Sri Lankan social activist Arun Siddharth has criticised Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan over her public expression of pride in being a “Tamil Eelam woman”, arguing that celebrating the idea of Tamil Eelam
Samsung’s landmark $16.5 billion chipmaking deal with Tesla is emerging as a pivotal moment for the South Korean tech conglomerate, testing both its technical capabilities and its willingness to undergo a deep
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A devastating massacre at a Catholic church in eastern Congo has left at least 43 people dead, including nine children, after masked assailants affiliated with the Islamic State-linked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
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In a landmark discovery that reshapes our understanding of life in Earth’s most extreme environments, a team of international scientists has documented flourishing chemosynthesis-based ecosystems at record-breaking ocean depths. This comprehensive study,
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Professor Arjuna Parakrama has issued a sharp and deeply critical response to the education reforms proposed by Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, calling them hollow, unoriginal, and dangerously
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Germany’s finance minister Lars Klingbeil has sounded the alarm over a €170bn budget gap that he warned poses a “massive challenge” to the country’s ruling coalition, even as Europe’s largest economy moves
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Wall Street is growing increasingly impatient with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s secretive push into advanced artificial intelligence, as he pours billions into a mysterious new “superintelligence lab” while offering enormous incentives to
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In a landmark ruling hailed as a critical moment in Ukraine’s fight against corruption, England’s High Court has ordered former oligarchs Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov to hand over nearly $2bn in
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HSBC has reported a sharper-than-expected fall in profits, weighed down by multi-billion-dollar charges linked to its Chinese operations. According to Times UK, Europe’s largest bank saw its pre-tax profits tumble by 26.7%
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China’s top leadership has pledged to strengthen macroeconomic policy support in the second half of the year as the country grapples with a complex mix of domestic challenges and global uncertainties. Following
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The United States has canceled a planned meeting with Taiwan’s defence minister, Wellington Koo, deepening anxieties in Taipei over Washington’s commitment to supporting the island amid rising tensions with China. The meeting,
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The US economy expanded at an annualized rate of 3% in the second quarter, marking a strong rebound following a contraction in the first quarter. This growth outpaced economists’ forecasts, which had
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The Maldives has officially been removed from Sri Lanka’s “country of security concern” (CSC) list, marking a pivotal moment in bilateral relations between the two island nations.
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Editorial In Sri Lanka’s socio-economic corpus, there festers a malignant industry—one whose roots burrow deeper than commerce and whose consequences are far more sinister than mere consumer discontent. It is not agriculture,
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Researchers have found that merely seeing someone who appears sick can activate the body’s immune system, as if preparing for infection. The study, published on July 28 in Nature Neuroscience, reveals how
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In a remarkable leap, materials chemist Nan Liu jumped from a postdoctoral post in the United States to a full professorship in China — armed with a 4 million yuan (US$560,000) research
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