Sri Lanka’s nationwide electricity failure on the 17th began with the sudden loss of 187 megawatts of power from the first generating unit of the Lakvijaya coal-fired power station in Norochcholai, according
A Royal Marine assigned to a unit responsible for guarding the UK’s nuclear deterrent has been questioned by counterterrorism police over his alleged links to neo-Nazi ideology. The marine, whose identity remains
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Europe’s ability to contribute significant ground forces to a potential “deterrence” mission in Ukraine appears increasingly doubtful, with defence chiefs expressing concerns about the continent’s military capabilities, according to sources close to
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France has accused Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, of conducting a covert “silent war” against the nation for nearly a decade, with a series of cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, and attempts to
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Argentina has officially released hundreds of previously hard-to-access documents confirming its long-suspected role in sheltering senior Nazi war criminals after the Second World War, fulfilling a campaign promise made by President Javier
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Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the Italian cleric who was convicted for his involvement in the Vatican financial scandal, has bowed out of the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope after reportedly receiving
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Pakistan’s Information Minister, Attaullah Tarar, raised alarm early on Wednesday regarding the possibility of imminent military action by India, following a series of escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. According to
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Sri Lanka and Pakistan reaffirmed their commitment to regional security and strategic cooperation as the 5th Sri Lanka-Pakistan Bilateral Defence Dialogue officially commenced in Islamabad on April 28. The high-level dialogue marks
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NDB Bank is proud to reaffirm its commitment to nurturing home-grown inventions and innovations by partnering with the Sri Lanka Inventors Commission (SLIC) for the fifth International Inventions and Innovations Exhibition and
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Hilton (NYSE: HLT), the global hospitality giant, has announced the debut of its Hampton by Hilton brand in Thailand, marking a significant step in the company’s expansion across Southeast Asia’s growing midscale
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Let it be written in the annals of tropical theatre: while Sri Lanka’s political gladiators were lobbing coconuts in a coliseum of conspiracy, Ambassador Julie Chung sat calmly at the edge of
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Global military expenditure skyrocketed to $2.718 trillion in 2024, marking the sharpest annual increase since the end of the Cold War. The 9.4% jump from 2023 is not only the largest year-on-year
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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance declared Monday that Ukraine is not on track to win its war against Russia, dismissing as “weird” the belief that continued fighting will somehow lead to Russia’s
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Tamil Nadu is facing an environmental and socio-economic crisis driven by the unchecked growth of illegal stone quarries, according to a detailed investigation published by Front Line India. These quarries—numbering around 5,000
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Editorial The plaintive bleats of Sri Lanka’s opposition parties, predicting the imminent collapse of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government, ring more of desperate fantasy than grounded political calculus. The notion that this
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India has signed a US$7.4 billion agreement with France to purchase 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets, a significant move to modernize its naval forces as the country navigates rising tensions with China and
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