India’s Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, held his first high-level conversation with Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government on Thursday. The call with acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi marked a rare engagement
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Marking a major milestone for China’s maritime and automotive industries, Anji Ansheng, the world’s largest ocean-going car carrier by capacity, embarked on its maiden voyage to Europe on Thursday evening. Departing from
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Gold prices fell in early Asian trading on Friday and are poised for their steepest weekly loss in six months. A stronger US dollar and waning safe-haven demand, driven by improved US-China
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Thousands of Chinese workers launched coordinated strikes at BYD-owned electronics factories from March 28 to April 2, in one of the largest recent displays of industrial unrest in China’s manufacturing sector. The
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The global economy is projected to slow significantly in 2025, with growth expected to drop to just 2.3%, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). In its newly
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Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace negotiations in three years on Friday, with both sides signaling cautious optimism following nearly two hours of discussions in Istanbul. The talks, organized at
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Elections that were held on 06 May last for delayed LG elections, was no election system suitable to establish democratic LG bodies. That electoral system with many incompatibles, fits in nowhere. So
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Colombo Additional Magistrate Pasan Amaraseena today (16) ordered the release of 12 suspects—10 females and 2 males—who were previously arrested and remanded on suspicion of aiding and abetting terrorists responsible for the
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Editorial “A lot of people are starving,” Donald Trump declared bluntly, standing beneath the glittering chandeliers of the Gulf, his voice imbued with the rare gravitas of genuine lament. “We’re going to
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Myanmar’s opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has accused the country’s military leadership of committing serious human rights violations during a period of declared ceasefire following a devastating earthquake in
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Former FBI Director James Comey is at the center of a political firestorm following an Instagram post that critics say contained a veiled call for violence against President Donald Trump. On Thursday,
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Tucked away on the windswept shores of Talaimannar, a remote town on Sri Lanka’s northwest coast, lies a site shrouded in faith, legend, and heated debate. Locals
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In remarks that could derail renewed hopes for peace between Russia and Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump has declared that no meaningful progress will be made in negotiations until he meets directly
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Tech giants including OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are racing to give their AI chatbots better memory—ushering in a new era of personalization, but also sparking concerns over privacy and manipulation. As
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Ernst & Young has delayed start dates for incoming consultants in its U.S. strategy and deal advisory division for the third consecutive year, citing “uncertain and evolving market conditions,” according to a
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