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 US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence model Mythos to audit government software code for security vulnerabilities, according to three people familiar with the matter who
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Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade reached a record level in 2025 as rising US exports and increased European imports offset weaker demand from major Asian buyers, according to a report by
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday that it is making available more than $281 million in grant funding to support programmes addressing addiction, overdose prevention and
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China’s rapidly expanding gig economy is absorbing millions of workers affected by a weak job market, but the shift from traditional employment to flexible work is creating growing challenges for wages, social
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The Japanese yen weakened further on Tuesday as traders continued pushing the currency lower amid the absence of fresh intervention signals from Japanese authorities, though the possibility of a surprise yen-buying move
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NATO cannot afford to be “naive” about China’s military development as security challenges in the Indo-Pacific and Europe become increasingly interconnected, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said ahead of the alliance’s summit
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte faces a high-stakes impeachment trial in the Senate beginning Monday, a case that could reshape the country’s political landscape and determine whether she remains a leading contender
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Turkish authorities have intensified a crackdown on perceived critics ahead of this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, with the detention of journalists, academics and lawyers drawing renewed attention to concerns over press
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Relations between India and the United States have come under renewed scrutiny after former Indian intelligence official Vikram Sood cited remarks allegedly made by US Deputy Secretary of State Landau suggesting that
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North Korea has signalled its ambition to expand its naval capabilities and play a larger role in military cooperation with China and Russia through a major weapons test involving its newly commissioned
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Editorial Negombo Prison is not merely the scene of another prison riot. It is the scene of a state failure. Twenty-six people are now reported dead. More than hundred have been injured.
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The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, has urged immediate global cooperation to secure the release of 44 seafarers currently being held captive by pirates and armed robbers in
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China has conducted a submarine-launched ballistic missile test, firing a nuclear-capable missile into the Pacific Ocean as part of a planned military exercise, according to state-run reporting. The missile, which carried a
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo At least 26 people have been killed and more than 100 injured after two consecutive days of violence at Negombo Prison in western Sri Lanka, where renewed
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Standing before a screen displaying a goose laying golden eggs from a factory inside its stomach, Masayoshi Son delivered a message that captured both his investment philosophy and the future he believes
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