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By D S KANG Liberals the world over have expressed serious concern about Giorgia Maloni’s seismic victory in the Italian elections, her expected elevation as the first far-right PM of the country since World War Two and its long-term implications for Italy as well as the rest of Europe. The far-right ideologies blended with neo-fascism […]
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India is considered one of the potential superpowers of the world. This possibility has been attributed to many indicators, mainly demographic trends and a rapidly growing economy and military. India became the fastest-growing economy in the world in 2015, with estimated GDP growth of approximately
By Easwaran Rutnam Fuel prices in Sri Lanka will be increased even as OPEC agreed steep oil production cuts, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today. The President said that fuel prices will be increased by December/January in line with an expected rise in global oil prices. However, he said that steps will be taken to […]
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Emphasising the importance of strategic economic ties between India and Saudi Arabia, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Sunday that the collaboration holds the “promise of shared growth, prosperity, stability, security and development”. Jaishankar, who reached Riyadh on Saturday, is on a three-day visit to Saudi Arabia – his first as External Affairs Minister. He […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that now was not the time for war, directly assailing the Kremlin chief in public over the nearly seven-month-long conflict in Ukraine. Locked in a confrontation with the West over the war, Putin has repeatedly said Russia is not isolated because it can […]
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By PHELIM KINE In a few weeks, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior officials will convene in the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing to put Xi Jinping on track to become leader for life — with power rivaling that of Mao Zedong. Xi will likely emerge from the conclave with a third […]
Nong Khai [Thailand], September 8 (ANI): The economic situation of Laos continues to worsen as the country is under a severe shortage of foreign reserves and owes a hefty sum of foreign debt to China as the country is suffering from twin deficits, a senior economist at Thailand’s Krungsri Research said in a statement. “The […]
By N Sathiya Moorthy President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s address at the first-ever graduation ceremony of the National Defence College (NDC) in capital Colombo reiterated four points. The first three have been repeated by successive governments and their leaders over the past three decades in particular. Initiated under the predecessor government of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the […]
Fear of a DDR/IFR event drive rates even higher
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Tokyo [Japan], September 8 (ANI): As the Chinese economy is in the grip of a zero-COVID policy, the administration of President Xi Jinping is rushing to secure stable supplies of resources by increasing purchases of Russian oil. It was visible in the city of Linyi, where one gas station had signs
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By Stella Yifan Xie HONG KONG—The sharp slowdown in China’s growth in the past year is prompting many experts to reconsider when China will surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest economy—or even if it ever will. Until recently, many economists assumed China’s gross domestic product measured in U.S
By Uditha Devapriya Sri Lanka’s economic woes have not cast a shadow over its complex foreign relations. On August 16, the southern port of Hambantota welcomed the Yuan Wang 5, a research vessel from China. While Colombo had asked for a deferral of the visit, it eventually relented and allowed the ship to dock until […]
Beijing [China], September 1 (ANI): China has been hit by record temperatures, flash floods and droughts this summer, making the country the most climatically vulnerable place with increasing frequency of natural disasters and declining air quality in its industrial centre, Financial Post, a US-based publication reported. China is suffering from its worst heat wave in […]
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev who died last Tuesday was hardly known outside the Soviet Union when JR Jayewardene made himself Sri Lanka’s President in 1978. Seven years later, on March 11, 1985, Gorbachev would be become the General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. He was 54 years old and was the first leader of the […]
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Thursday 1st September, 2022 There is absolutely no need for aliens to take the trouble of undertaking intergalactic missions to destroy this planet. The so-called big powers vying for global dominance are already at it, and the signs are that they will succeed in their endeavour. The entire world is reeling from the war in […]
Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. Mr Gorbachev, who took power in 1985, opened up the then-USSR to the world and introduced a set of reforms at home. But he was unable to prevent the slow collapse of the Soviet Union, from […]
By Shamindra Ferdinando SJB MP Dr. Harsha de Silva yesterday said that he was quite disappointed that his economic revival plan, or common minimum programme, presented in parliament on 12 August hadn’t received the anticipated response from political parties, represented in Parliament. The Colombo District lawmaker said so when The Island asked him whether political parties and President […...
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