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
The significant reductions in international aid, particularly from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and other Western donor nations, including the UK, France, Netherlands, and Belgium, could severely reverse progress made
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Mathematician Masaki Kashiwara has been awarded the 2025 Abel Prize, as announced by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Kashiwara is renowned for his ability to bridge various fields of mathematics,
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AlphaFold, the revolutionary AI model for predicting protein structures, is facing a significant challenge due to a shortage of data. While AlphaFold 3 has proven to be a game-changer in drug discovery
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a tool in scientific peer review, but its increasing involvement has sparked a mix of curiosity, concern, and debate among researchers and publishers alike. In a
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Scientists have unveiled the first-ever map of mitochondria throughout the entire human brain. The research, which was published in Nature, provides invaluable insights into the energy-producing structures that are essential for the
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A groundbreaking study has provided the most detailed picture of the physiological changes that women’s bodies undergo during and after pregnancy. Published in Science Advances recently, the research involved analyzing over 300,000
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Russia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) are poised to officially begin construction of a significant bridge over the Tumen River, marking a key infrastructure project between the two nations.
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The United States has expressed a willingness to consider Russia’s return to the SWIFT international banking system, raising questions about why Washington might be interested in this move. According to analysts, SWIFT
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A growing controversy surrounding the encrypted messaging app Signal has sparked speculation about its potential ties to U.S. intelligence agencies and whether it was used to target Trump allies. Dubbed Signalgate, the
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by Our Correspondent in London For decades, South Korea’s adoption program, which saw thousands of children sent abroad to families in Europe and the United States, was lauded as a lifeline for
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A Hong Kong Airlines flight en route from Hangzhou, China, to Hong Kong was forced to make an emergency landing in Fujian on March 20 after a fire broke out in an
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At least six people are feared dead, and nine others are injured after a tourist submarine sank off the coast of Egypt early Thursday morning. The incident occurred near the Egyptian Red
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Sergey Naryshkin, the Director of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, accused the European Union leadership of employing propaganda techniques reminiscent of Nazi Germany’s Ministry of Propaganda to manipulate public perception and instill fear
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The number of Maldivians residing in Sri Lanka has dramatically dropped, plummeting from over 8,000 to just 1,280 since the Easter Sunday attacks of 2019. According to
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Julie Bindel, a seasoned journalist and radical feminist, has long been a vital figure in the fight for women’s rights and LGBTQ+ equality. From her activism in the 1970s, marching with radical
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