Editorial Lal Wijenayake’s death removes a voice from the National People’s Power and Sri Lanka’s public life. His significance lies not in the offices he held, but in his refusal to let
Apple users have a new reason to rejoice—and perhaps breathe a sigh of relief the next time they’re stuck on hold. At its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple revealed “Hold Assist,”
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NATO fighter jets were scrambled over Poland early Monday in response to a massive Russian aerial assault on Ukraine, marking one of the most intense cross-border alert operations in recent months. The
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Errol Musk, the father of tech billionaire Elon Musk, has ignited controversy after publicly praising Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “very stable and pleasant man” during a high-profile appearance at a
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The head of the Panama Canal Authority has voiced serious concerns that a $23 billion global ports transaction involving Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison could threaten the long-held neutrality of the strategic waterway.
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Huawei’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, has publicly dismissed claims that his company is closing the technology gap with the U.S., saying its AI chips still trail behind American rivals — a comment seen
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The European Union is accelerating efforts to take greater control of its cybersecurity capabilities, following a recent funding scare in the United States that exposed Europe’s dependence on American-led digital security systems.
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Central Huijin, the state-owned investment arm of China’s sovereign wealth fund, has emerged as a dominant force in the country’s financial markets, following an unprecedented surge in interventions aimed at supporting the
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by Luxman Aravind History may one day record that while Western democracies stagnated in performative dysfunction, a once-impoverished civilisation, under the stewardship of Xi Jinping and the CPC, executed the most expansive
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Multiple explosions and a raging fire broke out aboard a Singapore-flagged cargo vessel en route to Mumbai on Monday, resulting in 40 containers plunging into the Arabian Sea and prompting a harrowing
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Editorial This is not a mere administrative blunder or isolated misdeed. The recent exposé revealing that Anuradhapura Prison officials, under the facade of presidential clemency, deliberately released dangerous felons with forged documents,
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An explosion rocked a storage facility at the US Kadena Air Base in Okinawa on Monday, injuring at least four individuals, according to Japanese media and defense officials. The blast occurred around
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A former prisoner and alleged criminal, Yasser Abu Shabab, has emerged as a controversial figure in Israel’s covert strategy to destabilise Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip, The Times UK has reported.
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Speculation is mounting over the future leadership of Chechnya, as Ramzan Kadyrov, the region’s long-time strongman and close ally of President Vladimir Putin, reportedly considers handing power to his teenage son, Adam
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China’s economy continues to grapple with deflationary pressure as both consumer and producer prices declined in May, intensifying the challenge for Beijing as it seeks to stimulate domestic demand and navigate ongoing
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Coal India, the world’s largest coal-producing company, is intensifying efforts to meet the country’s growing energy demands by reopening more than 30 defunct mines and launching up to five new ones on
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