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he United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will turn its focus to Sri Lanka during its upcoming 29th session in Geneva, where the island nation’s compliance with international obligations to prevent
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Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing is facing a multimillion-pound lawsuit brought by former employees who claim that a flawed internal audit, overseen during his tenure as chief auditor, damaged
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Tensions have recently surfaced in the U.S.-India relationship, particularly after President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on India over its oil purchases from Russia. In response, Indian officials have accused the
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U.S. President Donald Trump has advised Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to consider using military force to stop illegal migration into Britain, warning that unchecked crossings could destroy the country “from within,”
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Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is reportedly moving forward with a plan to establish an international authority to govern Gaza after the end of Israeli military occupation, with backing from former
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Neurons have long dominated the spotlight in neuroscience, celebrated as the drivers of thought, movement, and memory. Yet, behind the scenes, a quieter, star-shaped group of cells—astrocytes—has been orchestrating much of the
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High-frequency trading firms in India are offering unprecedented salaries for entry-level roles, even as regulators increase scrutiny over the country’s equity derivatives market, Bloomberg reports. Amsterdam-based IMC Trading BV has offered interns
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Zijin Gold International Co., a unit of China’s top mining company, is seeking to raise HK$25 billion ($3.2 billion) through an initial public offering in Hong Kong, Bloomberg reports. The IPO is
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Indian refiners have no immediate plans to reduce imports of Russian crude, even as New Delhi resumes trade negotiations with Washington and both sides push for a deal, Bloomberg reports. Purchases are
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China’s push into brain-computer interface technology is gaining momentum, challenging the long-standing leadership of US companies like Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp., Bloomberg reports. While Neuralink has pioneered implanting chips into patients’ brains
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Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Thursday to protest planned austerity measures, sending a clear message to President Emmanuel Macron and his newly appointed Prime Minister
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Over recent weeks, chaos has engulfed Nepal. Public and private buildings have been set ablaze, with dozens of civilians reportedly killed. On September 9th, Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli resigned. The Western media has universally framed the
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Sri Lanka has undergone one of the sharpest and fastest episodes of austerity in history, driven by a massive retrenchment in public investment and the suppression of real wages, according to a
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