HSBC and Barclays are facing a $12 billion lawsuit in the United States over their alleged roles in an offshore trust business suspected of large-scale fraud and linked to the Jeffrey Epstein
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China has urged its major banks to curb their exposure to US government debt, citing rising market volatility and increasing financial and geopolitical risks, according to people familiar with the matter. The
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China has released a white paper defending Hong Kong’s approach to safeguarding national security, presenting the measures as essential to maintaining stability in a volatile global environment. The document, issued on Tuesday
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China’s influence in Bangladesh is expected to grow further after this week’s national election, following the 2024 ouster of long-time prime minister Sheikh Hasina, whose government had close ties with India. According
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Sri Lanka’s public service is once again engulfed in controversy, as disputes surrounding senior civil servants expose a deeper, long-running crisis at the heart of the state. The recent controversy involving Attorney
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Sri Lanka’s energy sector is now mired in a scandal so blatant that it has stripped away any remaining pretence of clean governance. The importation and continued use of substandard coal at
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Sri Lanka’s tourism sector has begun 2026 with a troubling contradiction, as rising visitor numbers have failed to translate into higher revenues. According to the latest data released by the Central Bank
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Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets recorded a slight decline in January 2026, reflecting ongoing pressures on the country’s external buffers even as the Central Bank strengthened its gold holdings. According to the
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The very name “Jamaat-e-Islami” evokes historical unease in Bangladesh. Cloaked in religion, its ideological foundation has long sought to impose a rigid interpretation of faith upon the populace, often through brutal force.
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Bangladesh’s interim government has enacted the July Uprising (Protection and Liability Determination) Ordinance, 2026, which grants legal immunity to individuals involved in the July–August 2024 uprising. The ordinance requires the withdrawal of
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One high-profile example involves the TruDi Navigation System, a surgical guidance device used in sinus operations. In 2021, Acclarent, then a unit of Johnson & Johnson, announced it had added machine-learning software
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In a remote stretch of the western Pacific Ocean, far from major cities and daily headlines, the atmosphere has begun to behave in a way that worries climate scientists. For the second
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In February 1984, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi lay in the infirmary of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, cancer spreading through his young body as Iraqi missiles slammed into Iranian cities overhead. At 24, condemned to
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A British engineering firm’s plan to export advanced manufacturing machinery to Armenia has triggered mounting concern among sanctions experts and senior MPs, amid fears that the deal could indirectly bolster Russia’s war
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At 22,000 feet above the Nevada desert, the future of high-tech warfare is being tested in real time. A pair of US Marine F-35B Lightning jets glides into position alongside an RAF
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