Princess Astrid of Norway has died at the age of 94, the Norwegian royal household announced on Friday, 11 September. “Princess Astrid has died,” the royal household said in a brief statement,
Myanmar’s military is increasingly using drones, motorised paragliders and other low-cost aircraft to attack civilians, according to United Nations investigators, highlighting the widening use of improvised and inexpensive aerial weapons as the
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By the early 2030s the US will have a “new” tank to replace the Abrams M1. The M1 was designed between 1972 and 1976, although many changes have been made over the
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Taiwan has condemned planned Chinese navy drills involving an Indonesian warship off its east coast, accusing Beijing of attempting to create a false impression internationally that it exercises jurisdiction over waters east
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North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese authorities said, days before major joint military exercises between
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Erblin Ademi watched from a distance as workers began excavating recently discovered mass graves in Kosovo. Nearly 30 years after his father disappeared during the 1998-99 war, Ademi is caught between fear
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Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have expanded diplomatic and economic relations with a growing number of countries despite continuing international concerns over human rights and the absence
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It happened on 25 May 2020, in Minneapolis, USA. George Floyd (a Black man) was arrested on suspicion of attempting to pay for a pack of cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill.
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Sri Lanka Parliament has never been short of external help. The House began receiving substantial assistance by way of various projects, mostly sponsored by the USAID, after the 2015 change of government.
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Wei Huaxiang has arrived in Colombo this morning as China’s new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Sri Lanka. His arrival is being presented in the conventional language
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“True victory in any conflict is not found in the destruction of an enemy. It is found in the preservation of life and the healing of a community.” For Colonel D.P.K. Pillay,
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