Kim Aris, the youngest son of Myanmar’s imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has spoken to his mother for the first time in five years, in a development that has provided
The column examines the documented intelligence warnings and investigative failures preceding the Easter Sunday attacks, and asks whether the subsequent appointment of former CID Director Shani Abeysekara to lead a politically sensitive
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Prediction market platforms allow people to bet on real-world events like politics, culture, economics, war, and sports. Their defining feature is the buying and selling of contracts. They operate on a peer-to-peer
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The Greenland dispute has moved beyond Trump’s rhetoric about buying territory. His demands for US ‘ownership and control’ have raised a deeper question about whether a great power can claim strategic rights
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Saudi Arabia is confronting a worsening security crisis after Houthi forces seized key positions along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and resumed missile and drone attacks against Saudi infrastructure, while the network of
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The disruption of global energy supplies caused by the war involving Iran is increasingly being felt through higher fuel prices, shortages of key industrial materials and growing public unrest. Protests, strikes and
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At three in the morning during the Talavera fairs, Gómez was walking with a woman who was not his wife. Some acquaintances spotted them and were understandably surprised. “It is a very
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The alarm triggered by the relationship between a Spanish NATO commander and a Russian-born woman he met through Tinder is the latest episode in a rapidly expanding arena of espionage: mobile applications.
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The European Union has so far failed to secure agreement on extending its sanctions against Russia, with a dispute over two Russian billionaires preventing the 27 member states from completing the required
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico have sued US President Donald Trump and members of his administration over a decision to ban the outlets from White House grounds, arguing that the move violates
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The New Delhi Declaration marks a stronger BRICS push to reshape global governance in favour of greater representation for the Global South. By calling for reforms to the UN Security Council, international
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US President Donald Trump is taking a less combative approach towards China ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping this week, reflecting what China experts say is Beijing’s growing leverage through
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The United States, Japan and South Korea have jointly reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, delivering a pointed message on Taiwan just days before a highly anticipated
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Vietnamese President To Lam said his country is “very close” to reaching a trade agreement with the United States, as Hanoi seeks to ease trade tensions by increasing purchases of high-tech American
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The race between the United States and China to dominate artificial intelligence is usually framed as a contest over military power, economic advantage and technological leadership. But a report from The Soufan
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More than a decade after Rizana Nafeek’s execution in Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka appears to be confronting another death-penalty crisis involving a migrant worker, Sivarasa Anojan. His case exposes the persistent weaknesses
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