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,
With the UN Ocean Conference set to take place next month in Nice, France, world leaders are being called upon to seize a rare and urgent opportunity to accelerate progress on ocean
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A lively debate is sweeping across the global scientific community: Are truly groundbreaking discoveries becoming harder to achieve? A provocative paper, published in Nature, has reignited concerns that modern research is producing
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Hungary has announced the identification of two additional Ukrainian spies, escalating the ongoing espionage conflict between the two countries. Mate Kocsis, head of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz parliamentary faction, revealed that Roland Tseber,
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As questions mount over President Joe Biden’s cognitive sharpness and decision-making, speculation continues to swirl about who truly wielded power inside the West Wing. While figures like First Lady Jill Biden and
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Leonardo da Vinci, the famous artist and inventor from the Renaissance era, is known for masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, as well as his sketches of flying machines
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Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien, a 26-year-old Vietnamese beauty queen and social media star, has been arrested in connection with a misleading health product she promoted online. The product, called Kera Supergreens, was
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Israel may be getting ready to launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to reports from American intelligence. This comes even as the US continues to negotiate a new nuclear
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OpenAI is set to acquire io Products, the hardware start-up founded by former Apple design legend Jony Ive, in a deal valued at approximately $6.5 billion, according to sources cited by the
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French energy giant TotalEnergies is preparing to resume work on its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) megaproject in northern Mozambique, four years after suspending operations due to a deadly insurgent attack
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HSBC UK has issued a warning to its employees that failure to meet in-office attendance requirements could lead to reduced bonuses, as the bank tightens its stance on remote working. The move,
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Bitcoin surged to a new record high of $109,481 on Thursday, fueled by growing optimism that U.S. lawmakers are on the brink of finalizing long-awaited regulations for digital assets, according to a
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Former FBI director James Comey has once again found himself at the centre of a political storm, this time over a beachside Instagram post that triggered intense backlash from Donald Trump’s supporters
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A high-stakes diplomatic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took a contentious turn Wednesday, as Trump publicly rejected Ramaphosa’s insistence that there is no genocide against
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A second mass grave site linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been uncovered in western Mexico, again with the help of relatives of the country’s more than 120,000 missing
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A single unremarkable tower in southern China has become a global symbol of the illicit smartphone trade, as a Financial Times investigation uncovers how stolen iPhones from Western cities like London and
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