Germany’s response to the July 2026 attack in Berlin illustrates a gap between identifying a terrorism threat and taking effective preventive action, according to an analysis published in the latest issue of
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India Mahishini Colonne highlighted opportunities for closer bilateral cooperation at the Ambassadors’ Conference on Healthcare Technologies and Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, held on 08 September 2026 in New Delhi
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The Italian Naval Vessel ‘ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi’ arrived in Sri Lanka on 9 September 2026 on a replenishment visit, with the Sri Lanka Navy welcoming the visiting ship at the Port of
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The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government has announced the cancellation of a series of projects initiated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which governed Tamil Nadu from 2021 to 2026. Among them
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OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of the most celebrated problems in the history of mathematics: the “existence and smoothness” problem of the Navier–Stokes equations, one of seven Millennium Problems identified
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A young researcher at Anthropic, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from the company, warning that the race to develop increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems is exposing humanity to dangers that their own creators
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The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the regional state election in Saxony-Anhalt, stressing
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor India has decided to sideline Sri Lanka from a substantive role at this year’s BRICS summit in New Delhi, scheduled for 12–13 September this weekend, according to
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by Our Special Correspondent in Colombo Long before the explosions tore through churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday 2019, an Indian police officer was following a trail of information
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Singapore is to introduce a one-off increase in the pay of government ministers, including Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, despite continuing domestic disapproval over the high salaries received by the country’s political leaders.
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The United States and China rarely appear to have much common ground on artificial intelligence. Yet one proposal emerging from the growing debate over AI-enabled biological risks offers something unusual: a safeguard
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Benjamin Netanyahu has spent years at the centre of Israel’s most bitter political divisions. Now, weeks before the country’s parliamentary election on 27 October, the Israeli prime minister faces a renewed challenge
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Sri Lanka’s Police Special Investigation Unit has recorded a statement from Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police Ranmal Kodithuwakku, who is in charge of the Criminal Division, as part of an investigation
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Fifty years after Mao Zedong died, China has changed almost beyond recognition, yet one of his most enduring ideas remains firmly embedded in the political machinery of the Communist Party. China is
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Colombia’s President, Abelardo de la Espriella, has lifted the general suspension on firearm carrying permits, ending a measure that had remained in place since 2015 and reigniting a contentious national debate over
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump held an extensive telephone conversation on Tuesday focused on resolving the Ukraine crisis and exploring prospects for restoring economic and commercial relations
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