A member of Qatar’s ruling family has been denied the right to force the sale of the world’s largest cut blue diamond, known as the “Idol’s Eye,” after a High Court ruling
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Nigeria’s defense chief, General Christopher Musa, revealed on Thursday that the Canadian Embassy in Abuja has denied him and several senior military officers visas to attend the Invictus Games in Vancouver. The
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s flight to Germany for the Munich Security Conference was abruptly turned around on Thursday night due to a mechanical issue. The Boeing C-32 aircraft, a converted
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At 85, Chen Liquan, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering, remains actively engaged in guiding China’s battery technology revolution. He is driven by a vision he calls “Electric China.” As
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Italian tax authorities have accused Amazon of evading €1.2 billion in VAT payments, marking the latest crackdown by European regulators on US tech giants operating in the region. The claim, linked to
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Syria’s central bank has flown in a new supply of banknotes from Russia in a bid to alleviate a severe cash shortage that has left the country’s economy on the brink of
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Donald Trump spoke to reporters for over three hours on Air Force One on his way to see the Super Bowl in New Orleans on 9 February 2025. It was not clear to the
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“Great compromisers do not make for great heroes but do make for great democracies.” ~ Benjamin Franklin Throughout history, the governance of nations has frequently been juxtaposed with the management of private
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A new survey conducted by The Times has highlighted a significant shift in the working preferences of Generation Z, revealing that only 1 in 10 young people want to work in the
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump met at the White House in a high-profile bilateral meeting, marking Modi’s first visit since Trump returned to office. Their discussions covered a
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by Our Correspondents in Colombo and in Washington DC The outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie J. Chung, is reportedly working behind the scenes to prevent the formation of a parliamentary
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In a press briefing held yesterday, the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Levan S. Dzhagaryan, expressed his support for Sri Lanka to explore nuclear
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The first French nuclear tests occurred in Algeria between 1960 and 1965, with the initial test taking place on February 13, 1960, at Reggane in southwest Algeria. At the time, Algeria was
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Naive egoism and favourite perversion have unleashed a new window of working liberal democracy, making insane cruelty a value to torture and murder innocent people, and occupy foreign lands by force as
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