An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team has concluded discussions with Sri Lankan authorities on the country’s seventh review under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement and the 2026 Article IV Consultation,
Singapore — Sri Lanka’s fragile post-bankruptcy recovery demands bold leadership, institutional reform, and urgent economic diversification, according to insights shared during a high-level trade policy session in Singapore. The remarks came during
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British intelligence agencies reportedly spent over 20 years investigating a suspected Russian double agent embedded within MI6, only to close the case without finding concrete evidence. According to The Guardian, which cited
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At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while attempting to access food at Israeli-run humanitarian aid sites in Gaza over the past month, according to reporting by The Intercept.
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Conflict and instability are plunging 39 vulnerable economies deeper into poverty and hunger, posing a growing threat to global development efforts, according to a sweeping new report from the World Bank. The
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Chinese manufacturing activity contracted for the third consecutive month in June, underscoring the persistent challenges facing the world’s second-largest economy despite a temporary easing in trade tensions with the United States. According
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President Donald Trump announced that a group of “very wealthy people” is preparing to purchase the American operations of TikTok, as the social media giant faces a government-mandated divestiture aimed at separating
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Senior executives and board members at Nvidia have sold more than $1 billion worth of company stock over the past year, including a sharp uptick in trading this month, as reported by
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In a moment fraught with geopolitical tension, Iran now faces a choice eerily reminiscent of Israel’s own secret crossroads in 1967: whether to sprint toward a nuclear weapon as a final act
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In a laboratory just outside Cambridge, a groundbreaking “biological computer” is taking shape. Known as the CL1 device, it contains around 200,000 human brain cells grown in the lab and integrated onto
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Central bankers worldwide are raising alarms over the persistent threat of inflation resurgence, driven by lasting “scars” on households from the sharp price increases following the pandemic. According to a recent report
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The number of entry-level job vacancies in the UK has dropped sharply—falling by nearly a third—since the debut of the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT in November 2022, according to research from job
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When Alma Rosé, an Austrian violin virtuoso and niece of composer Gustav Mahler, was taken to a barracks at Auschwitz concentration camp known for brutal medical experiments, she feared death on the
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The court investigating Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on corruption charges has postponed his upcoming cross-examination due to ongoing hostage negotiations with Hamas, The Times UK reports. Netanyahu was scheduled to testify
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Sunil Handunnetti took a bad bath over the English language in China—an exhibition not merely of linguistic inadequacy, but of staggering delusion. His overconfidence in the face
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From bustling urban markets to small neighborhood shops, coins and banknotes have all but vanished from day-to-day transactions. The vast majority of Chinese consumers now rely on mobile payment platforms like WeChat
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