The rubric of the US-Iranian talks slated for Saturday in Muscat turned into a vanity fair of sorts — whether the talks should be called ‘indirect’ or ‘direct’. The US President Donald
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The United States and Iran began high-level, indirect nuclear talks in Muscat on Saturday, in a bid to de-escalate mounting tensions and explore the possibility of renewed negotiations over Tehran’s advancing nuclear
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Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka, a significant diplomatic discussion took place between Chinese officials and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, according to Mawurata News, Sinhalese-language weekly publication
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Since US President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February to impose a 10% tariff on all imports, the world has witnessed a confounding series of unilateral tariffs placed on both
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All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary. ~ Andrew Jackson How it
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Editorial Today is full moon Poya Day, and this is the fourth in the year. Tomorrow, we mark not only the threshold of a traditional New Year but a deeper symbolic turning
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As artificial intelligence continues to shape the way we live and create, a new wave of literature is grappling with a deeply human question: What does it mean for machines to participate
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Global electricity consumption by data centres is on course to more than double by 2030, largely driven by the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the International
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A fossilized jawbone dredged from the seabed near Taiwan more than two decades ago has now been confirmed to belong to the elusive Denisovan species of archaic humans, marking a significant expansion
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The U.S. government has taken a dangerous step in recent days with its trade policy, using the rhetoric of “reciprocity” to impose a new wave of tariffs on major global trading partners,
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