Sri Lanka’s Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has accused the government and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake of undermining democratic institutions, saying the country is being pushed from democracy towards dictatorship. Addressing Parliament on
Coffee futures soared on Thursday following a dramatic tariff threat by former US President Donald Trump against Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, according to a report by the Financial Times. Trump
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Dutch pension funds are preparing to sell approximately €125 billion of long-dated European government bonds over the coming years as they transition to a new retirement system, according to the Financial Times.
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Moët Hennessy, the €6 billion drinks division of luxury giant LVMH, is embroiled in a high-profile sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and unfair dismissal lawsuit that former employees say reveals deeper cultural issues
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A motion of censure against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her Commission was decisively defeated in the European Parliament on Thursday. The no-confidence vote saw 175 Members of the
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Linda Yaccarino, the chief executive of X (formerly Twitter), has announced her resignation, stepping down just two years after being appointed by Elon Musk to lead the platform’s transformation. In a statement
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Nvidia has become the first publicly listed company to reach a market capitalization of $4 trillion, reflecting the rapid acceleration of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom that the company has helped to
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As India prepares for its first census in over a decade — and its first in the era of drone technology — officials face one of the most daunting challenges of all:
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The European Union has voted to remove the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Gibraltar from its “grey list” of countries with inadequate money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CFT) controls. The decision, passed
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Apple has announced the promotion of longtime executive Sabih Khan to Chief Operating Officer, placing him in charge of the iPhone maker’s vast and complex global supply chain at a time of
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Singapore’s state investment firm Temasek Holdings has adopted a more cautious stance toward Europe, citing rising global trade tensions and tightening financial conditions just a year after launching its much-celebrated Paris office
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The White House has delivered a stern ultimatum to Sri Lanka, announcing a 30% tariff on all Sri Lankan imports effective August 1, 2025. This dramatic escalation marks a critical turning point
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At least four seafarers have died and two others sustained serious injuries following a series of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi militants on the Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Eternity C, which ultimately sank in
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Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala revealed in Parliament today that the Indian-owned Taj Samudra Hotel had alerted the State Intelligence Service (SIS) via email, just minutes after suicide bomber Abdul Latheef Mohamed
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Editorial Have you wasted your precious time listening to these social media dudes and dudettes? Those glorified keyboard crusaders, camouflaged in filtered virtue, wielding microphones and ring lights as if they were
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The cost of insuring commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea has skyrocketed following a sharp escalation in attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants, threatening further disruption to global trade flows. According to
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