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 latest data from the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a significant shift in the popularity of baby names for 2023, with “Muhammad” now officially the most popular name
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The Syrian army announced Thursday that it has redeployed its forces outside the western-central Syrian city of Hama after fierce battles with rebel groups, confirming that rebels have entered the city following
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The migration and spread of ancient humans across the Eurasian continent after leaving Africa were significantly influenced by climate change and landscape evolution, according to a new study published in the journal
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Finance Minister Anil Jayantha Fernando presented an interim budget to Parliament today, which includes a significant increase in the government’s borrowing limit to Rs. 4,000 billion. This increase was proposed to cover
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In a candid reflection on a 2007 meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has claimed that the Russian leader brought his black Labrador, Koni, to the meeting
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing mounting calls for impeachment following his failed attempt to impose martial law, sparking the country’s worst constitutional crisis in decades. Opposition lawmakers, enraged by
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A joint investigation by Mediapart, Drop Site News, Il Fatto Quotidiano, and other media outlets has uncovered that the US government secretly controls nearly half of the funding for the Organized Crime
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The South Korean parliament has voted to lift the state of martial law imposed earlier by President Yoon Suk Yeol, in a dramatic turn of events in the country’s deepening political crisis.
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Sources close to Syrian intelligence claim that Ukrainian advisers, equipped with advanced American electronic warfare equipment, played a pivotal role in facilitating the recent offensive by Hay’at
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Belgium has become the first country in Europe to grant full employment rights to sex workers, a move The Times describes as a landmark shift in recognizing prostitution as a legal form
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A recent historical discovery has reignited calls to test the remains of the Princes in the Tower, potentially resolving a centuries-old mystery surrounding their fate. Professor Tim Thornton’s find of a will
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The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is set to conduct a “war game” simulating a large-scale conflict involving British troops, driven by concerns that the defence industry may struggle to produce sufficient
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The Australian government on Monday announced plans to impose major fines on technology companies for anti-competitive behavior. Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones on Monday outlined a plan to give competition regulator the Australian
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A Russian airstrike targeting a suspected terrorist hideout in Aleppo may have killed Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the leader of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), amid a significant escalation in Syria’s ongoing civil war.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in a phone conversation with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, expressed confidence in his country’s ability to overcome terrorism with the support of allies and
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