Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jäger, has warned that Russia is waging a “shadow war” against Germany, describing a confrontation that he says has moved beyond conventional military and legal categories. His
Sri Lanka’s healthcare system is once again at the center of a fierce standoff between the government and the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), as doctors prepare to intensify trade union action
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Sri Lanka’s Parliament has suspended its second most senior official, Deputy Secretary General and Chief of Staff G.K.A. Chaminda Kumara Kularatne, amid allegations that he provided false information to secure his position.
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For generations, La Malinche occupied a singularly dark place in Mexico’s national imagination. Her name became shorthand for treason, her story a cautionary tale of Indigenous betrayal during the Spanish conquest. As
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President Xi Jinping has assumed unchallenged control over China’s military following the abrupt purge of General Zhang Youxia, the country’s most senior uniformed officer, in a move that underscores the president’s tightening
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Melania Trump’s second term as first lady is being unveiled not through speeches or interviews, but through a $40 million documentary that she conceived, executive-produced and meticulously shaped herself. Premiering later this
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Maintaining one of Buddhism’s most revered shrines now requires generating nearly five million Sri Lankan rupees every single day, according to Pradeep Nilanga Dela, the Diyawadana Nilame, or chief lay custodian, of
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has undertaken a sweeping reshuffle of Ukraine’s top intelligence leadership as he seeks to repair strained relations with the United States, reassure Western allies over corruption, and strengthen Kyiv’s
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A legal battle between Elon Musk and the leaders of OpenAI has erupted into one of the most consequential corporate disputes in the history of artificial intelligence, with potentially seismic implications for
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China’s state-run news agency Xinhua has openly mocked the Trump administration after the White House used a viral internet meme featuring a penguin to promote its campaign to gain greater control over
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A comprehensive reinvestigation into the 2005 death of author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson has reaffirmed the original conclusion that he died by suicide, according to findings released Friday by the Colorado
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Sri Lanka’s security forces reported the largest drug seizure in the country’s history in 2025, confiscating an unprecedented 23,692 kilograms and 307 grams of illegal narcotics, officials said at a special media
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Eliezer Tsafrir, a veteran Mossad and Shin Bet operative who served as Israel’s final station chief in Iran before the 1979 revolution, has died at 92. His career spanned some of the
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Global ocean temperatures climbed to some of the highest levels ever recorded in 2025, underscoring the relentless accumulation of heat within the Earth’s climate system and intensifying alarm among scientists. According to
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Sri Lanka’s government has reportedly decided to appoint M.R.K. Lenagala, the country’s Ambassador to Austria, as the new Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, signaling a significant leadership reshuffle within the
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Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have reached an agreement on the appointment of three civil society representatives to the Constitutional Council, a key constitutional body responsible for
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