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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Google has unveiled Dhivaru, a major new Trans-Indian Ocean subsea cable system designed to connect the Maldives, Christmas Island, and Oman—marking one of the company’s most consequential
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A Sri Lankan influencer, Geeth Sooriyapura, is at the centre of a sprawling network of more than 100 Facebook pages posting anti-migrant and Islamophobic disinformation targeting the UK, according to reporting by
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by Our Correspondent in Dhaka Update 2The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in Dhaka has sentenced former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on two charges of crimes against humanity linked to
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