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A former investigator from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau has fled to Europe, carrying what she claims is explosive evidence of a vast offshore money-laundering scheme linked to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inner circle.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday inaugurated a $1.5 billion research and development complex for state-owned defense contractor Aselsan Elektronik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS, marking the country’s biggest single investment in
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Are US intelligence services deliberately keeping their closest allies in the dark about peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine? According to reporting by CBS News, and highlighted by France 24, a memo
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Sri Lanka will begin using the Commonwealth Meridian software from next month as part of its economic recovery efforts, marking a significant step in strengthening public debt management following the country’s 2022
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UNP Chairman Vajira Abeywardena made a statement claiming that three presidents of other countries had enquired about the arrest of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Pro-Ranil media outlets and Ranil’s social media channels
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Anthropic has announced a research preview of its new browser-based AI agent, Claude for Chrome, powered by the company’s Claude AI models. The rollout will initially be available to a select group
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In a surprising move, the Trump administration announced plans last week to convert funds originally allocated to Intel through Joe Biden-era government grant programs into a 10% equity stake in the company.
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Africa is rapidly becoming one of the fastest-growing markets for Chinese goods, as tariffs imposed by Donald Trump’s administration reshape global trade flows for the world’s largest manufacturing hub. Chinese exports to
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Global political history is punctuated by state entities that, after vanishing from the international stage, have reemerged in new forms—sometimes radically transformed, sometimes strikingly faithful to their origins. These revived states—polities that
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Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, arrested and remanded on Friday (22) for alleged misuse of state funds during a visit to London, while in office, was granted bail yesterday. Large crowds flocked to
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On a crisp April morning in Beijing, what should have been a ceremonial display of unity within China’s armed forces turned into a glaring signal of turmoil at the top of the
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India’s Chief of Air Staff A.P. Singh has urged caution over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan to restructure the armed forces into theater commands, warning that such a drastic overhaul may
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The United States has offered to provide intelligence, air, and command support to a potential European-led security force in postwar Ukraine, according to European and Ukrainian officials cited by the Financial Times.
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