Sri Lanka ‘should be vigilant’ about Adani power deal following U.S. indictment, say experts

Post Views: 40 Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Gautam Adani during a meeting in New Delhi in July 2023. Photo: Special Arrangement Sri Lanka should be vigilant about the Adani power project in the island, experts said on Thursday,after Federal prosecutors in New York indicted Group Chairman Gautam Adani and seven others on multiple counts … Read more

India, Australia firm up air-to-air refuelling arrangement for military aircraft

Post Views: 47 Jet carries out air-to-air refuelling process. File | Photo Credit: ANI India and Australia have firmed up an arrangement to enable the air forces of the two countries to carry out air-to-air refuelling, a move expected to increase the Indian military’s reach in the Indo-Pacific region, officials said on Thursday, November 21, … Read more

After U.S. indictment, Adani Group will face greater pressure in Bangladesh over power deal, says expert

Post Views: 36 Adani Power, a part of the Adani conglomerate, had started supplying power to Bangladesh in April 2023. File  | Photo Credit: Reuters Indictment of Gautam Adani and several top officials of the Adani conglomerate in the U.S. may become a factor in future negotiations between the Adani Group and the interim government … Read more

Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s pick for Attorney General

Post Views: 37 “While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” Matt Gaetz said. | Photo Credit: Reuters Matt Gaetz withdrew on Thursday (November 21, 2024) as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a … Read more

Dozens feared dead in Gaza after Israeli strikes

Post Views: 42 “Dozens of people were killed or unaccounted for after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip,” a hospital director and the Civil Defence Agency said Thursday (November 21, 2024). One strike near the Kamal Adwan hospital in the north of the territory left “dozens of people” dead or missing, the facility’s director Hossam … Read more

Advanced Chinese warship showcased in Hong Kong

Post Views: 34 The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy formation, Type 075 amphibious assault ship, Hainan, is seen docked at China Merchants Wharf in Hong Kong on November 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP An advanced Chinese warship thought to play a key role in the country’s South China Sea and Taiwan strategies sailed … Read more

U.N. rules for carbon trading between nations approved at COP29 climate talks

Post Views: 58 A man walks past a logo of the COP29 United Nations climate change conference, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters New rules allowing wealthy polluting countries to buy carbon-cutting “offsets” from developing nations were agreed at U.N. climate talks on Saturday (November 24, 2024), in a move already … Read more

Politics between polls – The Hindu

Post Views: 38 Vijitha Herath receives a document from Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake after being sworn-in as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet in Colombo on November 18, 2024. Photo: Sri Lanka President’s Media Division via AFP On the morning of November 16, … Read more

Police report reveals assault allegations against Pete Hegseth

Post Views: 31 A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room, and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report made public late Wednesday (November 20, 2024). “Hegseth, a Fox News personality and … Read more

World must respond: Zelenskyy after Russian strike in Dnipro

Post Views: 40 Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Mr. Putin’s acknowledgement of the use of the new weapon was another escalation in the war, now more than 1,000 days old, after the deployment of North Korean troops on Russian soil. File | Photo Credit: AP Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday (November 21, 2024) … Read more

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