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The United States government is in the grips of one of its longest-running funding gaps in history. The ongoing government shutdown has already stretched beyond 30 days and now, the food security
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For more than three decades, the encrypted Kryptos sculpture at CIA headquarters has fascinated codebreakers and art lovers alike. Designed by artist Jim Sanborn and unveiled in 1990, the piece contained four
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India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval, has said that “poor governance” was the driving factor behind the uprisings that led to changes of government in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka over the
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Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations. ~ George Orwell Introduction In considering the epistemic and teleological dimensions of the observance of 2 November
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The highlight of the month of October is Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya’s official visit to India from October 16 to 18. This was the 55 year-old former academic’s first visit to India
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s government debt climbed sharply in the first half of 2025, raising concerns over fiscal stability and economic sustainability. According to the Weekly Economic Indicators Report
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Petrobras, Brazil’s majority state-owned oil company, has received permission to drill an exploratory well 100 miles offshore from the ancestral lands of the Karipuna people in Amapa state, a move that has
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed on Saturday that he had apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump following a political advertisement that targeted American audiences and drew sharp criticism from the former
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Asia-Pacific leaders concluded the annual APEC summit in South Korea on Saturday with a joint declaration emphasizing the need for resilient and mutually beneficial trade, amid mounting fractures in the global trading
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More than ten years after jihadi forces stormed the fabled city of Timbuktu, banning music, dancing and imposing sharia law, Mali is once again teetering on the edge of collapse. Fighters affiliated
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Egypt is set to make history this weekend with the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), a vast cultural landmark on the Giza plateau that has been two decades in
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Canada is spearheading a major push to strengthen its position in the global critical minerals market, announcing C$1.4 billion ($1 billion) in new investments and partnerships aimed at securing key materials for
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Adani Enterprises Ltd., the flagship firm of Gautam Adani’s sprawling port-to-power conglomerate, is preparing to raise as much as 250 billion rupees ($2.8 billion) through a rights issue, according to people familiar
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China is set to remove a decades-old tax incentive for gold buyers, a policy shift that could increase costs for consumers in one of the world’s largest bullion markets. Starting November 1,
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