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
Investor enthusiasm for Chinese robotics stocks is rapidly cooling after months of heightened speculation, Bloomberg reported, as government officials issue rare warnings about overheating in the nascent humanoid robotics industry. The Solactive
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Airbus SE has issued an emergency recall affecting more than 6,000 aircraft — over half of the global A320-family fleet — after a significant software glitch was linked to a JetBlue Airways
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A United Nations torture expert has urged governments and security-industry organisers to reinforce monitoring measures after several prohibited items were discovered for sale at a major international security trade fair in Paris.
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Hong Kong’s long-standing use of bamboo scaffolding has come under intense scrutiny following one of the deadliest building fires in the city’s history, a catastrophe that has shocked the world and prompted
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The Afghan man accused of shooting two members of the US National Guard just steps from the White House previously worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, newly surfaced information suggests. Rahmanullah Lakanwal,
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Sri Lanka’s politics took an unprecedented turn on November 27, as the government allowed widespread LTTE remembrance ceremonies across the northern and eastern provinces, coinciding with a path-breaking London meeting between JVP
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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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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Updated Story 2: The Disaster Management Center (DMC) reports that the death toll from the severe weather gripping the country has risen to 47, with 37 of
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Kerala’s left-wing administration has claimed a historic triumph in eradicating extreme poverty, a declaration made by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan during a special assembly session on November 1, the state’s founding anniversary.
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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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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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The Chinese yuan has shrugged off slow economic growth, rock-bottom interest rates, and a slump in foreign investment to post its sharpest annual gain since 2020, sparking speculation that Beijing is pursuing
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A new book from veteran Singaporean diplomat Bilahari Kausikan, The Myth of the Asian Century, published as a Lowy Institute Paper, argues that the familiar narrative of an inevitable China-led Asian era
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Former deputy leader of George Galloway’s Workers Party of Britain, Ahsan Ullah, is at the centre of an alleged investment mis-selling scandal involving his property firm Avora Capital, Times UK reports. Investors
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The scandal erupted when Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau charged seven individuals, including Timur Mindich, a former longtime business partner of President Vladimir Zelensky, with kickbacks and embezzlement in the Western-funded energy sector.
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