Australia’s corporate regulator has launched a formal inquiry into the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), citing repeated and serious operational failures that it says have eroded confidence in the country’s financial markets. The
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by Our Correspondent in Doha New reports have emerged alleging that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his inner circle ordered a covert plan to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
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Editor’s Note: The following column is based on remarks made by the author at the China–Sri Lanka–Maldives Tourism Forum held in Colombo on 16 June 2025. Today, we gather in the beautiful
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A new report from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) reveals significant strides in civil registration across the region over the past decade. The number
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As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces mounting scrutiny in two high-profile investigations, agents of the Shin Bet internal security service are reportedly growing increasingly reluctant to participate—fearful of becoming targets in
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Thousands of university students across the UK have been caught misusing artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT to cheat on academic assignments, as traditional plagiarism rates continue to decline, according to a
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Saudi Arabia has executed prominent journalist Turki Al-Jasser, arrested in 2018 on charges of terrorism and treason that human rights organizations say were politically motivated and lacked transparency. The execution, carried out
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At the opening of the annual Straits Forum in Xiamen, China’s top Taiwan affairs official, Wang Huning, renewed Beijing’s calls for closer cross-strait integration while condemning what he described as dangerous “Taiwan
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Until recently, Jiahao’s modest guest house in a quiet corner of Cairo mainly served Chinese tourists eager to see Egypt’s famed pyramids. But this spring, the hostel’s clientele changed dramatically. Instead of
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In a groundbreaking experiment reported by Nature, researchers have successfully grown beating heart tissue containing human cells inside pig embryos — a major milestone in the emerging field of human–animal chimaera research.
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Russia has significantly increased its export revenues despite sweeping Western sanctions, according to a new report by the German Economic Institute. The study, published Friday, found that Moscow boosted its exports to
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The Trump administration is weighing a significant escalation of its immigration and national security policies, with plans to potentially ban citizens from 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to
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Just ten days before her 24th birthday, Parnia Abbasi – a poet, English teacher, and bank clerk – was reduced to rubble and memory by an Israeli airstrike that tore through a
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In the hush of memory, when the world pauses to remember, may every father find peace in knowing: he was, and is, deeply loved. Father’s Day falls on 15th June each year. There are
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President Donald Trump marked his 79th birthday with a massive show of military force in the nation’s capital on Saturday, presiding over the largest U.S. military parade in decades. The spectacle, held
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