Ras Malé is not simply a US$20 billion construction project. It is an attempt to overcome the Maldives' chronic shortage of land, housing and economic diversity by creating a new metropolitan centre beside Malé. If its promises are delivered, the project could fundamentally alter
The alleged group rape of a Cornell University student has become one
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has claimed the language of East Germany’s
The U.S.-Iran war has entered a phase in which Washington can intensify
The co-pilot allegedly used a cockpit crash axe and attempted to seize
Galanagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, who was subject to an outstanding court warrant, has been arrested by police in the Thiniyawala area, according to reports. An open warrant had been issued by the
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has rejected reports that the United States has specifically warned Sri Lanka it could face sanctions if it provides supplies or services to Iranian vessels near the country’s waters, saying the US measures cited in the
Serious allegations have been made over the tendering of commercial premises at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), with claims that national procurement guidelines and financial
Sri Lanka is facing a backlog of about 678,000 driving licences awaiting printing, with officials warning that the delay is continuing to grow because
For almost two decades, Regina Jardim has been recording the lives of Brazilian women killed by men. Her work began after her daughter, Priscila, was shot dead by her ex-partner as she left a nightclub in 2007. Since then, the 66-year-old retired teacher has
Spanish actor Ana Rujas is preparing for one of the most physically
Thirty years after Alicia Giménez Bartlett created Petra Delicado, the Spanish author
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Canada’s proposed “associate membership” of the EU exposes a striking legal paradox: the treaties contain no such membership category, yet Article 217 TFEU could provide a route to an exceptionally deep association. The real test will be whether Canada can gain meaningful access to
Frank Strada, the head of Tennessee’s prison authority, will resign his post days after the failed execution of death-row inmate Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said on Saturday. Strada is expected to leave office later this month, although no successor has yet been announced.
Ras Malé is not simply a US$20 billion construction project. It is
Russia is preparing for the war in Ukraine to continue for years,
China’s construction of a runway on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago
Frank Strada, the head of Tennessee’s prison authority, will resign his post days after the failed execution of death-row inmate Christa Pike, Governor Bill Lee said on Saturday. Strada is expected to
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Galanagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera, who was subject to an outstanding court warrant, has been arrested by police in the Thiniyawala area, according to reports. An open warrant had been issued by the
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For almost two decades, Regina Jardim has been recording the lives of Brazilian women killed by men. Her work began after her daughter, Priscila, was shot dead by her ex-partner as she
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Singapore’s government has launched a dating service that uses a Nobel Prize-winning matching algorithm to pair public-sector employees, introducing a highly controlled alternative to commercial dating platforms as the city-state faces a
More The alleged group rape of a Cornell University student has become one of the most serious scandals in the 161-year history of the elite New York institution, while also exposing a legal
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US authorities have arrested a California technology company owner accused of orchestrating almost US$300 million in sales of export-controlled Nvidia AI servers to China through Malaysia and Singapore, according to the US
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G20 trade ministers have failed to reach broad agreement on a US proposal to address excess industrial capacity and “non-market” economic policies, exposing divisions within the group of major economies as Washington
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Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry has rejected reports that the United States has specifically warned Sri Lanka it could face sanctions if it provides supplies or services to Iranian vessels near the country’s
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OpenAI said it disrupted a coordinated campaign in which operators attempted to extract protected reasoning from its artificial intelligence models, linking a core cluster of the activity to Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI, the developer of Kimi. The activity began in early July and
Alphabet unveiled Gemini 4 Argon on Wednesday, describing it as its most
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Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and other technology leaders have signed the
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China is converting vacant primary schools and kindergartens into elderly care facilities as falling birth rates and a shrinking youth population leave classrooms empty while demand for services for older people increases. Ministry of Education data showed that primary school
Researchers in Europe are developing a 3D bioprinting platform that can create living bone, fat and muscle tissue by combining stem cells with genetically
China is offering 15-year research grants to a select group of exceptionally talented young scientists as it seeks to strengthen basic research and accelerate
by Nil There is something almost unsettling about the fact that Charles Spencer’s most intimate book about Diana begins, in effect, with a question of possession: who knew her best? His mother,
by Durga The most revealing sentence in Lindy Li’s Unburdened may be the one that sounds least like political analysis: “Why did I do it? You want the unvarnished truth…? It was
by Luxman Anthony Scaramucci’s most revealing confession may also be the sentence that prevents All the Wrong Moves from becoming a conventional anti-Trump polemic: “I bought into Donald Trump. That doesn’t reflect
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