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,
North Korea has successfully launched its second new Choe Hyon-class destroyer, marking a significant milestone in the regime’s ongoing naval expansion. State media reported that the launch proceeded without incident, a stark
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by Our Correspondent in Doha An Israeli military strike on Tehran has claimed the lives of at least six senior Iranian nuclear scientists, along with several top-ranking military commanders, according to initial
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Mossad agents established covert bases within Iran and launched a surprise strike on strategic Iranian military targets, according to Israeli security sources cited by Israeli media outlet
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On June 11, the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka and the Maldives hosted a reception to mark Russia’s National Day, celebrated annually on June 12. The event brought together a distinguished gathering
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Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin declared Friday that “war has begun,” asserting that Israel has launched targeted strikes on Iran, including nuclear facilities. According to Dugin, Iranian Chief of General Staff Mohammad Bagheri
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Argentina’s monthly inflation has dropped below 2% for the first time in five years, a milestone victory for President Javier Milei in his campaign to tame the country’s long-standing inflation crisis. According
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British goods exports to the United States suffered their sharpest monthly fall on record in April, tumbling by £2 billion from the previous month to just £4 billion, according to figures released
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It is now beyond doubt: General He Weidong, once one of China’s most powerful military figures, has been purged. As reported by Nikkei, the general’s disappearance from public life in March was
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Oil prices surged dramatically on Friday, posting their biggest single-day gain in over three years, after Israeli air strikes targeted Iranian nuclear facilities — a development that threatens to destabilize one of
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Leading scientists from around the world have launched an urgent international campaign to halt the creation of synthetic “mirror life” — a form of engineered bacteria that experts fear could pose a
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China’s electric vehicle (EV) sector is teetering on a financial knife-edge, as a deepening price war triggers liquidity shortfalls and mounting pressure on automakers’ balance sheets. An investigation by the Financial Times
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South Korea’s recently elected left-leaning president Lee Jae-myung has taken his first major step toward resetting inter-Korean relations by ordering an end to provocative loudspeaker broadcasts along the heavily militarized border. The
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Iran has launched a wave of Shahed-136 drones toward Israel in direct retaliation for a series of Israeli airstrikes earlier today that reportedly killed several senior Iranian
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In a remarkable scientific advancement published in Nature, researchers have developed a brain–computer interface (BCI) that enables a man with a severe speech disability to speak expressively and even sing — using
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A groundbreaking study published in Neuron on June 5 reveals how the brain tells the difference between real and imagined images — a cognitive skill most of us take for granted but
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