Mathematicians around the world are struggling to come to terms with a breakthrough that has challenged their understanding of their profession and its future. On 6 October, OpenAI released 722 manuscripts generated
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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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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Outgoing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has firmly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated remarks about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state, calling the idea a “non-starter” and vowing to defend Canadian
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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has urged Western nations to focus on developing open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models, cautioning that failure to do so could lead to China taking the lead in
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Hong Kong has announced plans to file a complaint against the United States’ newly imposed tariffs with the World Trade Organization (WTO), after Beijing’s retaliatory levies on American goods took effect. Hong
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has voiced concerns about the dangers of a unipolar world order, echoing remarks made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in his historic 2007 Munich speech. In
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Two major projects initiated during the previous government in Sri Lanka, aimed at modernizing the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery and establishing a large-scale organic farm to strengthen food security, have largely stalled due
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U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an executive order instructing the Department of Justice to suspend enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), a landmark anti-corruption law that prohibits American businesses
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Samantha Power, the former head of USAID, is under scrutiny after reports revealed that her wealth skyrocketed from $6.7 million to over $30 million between 2021 and 2025. Elon Musk has publicly
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The White House has yet to determine its stance on a UK-Mauritius agreement concerning the Chagos Islands, a decision with significant national security implications for the strategic UK-US military base on Diego
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Tensions between the United States and China are nearing a breaking point as a new wave of tariffs threatens to reignite a full-scale trade war. Analysts warn that if the two economic
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The East China Sea has become a flashpoint for rising tensions between two of Asia’s most powerful nations—China and Japan. At the heart of this dispute lies a small cluster of uninhabited
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The global diamond industry is often seen as a domain of natural wonders, sparkling gems, and ancient traditions, yet Israel has managed to carve out an astonishingly prominent role in this glittering
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it has been confirmed that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided full financial assistance to Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born member of al-Qaeda, for his education at Colorado State University in
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