The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The Indian rupee is expected to hold above the 96-per-dollar mark when trading opens on Tuesday, with sustained intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and a decline in global oil
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Asian stock markets fell sharply on Tuesday, led by heavy losses in semiconductor shares, as investors grew increasingly concerned about the enormous funding requirements of the artificial intelligence boom. At the same
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A former JPMorgan Chase banker has expanded his lawsuit against the United States’ largest bank, filing an amended complaint that adds new defendants and fresh allegations of racial discrimination, sexual coercion and
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A symposium in Shanghai has revisited the celebrated eight-hour meeting between Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and Chinese literary pioneer Lu Xun in 1933, using historical reenactments, scholarly discussion and cultural exchange
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo As the clock counts down towards the scheduled expiry of South Asia Gateway Terminals’ (SAGT) 30-year concession in 2029, an unexpected development has reignited debate over the
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A significant ruling by the Civil Appellate High Court of the Western Province, sitting in Colombo, has established an important judicial precedent in Sri Lanka’s property sector by ordering a developer to
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Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo resigned on Monday, citing personal reasons that were not publicly disclosed, setting in motion the formal legal process to appoint a new head of Indonesia’s central bank.
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The appearance of Shahed-136-type kamikaze drones over northern Mali marks a significant development in a conflict that has evolved steadily since rebellion first erupted in the country’s north in 2012. A detailed
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Editorial Public trust is not strengthened by triumphal announcements; it is earned through evidence, transparency, and accountability. That is why the recent attempts by Sri Lankan officials to portray the United States’
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Blackstone, KKR and Brookfield have agreed a $16 billion deal to acquire a stake in Kuwait’s national oil pipelines network, marking the largest foreign investment in the Gulf state’s history and providing
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Japan has embarked on the most significant restructuring of its intelligence and national security system since the end of World War II, approving the creation of a central intelligence agency designed to
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Powerful wildfires intensified across France and Spain on Saturday, forcing authorities to expand evacuation orders affecting more than 300,000 people as emergency services struggled to contain rapidly spreading blazes driven by strong
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A U.S. federal appeals court on Saturday ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot implement major parts of an executive order aimed at tightening mail-in voting procedures in 23 states, leaving in
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Russia is seeking to bring an additional 30,000 North Korean troops into its war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed, describing the reported move as a significant expansion of Pyongyang’s involvement
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Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to consider freezing the war in Ukraine and returning to a revised version of the 2022 Istanbul peace negotiations, making a rare
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