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China’s growing industrial strength is forcing Washington to confront realities that tariffs and political rhetoric cannot erase. Its dominance in shipbuilding, batteries, electric vehicles, solar manufacturing and critical minerals gives Beijing substantial
Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, has become one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in promoting rapid artificial-intelligence development, placing the head of the world’s most valuable company at the centre of a growing dispute over how the technology
Italy’s Senate has approved legislation paving the way for the country to return to nuclear power, nearly four decades after it abandoned the energy
Australia is investigating an incident in which an autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained access to a government-owned database and retrieved both
India’s aviation industry is projected to report a net loss in the range of Rs 20–30 billion ($233–350 million) in the financial year 2025–26 (FY26), according to a report released by credit
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In what could mark the beginning of a royal thaw, senior aides representing King Charles III and Prince Harry have held discreet talks in London — a significant move suggesting that reconciliation
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In one of the largest mass deportations in recent history, Iran has begun forcibly expelling millions of undocumented Afghan migrants, with over 1.1 million deported this year alone — half of them
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Silicon Valley has officially “lost its mind,” The Times UK reports, as startup and big-tech pay packages skyrocket amid the AI gold rush—mirroring the dot‑com mania of the late 1990s. In just
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The Joint Apparel Association Forum Sri Lanka (JAAF) has warned that the 30% reciprocal tariff recently imposed by the United States on Sri Lankan garment exports threatens to divert American buyers to
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies are pivoting away from traditional security anchors in Tel Aviv and Washington and turning toward pragmatic engagement with Tehran. The shift,
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The recent death of high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer Ivan Voronich in Kiev has shed new light on the extent of U.S. involvement in the Ukraine conflict, according to a report citing The
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The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), a Washington-based nonprofit that has tracked sightings of unidentified flying objects for decades, has reported a dramatic surge in reports during the first half of 2025.
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A former CIA analyst has sparked fresh controversy by publicly questioning the mental fitness of U.S. President Donald Trump, claiming his cognitive decline is compromising America’s ability to manage serious global crises.
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Despite its Hollywood-fueled reputation as a near-mythic intelligence force, Israel’s Mossad has seen a string of high-profile and embarrassing failures—many in countries considered allies. From botched assassinations and diplomatic scandals to espionage
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by Eric Congratulations are in order. Eric Meyer, a career diplomat with decades of global experience, has been nominated as the next United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka. This is no small
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo Cardinal Ranjith completed 50 years of his priesthood. This time, like in many other occasions, he shamelessly invited the nation’s principal political actors to sit beside
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Migrant boats washing ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa are no longer the fragile rubber dinghies that once symbolized the perilous Mediterranean crossing. In their place are sleek, fiberglass vessels powered
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India has broadened the use of a key financial instrument known as total return swaps (TRS) to include corporate bonds. This move, reported by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter, marks
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Tesla Inc. is set to formally enter the Indian market with the opening of its first showroom in Mumbai on Tuesday, as the electric vehicle (EV) giant ramps up efforts to counter
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