Air pollution carried by heat, wildfires and atmospheric currents has exposed an estimated 40% of the world’s population to extremely high levels of ground-level ozone during the first eight months of 2026,
India’s lucrative basmati rice exports, valued at nearly $6 billion for FY25, are facing an unprecedented threat as escalating tensions in West Asia disrupt shipping and raise logistics costs. Exporters are meeting
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David Ellison once dreamed of becoming a Hollywood actor, but after a rocky start, he instead built a media empire that now spans film, television, streaming, and news. The 43-year-old entrepreneur is
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According to the new book The Election of Pope Leo XIV by Vatican correspondents Gerard O’Connell and Elisabetta Piqué, the incident occurred as 133 cardinals prepared to cast their first vote inside
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At BiBi, a sleek Indian fine-dining restaurant in Mayfair, Carl Pei gestures animatedly over a four-course lunch set menu. It is an unlikely backdrop for the future of smartphones, yet the 36-year-old
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Despite promoting himself as a symbol of minimalism and anti-corruption, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has come under scrutiny after Tamil-language media published details obtained via the Right to Information Act,
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For centuries, most people assumed Homer, the blind Greek poet of epic fame, was the first writer in history. But more than 4,000 years ago, in the ancient city of Ur in
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In a candid internal address that has reverberated far beyond the walls of one of the world’s most influential charities, Bill Gates acknowledged past extramarital relationships and expressed regret over his association
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During the last thousands of years, from time immemorial, humans have been “running in circles,” thinking that the mirage before them is real and endlessly chasing shadows. Even though humans do not
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Pavan K. Varma’s The Lady Who Carried the Monk Across the River presents itself as a parable “for ordinary people,” but that description is almost aggressively misleading. This is not a gentle
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Lieutenant Koyan Chamitha of the Sri Lanka Navy’s elite Special Boat Squadron (SBS), who made national history by becoming the first Sri Lankan to successfully complete the United States Navy SEAL training
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He was a distinguished student of Royal College, Colombo 7. He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Peradeniya in 1959 and subsequently enrolled at Law College, qualifying
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Every time the Chinese New Year approaches, I find myself paying closer attention to the animal of the year. Not just the symbolism, but the stories behind it, where those meanings came
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Official data released on Monday confirmed that China’s population fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, underscoring a deepening demographic crisis that experts warn will accelerate in the coming decades. The
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According to two sources familiar with the matter, companies including Broadcom-owned VMware, Palo Alto Networks, and Fortinet from the United States, as well as Israel’s Check Point Software Technologies, are among those
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The year 2025 was officially the world’s third-warmest year on record, with average temperatures just 0.01 degrees Celsius cooler than 2023, according to data released Wednesday by the European Centre for Medium-Range
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