Sri Lanka’s 2024 elections have fast-tracked reforms that began after the country’s 2022 economic crisis, when mass protests forced limits on presidential powers. In 2025, the new government has been pushing further toward a parliamentary system, which was in
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The first fossil hominins were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century in South Africa, just over half a century after the publication of Darwin’s milestone work The Origin of Species (published in 1859)
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The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), nestled in the southeast of Bangladesh, have long been the homeland of the Chakmas, Marmas, Tanchangya, Tripura, and other indigenous communities. These peoples have cultivated their ancestral
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Daniel Noboa’s government in Ecuador is characterized by the implementation of neoliberal austerity policies dictated by the IMF, the violent repression of social protests, and a series of legal reforms aimed at
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Editor’s note: The following article is based on an interview with Geopolitical Futures Chairman and Founder George Friedman conducted by Christian Smith. Two years ago this week, Hamas’ October 7 attacks stunned
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In a narrow lane of Hyderabad’s Hafiz Baba Nagar, a small, unremarkable house became the unlikely command post of a global cybercrime network. What looked like a regular Wi-Fi router on a
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India will reopen its embassy in Kabul as it seeks to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties with Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar announced on Thursday. “I’m pleased to announce
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her long-standing efforts to promote democracy and human rights in her country, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced
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Japan’s ruling coalition has collapsed after the Komeito party, the junior partner to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), announced it was ending its alliance with the ruling bloc over disagreements on political
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Rising US scrutiny of the global semiconductor industry has put the spotlight on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co. ahead of their earnings reports next week. The Trump administration
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is exploring a significant risk transfer involving a $2 billion portfolio of loans used to finance private jets, according to people familiar with the matter. The potential size
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India is attempting a financial transformation by turning millions of low-income earners into stock market investors. Families long reliant on cash and gold are being encouraged to invest through mutual fund plans
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The US Senate has passed legislation requiring advanced artificial intelligence chipmakers, including Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., to prioritize American customers over China, marking a setback for the industry’s efforts
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Apple Inc. is expanding the responsibilities of several top executives in response to the upcoming retirement of longtime Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, according to people familiar with the matter. Services chief
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‘Victory has a thousand fathers. Defeat is an orphan’ ~ Attributed to Count Ciano How very true. Thunderous self-congratulations echo over the temporary ceasefire in Gaza that many hope will end two years
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