by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
Dharman Wickremaratne’s latest book ‘Premakeerthi Ghathanaye Sulamula’ meticulously examines the killing of radio announcer, producer and lyricist Premakeerthi de Alwis in late July 1989, at the height of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led terror
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Taiwan is intensifying its efforts to shield its undersea cables, a lifeline for the island’s economy and global tech supply chains, amid fears that China could exploit maritime routes to carry out
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from removing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, granting a significant reprieve to the economist as she challenges the president’s attempt to oust her
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What the Heck Happened? On 9 September 2025, the world witnessed an unprecedented affront to the sovereignty of a State when Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the political leadership of
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“Is this how Rome treats its heroes?” These words echo across the Colosseum in Gladiator II. They are spoken by Acacius, a soldier who had given everything to Rome, only to be condemned
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Protests led by members of Generation Z intensified across Kathmandu and other regions on Tuesday, following the deaths of 19 young demonstrators during violent clashes with security forces on Monday. The unrest,
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Dmitry Kuleba, Ukraine’s former foreign minister, has alleged that he managed to “run away” from Ukraine just hours before a government decree barred former diplomats from traveling abroad. In an interview published
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The UK government has concluded that Israel’s military actions in Gaza do not meet the criteria for genocide, marking a significant shift in the country’s stance, according to a letter obtained from
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Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), plans to roll out a new long-term strategy aimed at boosting returns, supporting the local economy, and advancing the kingdom’s diversification away
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India’s automakers have emerged as the primary beneficiaries of the government’s recent decision to slash consumption taxes, a move expected to lift demand and improve profit prospects, Bloomberg reports. Since Prime Minister
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Thailand’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to return to prison, ruling that he had evaded his sentence by being hospitalized upon his return to the country. The
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Starting in the 1990s, a new form of development was imposed on Latin American countries. In Brazil, the model of industrialization based on developmentalism, which had marked the country’s economic trajectory between
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On September 3, 2025, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), the Manipur Government, and representatives of two umbrella groupings of Kuki-Zo insurgent organisations – the Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and the
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On August 29, 2025, Kallu Tati (25), working as a Shikshadoot (temporary visiting teacher in government schools in remote villages, where permanent staff hesitate to work due to security risks), was abducted and killed
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At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on 1 September 2025, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met and publicly framed the relationship as “partners, not
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