Around 5.8 million refugee children did not attend school in 2025, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, leaving 44 per cent of the world’s 13.2 million school-age refugee children without
The international debate over deep-sea mining has reached a critical moment, as mining companies set their sights on 2025 to potentially begin harvesting valuable minerals from the seabed. Yet, with no agreement
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Emirates airline will operate an additional scheduled service between Colombo and Dubai, starting from 2nd January 2025. According to the Emirates News Agency, the newly-introduced flight, to operate as EK654/655, increases the
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Editorial As the calendar winds down on yet another tumultuous year, the much-propagated political “renaissance” of Sri Lanka remains as hollow as ever. The structure is barren, littered with the wreckage of
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What Happened Jeju Air flight 7C 2216, operating from Bangkok, encountered a grave mishap upon arrival at Muan County Airport, situated on the southwestern edge of South Korea. The incident occurred at
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On December 20, 2024, two Policemen and two polio workers sustained injuries when a polio team was attacked by a mob in the Korangi town of Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh.
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In the latest issue of Science Magazine, experts have issued a warning regarding the potential creation of mirror life—organisms composed of mirror-image biomolecules that differ from the left- and right-handed molecules found
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Boeing’s 737-800, part of the company’s widely used 737 Next Generation (737NG) series, has once again come under scrutiny following a series of alarming incidents involving the aircraft. In just 24 hours
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According to The Times, UK, a new warning has emerged from researchers at the University of Cambridge about the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to not only predict our desires but also
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A rising trend of AI-generated commentaries is increasingly overwhelming academic journals, distorting scholarly metrics and raising questions about the integrity of scientific publishing. As reported in Science Magazine, these commentaries, often created
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UPDATED: A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Muan International Airport on Sunday morning, killing 179 of the 181 onboard, including all passengers, in South Korea’s worst
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At the DealBook Summit, a prominent discussion took place about the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to shape the future. Ten leading experts gathered to explore the technology’s
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The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn’t it be?–it is the same the angels breathe. ~ Mark Twain The Crash An
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor In a groundbreaking leap for robotics, China has introduced the world’s first rideable robot dog—an innovative machine designed to navigate some of the world’s most rugged terrains
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The FBI was notably absent from a secret intelligence briefing with President Joe Biden in 2021 that reviewed the origins of the Covid-19 virus, reports The Times (UK). Despite being the only
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Each year, AI inches closer to the sci-fi visions we once only imagined. In 2024, it delivered breakthroughs that are transforming industries, saving lives, and going beyond what we thought was ever
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