Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has approved the award of a major aviation fuel infrastructure contract to China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Company Limited, covering the construction of facilities to transport aviation fuel from Muthurajawela
Senior tax officials in the United States are warning of a significant drop in federal tax revenue this spring, with projections indicating a reduction of more than 10 percent in the amount
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former Tamil militant leaders Karuna Amman (Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan) and Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan) have set aside their past differences and reached an agreement to contest together in the
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AstraZeneca, Britain’s largest pharmaceutical company, has announced a significant $2.5 billion investment in China, signaling the company’s ongoing commitment to the region despite a series of high-profile investigations by Chinese authorities. The
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Southeast Asian markets are experiencing heightened volatility as investors increasingly redirect their funds toward China, raising concerns about the region’s largest economies, Indonesia and Thailand. Both countries have seen significant foreign equity
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The United States has banned former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from entering the country due to her involvement in what US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called “significant corruption.” This
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Turkey’s central bank has spent a record $12 billion defending the lira, after the detention of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, sent shockwaves through
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Abu Dhabi is aiming to turn one of its most unique and valuable resources—its citizens’ genetic information—into a highly profitable and transformative business. With the backing of Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan,
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by Our Special Correspondent A controversial post published on QQ, a popular instant messaging platform in China, has generated significant attention after a Chinese blogger suggested military retaliation against Niger following the
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Editorial Note: The following excerpts are based on an interview with Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, conducted by Adam M. Grant, a renowned American popular science author and professor at the Wharton
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The Thwaites Glacier, often called the “doomsday glacier,” is a massive ice structure in West Antarctica that scientists are closely monitoring due to its potential to dramatically raise sea levels. Thwaites, which
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The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build the most powerful particle accelerator the world has ever seen—a megacollider that would dwarf its current flagship facility, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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Europe is gearing up to make significant strides in the space industry, with the continent’s first attempt at a commercial orbital launch poised to reshape its role in global space exploration. This
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Recent research using MRI scans has revealed that babies as young as one year old are capable of forming memories, offering new insight into the mystery of infantile amnesia—the inability to recall
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A chilling discovery in the Mexican state of Jalisco has ignited public outrage and political pressure following the unearthing of human remains, hundreds of pairs of shoes, clothing, and what appears to
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A new United Nations report paints a grim picture of the profound toll Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken on the country’s children over the past three years. The report, released today
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