Apple’s incoming chief executive, John Ternus, has pledged to build on the company’s growing momentum in the entertainment sector when he takes over leadership of the iPhone maker in September, signalling continuity
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The Indian rupee is expected to hold above the 96-per-dollar mark when trading opens on Tuesday, with sustained intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and a decline in global oil
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Asian stock markets fell sharply on Tuesday, led by heavy losses in semiconductor shares, as investors grew increasingly concerned about the enormous funding requirements of the artificial intelligence boom. At the same
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A former JPMorgan Chase banker has expanded his lawsuit against the United States’ largest bank, filing an amended complaint that adds new defendants and fresh allegations of racial discrimination, sexual coercion and
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A symposium in Shanghai has revisited the celebrated eight-hour meeting between Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and Chinese literary pioneer Lu Xun in 1933, using historical reenactments, scholarly discussion and cultural exchange
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On the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The meeting was planned ahead, hence the US
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo As the clock counts down towards the scheduled expiry of South Asia Gateway Terminals’ (SAGT) 30-year concession in 2029, an unexpected development has reignited debate over the
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The Paradox of Intelligent Automation Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the defining technological phenomenon of the twenty-first century. Governments extol its capacity to stimulate economic growth; industries regard it as the indispensable
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A significant ruling by the Civil Appellate High Court of the Western Province, sitting in Colombo, has established an important judicial precedent in Sri Lanka’s property sector by ordering a developer to
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Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo resigned on Monday, citing personal reasons that were not publicly disclosed, setting in motion the formal legal process to appoint a new head of Indonesia’s central bank.
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