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
President Donald Trump has ordered that all foreign students applying to U.S. colleges and universities will be subject to social media vetting before being granted visas. The move, revealed in a leaked
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SpaceX’s ambitious Starship program faced another major hurdle on Tuesday as its latest test flight ended in failure, with the rocket unable to deploy its satellite payload before partially exploding during re-entry
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Global consulting giant McKinsey & Company has reduced its workforce by more than 10% over the past 18 months, marking one of the most significant staff reductions in its nearly century-long history.
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Nvidia’s supply chain partners have resolved a series of technical issues that had delayed the rollout of the company’s next-generation “Blackwell” AI servers, marking a major boost to the chipmaker’s efforts to
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The United States government will not renew Chevron’s license to operate in Venezuela, signaling a sharp shift in Washington’s posture toward President Nicolás Maduro’s regime. The decision, reported by the Financial Times,
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Private equity giants TPG and Blackstone have made a bold attempt to take US-listed medical technology company Hologic private, offering more than $16 billion in a deal that would rank among the
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Greenland has warned that it may turn to China for investment in its mining sector if the United States and European Union fail to step up, according to comments made by the
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A quiet revolution is unfolding in Europe’s industrial sector, as some of the continent’s oldest electrical equipment makers see explosive market value growth—fuelled not by legacy manufacturing, but by the AI data
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Toyota is taking a major step into the high-stakes automotive software arena with the launch of its in-house operating system, Arene, which will debut in the next-generation RAV4 sport utility vehicle by
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Li Zhenguo, the billionaire founder of Chinese solar powerhouse Longi Green Energy, has stepped back from day-to-day management of the company he built into one of the world’s leading photovoltaic giants. The
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Zijin Mining Group, China’s largest gold producer, is venturing into the precious metals “streaming” business through its asset management arm, in a strategic bid to lock in future bullion supplies amid soaring
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Chinese scientists have announced a major advancement in submarine stealth technology that could significantly improve the acoustic concealment of underwater vessels during covert operations. A research team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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India is on the cusp of a historic economic milestone, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projecting that it will surpass Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy in the 2025–26 financial
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Volvo Cars is cutting around 3,000 office jobs — roughly 15% of its white-collar workforce — in a sweeping $1.9 billion restructuring effort, as falling electric vehicle (EV) demand and geopolitical pressures
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The era of Japanese children being named Pikachu, Pudding, or even Prince may be drawing to a close, as new regulations designed to curb eccentric naming practices take effect this week. The
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