Jane Street is set to double its London office space after outgrowing its existing premises near Liverpool Street during a period of rapid growth for the specialist trading firm. The company has
by Mendaka Samarasinghe “Do you really believe Anura is running this show alone?” a senior business editor asked me recently over coffee in Cinnamon Gardens. “He’s got help—old help.” I didn’t have
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Astrology, once a deeply personal tradition rooted in temple visits and family rituals, is now booming in India’s digital economy — and venture capital is paying attention. As Bloomberg News reports, what
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by Durga Velayutham Spies are human beings too—though society treats them as disposable tools, useful only when convenient. They bleed, they age, they falter. Like anyone else, they navigate twenty-four hours burdened
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Meanwhile, conservative commentator Candace Owens is facing a 219-page defamation lawsuit filed by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron. The suit, lodged in Delaware earlier this week, accuses Owens
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On Thursday, a global outage of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service disrupted communications for Ukrainian forces, who depend heavily on the system for coordinating battlefield operations. The outage, which began around
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is facing mounting accusations of suppressing press freedom after the editor-in-chief of Ukrainska Pravda, the country’s most influential political news outlet, claimed the government has targeted the site
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A growing number of publicly traded companies are turning to alternative cryptocurrencies — including the Donald Trump-themed memecoin HYPE, litecoin, and Toncoin — in a high-stakes bid to inflate their share prices
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French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will officially recognize the State of Palestine at a United Nations conference this September, becoming the most influential European Union country to take this
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The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Friday declared the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte unconstitutional, bringing a sudden halt to one of the country’s most politically charged proceedings in
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The number of kindergartens in China has fallen by a staggering 25 percent over the past four years, reflecting the nation’s deepening demographic crisis and the severe impact of a collapsing birthrate
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The Cambodian government has accused Thailand of deploying cluster bombs and causing “serious damage” to the Preah Vihear Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site, amid escalating border clashes. Cambodian officials are now
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka’s judgment on the X-Press Pearl disaster marks a historic and sobering reflection on environmental accountability, institutional inertia, and the urgency of
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The 80th birthday celebration of former President of Sri Lanka, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga at the BMICH in Colombo provided not just a platform for well-wishers to honour
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United Nations human rights experts have welcomed the recent lifting of long-standing international sanctions on Syria by the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, marking a significant turning point after
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Sri Lankan citizens can now apply for an electronic visa (e-Visa) to Israel through a new online system launched by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The initiative, which came into effect
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