Thailand plans to introduce an early retirement programme for civil servants as part of efforts to reduce the state workforce by about 5 per cent annually and contain government expenditure, Deputy Prime
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa has reportedly been admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Nawaloka Hospital in Colombo after experiencing a sudden cardiac condition,
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Independent artificial intelligence safety evaluators are gaining prominence as leading technology companies face growing pressure to demonstrate that their increasingly powerful models can be developed safely. Anthropic and OpenAI have pledged to
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Hollywood is preparing for a wave of films examining some of the technology industry’s most influential figures, as growing public concern over artificial intelligence and its consequences brings the sector under increasing
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Apple executive chairman Tim Cook has begun his third visit to China this year, meeting Guangdong Governor Meng Fanli as the American technology company seeks to expand its presence in one of
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North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, adding to tensions between the two countries following a series of military tests and a dispute
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Myanmar’s informal money-transfer network is providing a financial lifeline to families struggling with economic hardship while enabling migrants abroad to bypass banking channels controlled by the military-backed government. Known as the hundi
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At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, have died and 84 remain missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off Djibouti while travelling towards Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on
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The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has warned that ageing oil tankers used to transport Russian petroleum could cause a major environmental disaster along European coastlines, describing the vessels as
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At least 72 workers have been killed in an airstrike on a gold mine near the disputed border between Sudan and Egypt, according to Sudanese human rights activists. The organisation Emergency Lawyers
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The National Shoora Council (NSC) has urged Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to Iranian vessels stranded south of Galle within Sri Lanka’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),
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Brazil’s position is decisive. As Latin America’s largest economy, a founding BRICS member, and a leading participant in Mercosur, it possesses industrial, scientific, and political capacities that could strengthen independent development across
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The Riyadh airport attacks expose a fundamental asymmetry in the international legal order. The international community has developed an elaborate body of law governing civil aviation, the conduct of hostilities and the
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One Nadeem Ahmed Ameen who has a social media handle ‘news aina today’ circulated a fake and fabricated video of Vivek Bhagat, assistant commissioner of police that portrayed sexual conduct by the
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The confrontation between Washington and Moscow during the final years of the Cold War was not confined to nuclear weapons, military strategy and competing visions of global security. Newly declassified records published
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