A catastrophic fire in Tai Po, Hong Kong, and severe floods in southern Thailand have left dozens dead and thousands displaced, as emergency services scramble to respond to back-to-back disasters in Asia.
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Ambassador Julie Chung joined Peace Corps Sri Lanka Country Director Jeffrey Goveia in Vavuniya today to administer the Pledge of Service to twenty-three new Peace Corps Volunteers. Nimali Baduraliya, Director of English
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by Durga Velayudham In recent weeks, reports have emerged that BYD offered a “super tour” of China to media professionals and social-media influencers from abroad — including from Sri Lanka — as
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro could offer crude oil cargoes, primarily destined for China, as a bargaining chip in potential negotiations with the United States, sources told Reuters. The U.S., under former President
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Editor’s Note: This column is based on excerpts from a paper originally published in the latest issue of the CTC Sentinel. The paper examines the rapid expansion of Iraq’s digital economy and
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Editorial The audio clip released on social media proves beyond doubt that a key minister of this government was directly involved in the alleged illegal release of goods from the port. In
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That was one of the most concealed nightmares humanity was forced to endure. “In one village a mother was discovered boiling her two-year-old to eat its flesh. In another case, a father
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According to the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) bulletin dated November 21, 2025, the Central Government listed a Constitution Amendment Bill empowering the President to make regulations for the Union Territory (UT) of
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), where it appeared as part of the institute’s ongoing analysis of geopolitical developments in the Red Sea
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Summary: Gratitude is often hailed as a path to happiness—but its darker consequences are rarely discussed. Social pressures to express thanks can generate guilt, anxiety, and performative compliance while masking systemic injustices and
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Artificial intelligence research is entering a bold new era as scientists push to combine neural networks with symbolic reasoning, the so-called “good old-fashioned AI” that relies on formal rules and logical relationships.
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Tim Berners-Lee, the computer scientist who created the World Wide Web, argues that the internet has strayed far from its original principles and needs urgent reform. In his book This Is for
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Russia is exploring multiple options to prop up Russian Railways, the country’s largest commercial employer, which has accumulated a staggering 4 trillion rouble ($50.8 billion) debt, sources told Reuters. The state-owned company,
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The Chinese yuan has shrugged off slow economic growth, rock-bottom interest rates, and a slump in foreign investment to post its sharpest annual gain since 2020, sparking speculation that Beijing is pursuing
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Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, announced plans to resume navigation through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal as soon as conditions permit, CEO Vincent Clerc said on Tuesday. The
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