“Today, we grieve yet another dubious milestone in the fiscal decline of the most powerful and prosperous nation in history,” stated the US House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington last week when referring to the alarming accumulation of gross national debt that hit a new record of $35 trillion.
The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) urged the Uyghur community living abroad to refrain from travelling to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), claiming that it would aid the Chinese oppression and forceful invasion in the region and would weaken the efforts of the international community and help spread Chinese propaganda.
The Philippine Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducted their first-ever Maritime Cooperative Activity in contested waters, emphasizing regional collaboration and stability. However, it was reported that the exercise was closely monitored by a suspected Chinese Navy ship, highlighting ongoing tensions in the South China Sea.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new heights, banning the platform in the South American country for 10 days amid furore over a disputed presidential election.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake registering a lower 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale struck southern Kyushu on Thursday afternoon, triggering a tsunami advisory for Kyushu’s east and southern coast and the southern coast of Shikoku, the Meteorological Agency said.
As Sri Lanka approaches its Presidential election, the nation finds itself at a critical juncture. The economic landscape, shaped by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program, has seen remarkable improvements under President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The British High Commissioner to India, Lindy Cameron, congratulated India and the United Kingdom on the ongoing multilateral exercise Tarang Shakti and said the defence and security cooperation between the two countries extends beyond sea, land and air.
Country Garden Holdings’ sales slump dragged on in July, adding to the Chinese developer’s woes as it tries to avoid liquidation. Contracted sales for July dropped 72 per cent from a year earlier to 3.4 billion yuan (S$630 million), following a 73 per cent slide in June, corporate filings show. The tally was 21 per cent lower from the previous month.
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has called on the Police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), and the military to uphold the constitution and prevent any unelected government from assuming power.
The Passu and Shigar areas in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) for the past several days have witnessed an unprecedented threat due to severe flow in the Hunza and Shigarrivers due to heatwave and the melting of glaciers, caused by climate change, Pamir Times reported.
India, the world’s third-largest importer of crude oil, stands to gain as oil prices have fallen to an eitht-month low at $75.8 a barrel in the international market, with a more than $4 a barrel decline since Friday as the slowdown in the US and Chinese economies have raised fears of dampening demand.
A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Google violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and become the world’s default search engine, the first big win for federal authorities taking on Big Tech’s market dominance.
China’s increasing influence in Central Asia, particularly in Tajikistan, has become a topic of significant concern. The Telegraph recently reported that China has been constructing a secret military base in Tajikistan along its border with Afghanistan for a decade. Despite quick denials from Beijing, the situation raises critical questions about China’s ’’dual-purpose infrastructure’’ in the region.
Stressing the use of digitisation for rapid development, the President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, lavished praise on India for its work in this direction, which has lifted 800 million out of poverty in the last 5-6 years.
Tourist arrivals surpass 63,000 in first half of October
EDB gets new chief
Colombo welcomes Cinnamon Life
New Board of Directors appointed for SriLankan Airlines
Easter attack: controversy swirls further high
Catholic Church rebuffs Gammanpila’s allegations
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SL unveils new ’P’ series passport with enhanced security features