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Apple delivered a stronger-than-expected quarterly performance, beating Wall Street revenue forecasts on the back of surging demand for its iPhones and a significant recovery in China. Tim Cook, the company’s chief executive,
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On India’s 79th Independence Day, in August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted his speech to Viksit Bharat 2047 (Developed India 2047) and announced a National Manufacturing Mission. The mission, he said, must ‘reduce import
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Sri Lanka has unveiled a comprehensive five-year National Strategic Action Plan to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking, signaling a renewed and strengthened commitment to eliminating trafficking in all its forms and improving
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Sri Lanka has begun the admission of schoolchildren to Grade One for the 2026 academic year, with the process officially getting underway on January 29. The milestone marks the beginning of formal
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King Charles has spoken candidly about his lifelong mission to protect the environment, declaring that he aims to improve the state of the planet “before I shuffle off this mortal coil,” Times
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The European Union, long seen as a global advocate for human rights, is under scrutiny for failing to protect minority communities within its own borders, a United Nations expert warned today. Nicolas
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Oxfam’s board of trustees has come under intense scrutiny, with a former trustee demanding their immediate resignation over failures in staff vetting processes that have reignited concerns about governance at the aid
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Xi Jinping has spent three years gutting his own military leadership. Five of the seven members of the Central Military Commission – China’s supreme military authority – have been purged since 2023,
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Britain is set to share intelligence with China for the first time in an effort to prevent Chinese engines and small boats from being used to smuggle migrants across the English Channel,
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