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
A sweeping investigation by The Intercept has uncovered alarming details about a little-known data hub quietly amassing hundreds of millions of financial records — a trove increasingly used by Immigration and Customs
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced plans to significantly downgrade its global economic growth projections for the year, citing rising inflation and financial market stress fueled by escalating U.S. protectionism. However,
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A group of US professors has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in response to its threat to withhold $8.7 billion in federal funding from Harvard University. The lawsuit, backed by
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NASA’s science programs are facing what experts have described as an “extinction-level event” following a White House proposal to slash $5 billion from the agency’s budget — a 20% cut that could
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American consumers are facing a new wave of price hikes after former President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 125% tariff on more than $1 billion worth of Chinese imports. The move, aimed
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The Trump administration is preparing an executive order to enable the U.S. to stockpile critical minerals sourced from the deep seabed of the Pacific Ocean, in a strategic move to reduce American
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In a report published by The Washington Post, it has been revealed that the Trump administration forced the Social Security Administration (SSA) to falsely classify over 6,100 living immigrants as deceased —
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US President Donald Trump stunned global investors on Wednesday with an unexpected move—a 90-day pause on additional tariffs for countries that were willing to negotiate with the US. The announcement sent shockwaves
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In a move that could reshape how industrial operations are powered, Dow Chemical and nuclear tech company X-energy have taken a major step toward bringing advanced nuclear reactors to an active chemical
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC President Donald Trump announced a dramatic shift in his tariff strategy, increasing tariffs on China to 125% while pausing tariffs for other trade partners for 90
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