has begun construction of what it describes as the country’s largest and most advanced domestically made anti-submarine frigate, marking a significant step in its effort to expand national defence manufacturing and
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North Korea is seeking to attract Russian holidaymakers to its newly built Wonsan-Kalma coastal resort, but the number of visitors remains small, offering a glimpse into an ambitious tourism project where foreign
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Beijing is preparing for an intense spell of rainfall expected to deliver more than one-third of the Chinese capital’s average annual precipitation within 24 hours, as moisture from Typhoon Dolphin converges with
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New Delhi’s decision to assign official names to 27 locations in Arunachal Pradesh has brought a long-standing territorial dispute with China back into sharp focus, coming just a day after officials from
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For historian Wang Gungwu, the rivalry between the United States and China cannot be understood without looking backwards. At 95, the internationally recognised authority on Chinese history remains convinced that the past
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The already volatile strategic triangle linking China, India and Pakistan has acquired another layer of complexity after Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed a new defensive alliance in Mecca. The agreement, which
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Allegations portraying former intelligence director Major General Suresh Sallay as a conspirator or even a mastermind behind Sri Lanka’s 2019 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks are facing a
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has rejected reports that it could enter into a political accommodation with the government led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, with senior
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The artificial intelligence revolution may represent a more profound transformation than the industrial revolution because, according to Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari, it is not merely producing new tools but creating new
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