The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
by A special Correspondent in Colombo As Sri Lanka approaches the sixth anniversary of the devastating Easter Sunday bombings, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has once again brought the issue of justice to the
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Oleg Gordievsky, the former Russian KGB double agent, passed away on Friday at the age of 86. For the last 40 years of his life, Gordievsky had lived under deep cover in
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Senior tax officials in the United States are warning of a significant drop in federal tax revenue this spring, with projections indicating a reduction of more than 10 percent in the amount
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former Tamil militant leaders Karuna Amman (Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan) and Pillayan (Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan) have set aside their past differences and reached an agreement to contest together in the
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by Our Special Correspondent A controversial post published on QQ, a popular instant messaging platform in China, has generated significant attention after a Chinese blogger suggested military retaliation against Niger following the
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A new United Nations report paints a grim picture of the profound toll Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken on the country’s children over the past three years. The report, released today
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Just days before its dissolution, Germany’s outgoing parliament rushed through a revision of the constitution and a massive spending package to facilitate unlimited borrowing for militarisation. Half a trillion euros have been
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Since returning to office in January 2025, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued a radical reshaping of U.S. foreign policy. In early March, the State Department terminated foreign assistance programs supporting political opposition and regime
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Trump 2.0 has had a tumultuous start. While Trump has always been erratic and almost deliberately unpredictable, the scope and magnitude of changes being ushered in this Trump 2.0 administration is qualitatively
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In a resolution passed during its First General Assembly, the Indian Himalayan Council of Nalanda Buddhist Tradition (IHCNBT) has made a unanimous appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to confer the Bharat
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The Indian government has revealed that the total expenditure for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States in June 2023 amounted to approximately Rs
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), owned by US tech mogul Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit against the Indian government, challenging what it describes
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by Our Correspondent in London In a highly secured shipyard located in Barrow-in-Furness, Britain is embarking on one of the most complex engineering projects in its history with the construction of the
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on the remarks delivered by INDOPACOM Commander Admiral Samuel J. Paparo at the National Defense College, Sri Lanka, yesterday, 20 March 2025. His address covered
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor A viral video has swept across social media, capturing the mesmerising performance of Uyghur actress Hani Kezi, whose graceful movements and vibrant rhythms echo the unmistakable essence
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