Sri Lanka’s nationwide electricity failure on the 17th began with the sudden loss of 187 megawatts of power from the first generating unit of the Lakvijaya coal-fired power station in Norochcholai, according
by Joseph Matthews The Philippine coast guard’s actions in Xianbin Jiao waters in the South China Sea have not only seriously violated China’s territorial sovereignty, but also posed a threat to regional
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More than 130,000 Afghan women are currently involved in women-owned businesses in Afghanistan, according to a local media report. Since the Afghan caretaker government took over power in August 2021, more than
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Two of India’s wealthiest industrialists, Gautam Adani and Kumar Mangalam Birla, are locked in a high-stakes battle to dominate the nation’s booming cement market. Their aggressive expansion is setting the stage for
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A UN Human Rights Office report issued today identified renewed threats to fundamental freedoms in Sri Lanka, evidenced by new or proposed regressive laws, erosion of democratic checks and balances,ongoing threats and intimidation against civil
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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has granted a sweeping pardon to nearly 4,800 individuals involved in illegal cannabis cultivation, as announced by the justice ministry on Monday. This move is part of a
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday urged the country’s leaders to work together in carrying out their duties during the swearing-in ceremony of the recently appointed Cabinet. “An individual who has done
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Two days ahead of his crucial visit to Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he was looking forward to sharing perspectives with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a peaceful
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Recent weeks have witnessed a substantial wave of COVID-19 infections across the United States, primarily driven by the emergence of new variants and exacerbated by the hot summer weather. The viral activity
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted that there cannot be any talks with Ukraine after its attack on Russia’s border Kursk region, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. “The president made
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Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, held talks with To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres leaves on Monday for a September visit to China, but on a circuitous route through part of the Pacific, his chief spokesman said. Stephan Dujarric, the spokesman, said
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Former U.S. Representative George Santos, who was expelled from Congress last year, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on Monday. The guilty plea came just weeks before the New
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Malaysia’s stronger-than-expected growth in the second quarter has led the Fitch research house to revise up its 2024 growth forecast for the Southeast Asian country to 4.7 percent from 4.4 percent. BMI
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Colombo, Sri Lanka — MP Namal Rajapaksa, the presidential candidate from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (Pohottuwa Party), met with His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith is the Archbishop of Colombo and the
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On Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released its latest border apprehension data, highlighting what it describes as the lowest number of encounters along the southwest border in nearly four years.
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