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
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has formally nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, praising his efforts to broker peace in conflict zones and citing the Abraham Accords and
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This Fourth of July felt different. There were fireworks, grilling, and laughter. But beneath it all, a quiet dread — like we’re celebrating freedom and we’re no longer sure it will endure.
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Elon Musk, billionaire entrepreneur and former ally of President Donald Trump, announced the formation of a new political party on Saturday, marking a seismic shift in the American political landscape. The party,
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Mr President, This letter is neither a routine diplomatic overture nor a rhetorical exercise in grievance. It is a carefully considered appeal issued by the editorial team of the Sri Lanka Guardian,
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump held a nearly hour-long phone conversation on Thursday, covering a wide range of global issues, including the Ukraine conflict, tensions in the Middle
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The United States is intensifying its efforts to dismantle a global criminal network accused of using stolen cryptocurrency to finance North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme, with a high-profile trial and new sanctions
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President Trump moved a step closer to securing his biggest legislative victory of his second term on Tuesday as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” narrowly passed the Senate following a tense 27-hour
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In a sweeping move that signals a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order dismantling most U.S. sanctions against Syria, declaring an end to the
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Sweeping cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could result in more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, reversing decades of progress in the fight against deadly diseases
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James Ryan, president of the University of Virginia, resigned on Friday following mounting pressure from the Trump administration, marking a significant escalation in the federal government’s crackdown on public universities over diversity,
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