The Philippines has summoned China’s ambassador to Manila to express its “serious concern and strong objection” to remarks it said conveyed a threat to use force, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11–12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania. The communiqué released after the first day’s proceedings claimed that ‘NATO is a defensive alliance’, a
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The NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania concluded without any tangible progress towards peace. Instead, it appeared more like a display of unity to perpetuate and intensify conflicts between Russia, Ukraine, and NATO,
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Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Tuesday signed into law the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) Act, establishing the country’s first-ever sovereign investment fund. “For the first time in the history of the
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Following essay based on the Speech by Sir Richard Moore, head of SIS, UK It was here in this beautiful capital, almost exactly 55 years ago, on the 18th July 1968, that
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The Kaduwela Municipal Council opened the first of four Plastic Recycling Centers at 567/3, Yashodara Mawatha, Dedigamuwa as a pilot to improve standards in plastic waste collection and apply environment, health, and
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“A person stands a better chance of being tried and judged for killing one human being than for killing 100,000.”— José Ayala Lasso, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights The
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Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra’s ‘short official visit’ to Sri Lanka was to prepare and work out arrangements for President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s upcoming visit to India, official Lankan government reports said.
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The United Nations has issued a grave warning about the escalating global public debt crisis, revealing that the total debt reached a record high of $92 trillion in 2022. This represents a
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Frequent high-level interactions are the latest steps towards a detente between China and the United States. Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi met Thursday with
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Reports indicate that the European Parliament, during its plenary session in Strasbourg, France, adopted a joint motion by six political groups, calling for decisive action to address ethnic and religious violence in
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The following article is based on the speech delivered by R. Demet Şekercioğlu, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Sri Lanka & Maldives on Democracy & National Unity Day Commemoration Ceremony
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In June, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the 193 member states towards attaining the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ‘From 2015 to 2019’, the
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Considering Tsurkov’s high profile, the case has understandably roused strong emotional responses. A lot of these responses are however unhelpful for understanding the case and its undeniably broader implications for the realm
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by H. H. Albert Oh, how wonderful it is to witness the never-ending marvels of human progress! Just when you thought the world couldn’t get any better, the United States swoops in
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In a scathing statement, American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who is also a candidate in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, launched a blistering attack on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, referring to him
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