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
Indonesia has rolled out a $1.5 billion stimulus package aimed at bolstering consumer spending and sustaining economic growth, as Southeast Asia’s largest economy faces mounting pressure from weakening commodity prices, tepid trade,
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The economic shockwaves from U.S. President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war are presenting an even more difficult challenge for emerging markets than the Covid-19 crisis did five years ago, according to a
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Boeing has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) that could allow the aerospace giant to avoid criminal prosecution for defrauding aviation regulators over the safety of its 737
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Former President Donald Trump’s signature tax legislation—championed as a cornerstone of his second-term economic agenda—will add $2.4 trillion to the federal deficit by 2034, according to a report released Wednesday by the
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The European Union is pressuring China to ease new restrictions on rare earth exports, warning that the bloc’s automotive industry faces an “alarming” supply crisis that could lead to factory shutdowns across
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U.S. private equity powerhouse Apollo Global Management has announced plans to invest up to $100 billion in Germany over the next decade, marking a significant endorsement of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s ambitious efforts
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Delegates at a United Nations meeting hosted by UNESCO in Paris have released the world’s first global recommendations aimed at safeguarding mental privacy and user rights in brain-interface technologies. The guidelines emerge
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In the sugarcane fields of El Salvador, men like Oscar rise before dawn to swing machetes under an unforgiving sun. For decades, this brutal labour has quietly claimed lives, not with accidents
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In Jakarta’s Jatinegara market, cages are stacked three metres high, holding bats, raccoon dogs, monkeys, and birds — all crammed together and sold as pets or food. The air is thick with
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The high seas — vast, unclaimed expanses of international waters covering 43% of Earth’s surface — are the largest remaining wilderness on the planet, yet they are being pushed to the brink
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A Chinese-led international team has identified a new super-Earth located within the habitable zone of a sun-like star, marking a significant step forward in the search for extraterrestrial life. The planet, designated
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China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) has issued a stark warning to the public and key institutions about an alarming rise in cyber espionage attacks targeting government agencies, research institutions, and critical
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Huawei Technologies has unveiled a major advancement in artificial intelligence training, claiming it has surpassed leading industry approaches—such as those by DeepSeek—with a novel architecture optimized for its self-developed Ascend chips. The
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Chinese state media has publicly revealed key specifications of one of the country’s earliest intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), the DF-5, sparking speculation among analysts that the disclosure may hint at even more
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Europe is facing an escalating threat from some of the world’s most dangerous drug cartels, with Latin American criminal syndicates, particularly Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, now embedding themselves across the continent. A
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