The European Union has so far failed to secure agreement on extending its sanctions against Russia, with a dispute over two Russian billionaires preventing the 27 member states from completing the required
China and Japan issued starkly different accounts of a tense maritime encounter near the disputed Senkaku Islands on Tuesday, underscoring the depth of longstanding hostilities between the two nations. According to a
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It was a rare stroke of luck for Somali and US forces locked in a grinding war against the Islamic State’s most dangerous surviving branch. A captured ISIS fighter, exhausted and bleeding
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French President Emmanuel Macron has begun a three-day state visit to China, marking his first return to the country since 2023. His trip opened in Beijing with a formal meeting with Chinese
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Newly obtained internal documents reviewed by Sri Lanka Guardian reveal how George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) channeled millions of dollars through Jakarta-based intermediaries to civil society networks at the center of
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President Donald Trump threatens to hang military officers who have the audacity to tell their troops not to obey unlawful orders. Trump called them ‘traitors’ and suggested they be locked up. The
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Talks for the United Kingdom to join the European Union’s new €150 billion SAFE defence fund collapsed on Friday, dealing a significant setback to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s efforts to rebuild relations
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South Korea is considering updating its espionage law amid growing concerns about Chinese spies targeting military secrets. Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho recently met with Kim Byung-kee, floor leader of the ruling Democratic
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Intel has affirmed its decision to hire former TSMC executive Lo Wei-jen, despite a lawsuit filed by the Taiwanese chip giant alleging he may have misused trade secrets. The US company said
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Grace Richardson, a 20-year-old musical theatre student from Leicestershire, has been crowned Miss England, making history as the first openly gay woman to win the title, Times UK reported. Richardson said she
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When democracy is ambushed, hidden actors exploit instability. In the backdrop of the 5 August political unrest, a new dimension emerged involving segments of the long-stranded Bihari community—residents of Bangladesh since 1971
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Taiwan’s recent request to join the AUKUS security pact, which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, has been criticized as an opportunistic political maneuver, according to Chinese experts cited
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Ambassador Julie Chung joined Peace Corps Sri Lanka Country Director Jeffrey Goveia in Vavuniya today to administer the Pledge of Service to twenty-three new Peace Corps Volunteers. Nimali Baduraliya, Director of English
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by Durga Velayudham In recent weeks, reports have emerged that BYD offered a “super tour” of China to media professionals and social-media influencers from abroad — including from Sri Lanka — as
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro could offer crude oil cargoes, primarily destined for China, as a bargaining chip in potential negotiations with the United States, sources told Reuters. The U.S., under former President
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That was one of the most concealed nightmares humanity was forced to endure. “In one village a mother was discovered boiling her two-year-old to eat its flesh. In another case, a father
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