In a major leap for cancer diagnostics, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a highly sensitive blood test capable of detecting cancerous mutations years before symptoms emerge—potentially transforming early cancer detection
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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is scheduled to visit Colombo later this month. The House on June 5 announced the visit, two days after the UN Resident Coordinator
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The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka has officially announced the launch of a new digital visa application platform, the “China Visa Online Application System”, which will come into effect on 30 June
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As Israel and Iran play, the “Game of Chicken”, in a fiery war of missiles and drones, powerlessness of global stakeholders in preventing wars is starkly evident as primary and secondary goals
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As tensions between Iran and Israel reach an explosive crescendo, a growing number of Iranian dissidents are raising their voices — and their banners — in an urgent plea to prevent a
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Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Asim Munir has arrived in Washington for a five-day official visit aimed at reinforcing military and economic ties with the United States, even as Islamabad deepens its
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China’s struggling property market showed fresh signs of deterioration in May, reinforcing Premier Li Qiang’s recent call for “greater efforts” to halt its decline. New figures analyzed by the Financial Times paint
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Swiss authorities have raided the offices of prominent financial blog Inside Paradeplatz and the private home of its editor, journalist Lukas Hässig, in connection with alleged violations of the country’s strict banking
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has warned corporate employees that the company expects to reduce its white-collar workforce in the coming years due to the growing impact of artificial intelligence. The announcement, first
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The White House has announced a 90-day extension for TikTok to continue operating in the United States, delaying enforcement of a law requiring its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to divest its stake
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We are witnessing a joint Israeli-US attack on Iran. Claims by the Trump administration that it is not involved are false. Israel’s far right government and the Trump administration are joined at
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Air India’s troubles have deepened dramatically, with a string of international flight cancellations and mid-route disruptions compounding the airline’s mounting crisis, the worst since the Tata
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When Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on the verge of declaring Sri Lanka bankrupt, a proposal was received from China through the then Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa. The proposal was to obtain a $4
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Editorial It is a bleak indictment of our epoch that the language of reason, morality, and international law now rings hollow against the roar of missiles and the bluster of sociopaths in
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In his inaugural speech, South Korea’s recently elected President Lee Jae-myung declared that ‘no peace is too expensive; it is always better than war’. The words capture an idealism packaged in Lee’s pragmatism. Indeed,
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