SriLankan Airlines improved its underlying operating performance in 2024/25, but engine shortages, 487 flight cancellations, falling passenger revenue and LKR 31.6 billion in finance costs pushed the Group into a LKR 2.74
The ongoing tensions between Beijing and the Philippines over the South China Sea were a key issue at the recent Munich Conference. However, other nations also have competing claims, and China’s unilateral
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The US government’s recent policy shifts on foreign aid place millions of lives at risk around the world. In just one week, the world has seen US President Donald Trump issue an
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George H.W. Bush did not automatically follow the policy of his predecessor, Ronald Reagan, in dealing with Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet Union. Instead, he ordered a strategic policy re-evaluation in order
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In August 2024, after 15 years of rule, Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League government marked a new chapter in the country’s political landscape and diplomacy. Hasina, who had been closely
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Introduction The notion of South Korea entering the nuclear weapons club is not merely a thought experiment but a prospect loaded with seismic consequences for global security. The ramifications are manifold, from
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Today’s world faces numerous interlinked challenges, making it difficult to isolate one issue from another. The emergence of China as an aspiring superpower, determined to assert its influence in the so-called “rules-based”
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Ever since the people of the world learned the need for homogeneity—be it cultural, linguistic, religious, tribal, or for the necessity to band together—and felt the need to acknowledge the existence of
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President Bashar al-Assad ruled his country with an iron fist for 24 years, as his father had done for 30 years before him. When he appeared to prevail in Syria’s civil war,
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INTRODUCTIONSome of the latest arrest warrants were issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Hamas leaders, over alleged war crimes in the Middle Eastern conflict. Other world leaders have
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The Editor in Chief spoke in London that Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a dictat asking people not to read the Haaretz in a bid to muzzle press freedom in Israel. This has
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RISE OF ADOLF HITLER TO POWER Hitler’s rise to power traces to 1919, when he joined the German Workers’ Party that became the Nazi Party. With his oratorical skills and use of propaganda,
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INTRODUCTION Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election victory marks the beginning of another roller-coaster ride in U.S. foreign policy. The president-elect is poised to bring back the hallmarks of his first term:
More INTRODUCTION In the future, managing overt but also informal support and more discrete contributions will be a challenge as nations carefully weigh up their internal and external equities and calibrate their level
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Just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China announced to much fanfare a “no limits friendship” with Russia, suggesting a future of close collaboration in trade, energy and, perhaps most importantly, security. Now,
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INTRODUCTION Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet with several world leaders in the upcoming days, including China’s Xi Jinping, India’s Narendra Modi, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Iran’s Masoud Pezeshkian. They
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