by Our Correspondent in Colombo In an age where diplomacy is as much about optics as it is about policy, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, has taken ‘attachment’ to a
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with senior European Union officials last week in a bid to strengthen transatlantic intelligence cooperation, Politico reported, citing sources familiar with the discussions. Ratcliffe’s meetings included EU
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise late-night call for America to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons” sent shockwaves through Washington on Thursday, overshadowing the confirmation hearing of Vice Adm. Richard Correll, the man
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Washington will allow South Korea to build nuclear-powered submarines in the United States, a move with potential implications for Japan’s own naval strategy. The submarines
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U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, citing rising strategic competition with Moscow and Beijing. The announcement came ahead of Trump’s scheduled meeting with Chinese President
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U.S. President Donald Trump began the final leg of his Asia trip in South Korea on Wednesday, expressing optimism about advancing an unresolved tariff deal with President Lee Jae Myung and reaching
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NASA’s X-59 “quiet supersonic” jet took to the skies on Tuesday from Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility in Palmdale, California, for its inaugural test flight, according to a press release from Lockheed
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi hailed U.S. President Donald Trump for his “historic contributions to global peace” during their first in-person meeting on Tuesday, signaling her intent to strengthen ties with Washington
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President Donald Trump is set to pursue a series of economic and critical minerals agreements during his upcoming trip to Asia, as the US intensifies efforts to counter China’s growing influence ahead
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The United States will broaden the use of facial recognition technology to monitor non-citizens entering and leaving the country as part of an effort to curb visa overstays and passport fraud, according
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President Donald Trump has abruptly ended all trade negotiations with Canada, accusing a government-sponsored Ontario advertisement of “fraudulently” using a speech by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan to criticize his administration’s tariffs
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