On Wednesday, a high-level delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, led by intelligence chief Abdul Haq Wasiq, arrived in Istanbul for the third round of talks with Pakistan. The discussions, between
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor The 2026 Budget tabled by Finance Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives amid perhaps the most delicate balance in Sri Lanka’s post-independence economic history. Having emerged from the
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Sri Lanka’s President and Finance Minister Anura Kumara Dissanayake unveiled the 2026 national budget on Friday, outlining reforms to strengthen economic resilience and uphold the country’s $3 billion International Monetary Fund bailout.
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Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) has signed a major shipbuilding contract with Orange Marine of France to construct two state-of-the-art cable laying and repair vessels, marking the largest shipbuilding contract in the company’s
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A courtroom drama in Paris has cast an unflattering light on France’s intelligence service, the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE), which has been accused of misusing a secret emergency fund
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The Miss Universe 2025 competition descended into crisis on Tuesday as dozens of contestants staged a dramatic walkout following an incident in which the event’s host, Nawat Itsaragrisil, publicly insulted Miss Mexico,
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President Xi Jinping presided over the commissioning ceremony on Wednesday in Hainan, according to state media outlet Xinhua. The Fujian, named after the coastal province opposite Taiwan, has now joined the People’s
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The overnight visit by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to India has been rather thin on the ground. Although this has been his first visit to India as Foreign Minister, and notwithstanding
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China recently reached out to NASA regarding a potential conjunction between satellites, marking the first instance of direct coordination between the two agencies over space traffic management. The event was disclosed by
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In the hierarchy of global honours, few distinctions have commanded as much reverence as the Nobel Peace Prize. Established in 1901 in accordance with the will of Alfred Nobel, the Prize was
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Decades ago, during the intense US–Soviet standoff of the Cold War, a deterrence competition was unleashed through both covert and overt means. From strategic firepower to nuclear deterrence, the Soviets and the
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Somewhere between New York’s Studio 54 disco and the White House, Donald Trump became infused by militant Christianity. At the same time, he also seems to have been imbued by the most
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Google has denied reports that it is building a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Christmas Island, clarifying that its current work there is part of an ongoing subsea cable
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AstraZeneca has reported its largest quarterly revenue in company history, with third-quarter sales rising 10% to $15.2 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $14.8 billion. The FTSE 100 pharmaceutical company said it remains
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Since early September, the United States has given every indication that it could be preparing for a military assault on Venezuela. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research partnered with ALBA Movimientos, the International Peoples’ Assembly, No
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