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
The political future of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may be hanging by a thread, according to renowned investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who cites informed U.S. officials suggesting that Zelensky could soon be
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U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Friday released a trove of declassified documents alleging that senior Obama-era officials deliberately manipulated intelligence to portray Russia as interfering in the 2016 presidential
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch, The Wall Street Journal, and several executives and journalists, over a report linking him to
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Yulia Svyrydenko as the country’s new prime minister, replacing Denys Shmyhal in the most sweeping wartime cabinet reshuffle to date. The move, first reported by The
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Mark Zuckerberg and several former Facebook directors have reached a last-minute settlement in an $8 billion lawsuit related to user privacy violations stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The settlement avoids a
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Ministers have confirmed that 16-year-olds will be able to vote in the upcoming UK general election, fulfilling a key commitment from Labour’s manifesto to lower the voting age for parliamentary elections. This
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The Philippine government has accused a Chinese vessel of causing over 11 million pesos (approximately US$194,000) in environmental damage to protected coral reefs near Thitu Island in the South China Sea, marking
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An unprecedented international study of human proteins is offering new insights into how neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s develop — and how they might one day be detected and treated earlier.
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The Indian Army has launched a drone strike on militant camps belonging to the United Liberation Front of Asom – Independent (ULFA-I) in Myanmar, dealing what is believed to be one of
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Hong Kong has unveiled a sweeping new initiative aimed at expanding its role as a global gateway for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), positioning itself as a key commercial and logistical
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Sweden has finalized a significant contribution of €560,000 to the Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This latest installment, provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
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A wave of economic devastation is sweeping through the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho, once dubbed the “denim capital” of the continent, after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed unprecedented tariffs that have
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A century after Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf was published, an unsettling reflection published by The Independent UK challenges long-held assumptions about Britain’s moral immunity to fascism and raises troubling parallels with today’s
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Chinese researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to convert carbon dioxide into white sugar, offering a potential solution to global challenges such as climate change and food insecurity. The team from the
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The Joint Apparel Association Forum Sri Lanka (JAAF) has warned that the 30% reciprocal tariff recently imposed by the United States on Sri Lankan garment exports threatens to divert American buyers to
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