The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The Trump administration’s rollback of federal support for clean energy has resulted in the cancellation or delay of approximately $83 billion in investment across hundreds of manufacturing and renewable energy projects, according
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India’s government has stepped up efforts to attract foreign currency deposits from overseas Indians as the rupee remains under pressure and the country’s foreign exchange reserves continue to decline. Finance Minister Nirmala
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Sri Lanka recorded a budget surplus of Rs. 197.3 billion during the first five months of 2026, marking a significant turnaround from the deficit recorded during the same period a year earlier,
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Opposition Parliamentarian Chamara Sampath Dassanayake has alleged that the Sri Lankan government is preparing to extend the tenure of the current Army Commander until January 2028 at the request of Archbishop of
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A resignation letter from inside Alibaba’s workplace communication platform DingTalk has become a rare public reckoning over the pressures facing China’s technology workers, sparking debate about a corporate culture built around relentless
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For centuries, the ancient Maya have been celebrated for developing one of the world’s most sophisticated systems of mathematics, astronomy and calendrical science, producing calculations that guided royal ceremonies, monumental architecture and
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When the French Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Rémi Lambert, and the German Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Dr. Felix Neumann, travelled together to Jaffna, their visit became more than a routine diplomatic engagement
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The government has proposed extending the retirement period of all judges by two years, widening an earlier plan that focused only on Appeal Court and Supreme Court judges, amid concerns over judicial
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A Sri Lankan man who had recently returned to the country after working in South Korea died by suicide while appearing on a Facebook live broadcast, in an incident reported from the
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When Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed in December 2024 after 13 years of war, the world saw the aftermath of a regime accused of devastating its own country. Cities lay in ruins, mass
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Europe purchased more liquefied natural gas from Russia’s flagship Yamal LNG facility in the first half of 2026 than ever before, absorbing almost all of the Siberian project’s output ahead of an
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Across the western edge of Cairo, beyond the city’s dense urban landscape, a new agricultural frontier is emerging from the desert. Alongside the Dabaa Expressway, roads cut through vast stretches of once-barren
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On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office four years after leaving power following his defeat to Joe Biden and the political fallout from the January 6, 2021, attack
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Sudan’s Anti-Terrorism Court on Sunday sentenced the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, to death in absentia after finding him guilty of genocide
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A US research team has used a Chinese-made humanoid robot to complete minimally invasive surgery on live animals, marking what researchers described as the first successful demonstration of a humanoid robotic system
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