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The JVP was born exactly 60 years ago today, on 14 May 1965. Although 12 people participated in the inaugural discussion held over two days at the house of Akmeemana W. T.
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Microsoft Corporation has begun cutting nearly 3% of its global workforce, marking its largest mass layoff in over two years. Although the company did not disclose the exact number of job losses,
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The past few days have felt like a decisive chapter in the Ukrainian conflict – a time of mounting tensions, sudden twists, and a game of diplomatic ping-pong between Moscow and the
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A newly unveiled Russian cruise missile has emerged as a deadly force in the ongoing war against Ukraine, raising alarm over both its battlefield impact and the failure of international sanctions to
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The Hong Kong government gazetted the new rules, which expand the operational scope of Beijing’s national security office in the city. The Office for Safeguarding National Security (OSNS) will now benefit from
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A forthcoming book by CNN journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson has exposed extensive efforts by White House aides to conceal President Joe Biden’s physical and cognitive decline during the second half
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In a landmark decision, the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has ruled that Russia is responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, a
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The Royal Navy is deploying a cutting-edge sensory system, powered by artificial intelligence, to counter the growing threat of Russian submarines in British waters. Dubbed the Royal Navy’s “secret sensory weapon,” the
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In the early stages of the JVP 2nd rebellion, by December 1987, students from a number of schools in the Anuradhapura district were joining the JVP full-time. The Thambuttegama division falls under
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