Sri Lanka Court Found Ex-President Contributed to Economic Crisis
London (15/11 – 67) Colombo Supreme Court rules that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda, were among several government…
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Light Shining in A Dark Tunnel: First-Time Win for Germany – FIFA U-17 World Cup
Jakarta, Surakarta, Berlin (7/12 – 11) Amid a generally declining period for Germany’s national football team, the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia…
GB’s East Coast Hydrogen Project Delivery Plan Set Out
A single coordinated network plan has been set out for the delivery of Britain’s East Coast Hydrogen (ECH2) project. ECH2, an initiative of the…
U.S. Announces Military Drills With Guyana Amid Dispute Over Oil-rich Region With Venezuela
The United States announced joint military flight drills in Guyana on Thursday as tensions over a contested oil-rich region with neighbor Venezuela prompted the U.N. Security…
Elon Musk steers X into deeper controversy with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Elon Musk steered X, formerly Twitter, into further controversy over the weekend when he brought back the accounts for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his…
Discipline Handed Down for US Intelligence ‘Discord Leaks’
PENTAGON — The U.S. Air Force took disciplinary action against 15 airmen, charging that a lack of supervision and a failure to take action contributed…
US Bars Imports From 3 More Chinese Firms On Uyghur Labour Concerns
Washington: The United States widened a trade blacklist Friday taking aim at forced labor concerns involving Uyghurs and other minorities in China. Three Chinese companies…
Netanyahu allowed $1bn to flow into Hamas hands
WASHINGTON: Israel approved the transfer of more than $1 billion from Qatar to the Hamas-run Gaza, even though there were intelligence warnings that the…
China’s Xi visits Vietnam after Biden, seeks to boost ties
HANOI — China’s President Xi Jinping starts a two-day visit to Vietnam on Tuesday (Dec 12), three months after US President Joe Biden travelled to…
Biden marks Hanukkah at the White House amid ‘sickening’ rise in antisemitism
President Biden on Monday welcomed Jewish lawmakers and community members to the White House for a celebration of Hanukkah with the backdrop of a…