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
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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In an abrupt and devastating move, Next Manufacturing Pvt Ltd, a major garment exporter in the Katunayake Free Trade Zone, shut down its operations overnight on May 19th, 2025—without any prior notice—leaving
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The promotion of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah yesterday, 20 May 2025—the first such elevation since Muhammad Ayub Khan in 1959—revives a fraught chapter in
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Exclusive by Our Correspondent in Washington DC The United States has formally pressured Sri Lanka to immediately halt some of the most significant defence-related dealings with Russian entities, citing serious risks of
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by Durga “Does Donald Trump like hugs?”“What’s his favourite McDonald’s order?”“If the President had a superpower, what would it be?” These might seem like questions better suited to a school playground than
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The United States has officially completed the first production unit of its newest nuclear gravity bomb, the B61-13, nearly a year ahead of schedule, according to a statement released today by the
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