Sri Lanka’s legislative process is facing serious shortcomings, while many parliamentarians are voting on bills without fully understanding their contents, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Marc-André Franche has said. Addressing
The cultural landscape in Hollywood has drastically shifted in recent years, and many within the industry now find themselves caught between conflicting ideologies, cultural pressures, and the growing dominance of right-wing influence.
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Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist and dissident, has long used his art as a platform to challenge political norms and confront societal issues. In an insightful interview with The Independent UK, Ai
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China has cemented its dominance in Central Asia, with trade turnover in 2024 rising nearly 5% to $94.8 billion, surpassing Russia as the region’s top economic partner. The vast majority of trade
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Global interest in Greenland has surged after President Donald Trump renewed his push for U.S. control of the Arctic nation, citing its vast energy potential and strategic value. While Denmark and 85%
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Wall Street was rocked last Monday after Chinese artificial intelligence lab DeepSeek unveiled a breakthrough in AI, surpassing models from OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic—a direct challenge to Silicon Valley’s dominance. The revelation
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A deep sense of fear is taking hold among Syria’s Christian and minority communities just two months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s long-standing regime. What was once hailed as a new
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The unveiling of a powerful artificial intelligence model by Chinese start-up DeepSeek has sent shockwaves through global markets, triggering a $600 billion sell-off in Nvidia shares—the largest single-day loss in US history.
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Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of the U.S. President Donald Trump, has built a global business empire, leveraging relationships established during his tenure in the first Trump White House. As reported by the
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A newly discovered fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, named in honor of the renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, has been found to infect and manipulate spiders across Ireland, eerily mirroring the “zombie” behavior seen
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Reports from the Turkish newspaper Turkiye, citing unnamed Arab sources, suggest that Turkey is contemplating the establishment of two military bases in Syria, where it plans to station F-16 fighter jets. The
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OpenAI has introduced a groundbreaking new tool called Deep Research, which can perform intricate research tasks by gathering and synthesizing information from across the internet. This launch comes just days after the
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The Italian town of Carrara, renowned for its long-standing tradition of anarchism and the white marble once used by Michelangelo, has unveiled Italy’s first public statue of Che Guevara. The 2.1-meter (6ft
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Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin recently delivered a message from President Vladimir Putin to Indian President Droupadi Murmu, further solidifying the already robust relations between Russia and India. During his official
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Questions have emerged about the close relationship between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the network of organizations backed by billionaire philanthropist George Soros, particularly his Open Society Foundations
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Global cryptocurrency markets experienced their largest-ever single-day drop overnight into Monday, with over $2.24 billion in liquidated positions, according to Coinglass, a platform tracking transactions across major exchanges. The unprecedented sell-off wiped
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