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Colombo, Sri Lanka–When 37-year-old Harshana Pathirana quit his job in the hotel sector, sold his car and invested in what he believed was a cryptocurrency, he dreamed of making a…
US President Joe Biden has signed a law committing $280bn (£232bn) to high tech manufacturing and scientific research amid fears the country is losing its technological edge to China. The…
Health Minister Sajid Javid and Finance Minister Rishi Sunak quit in the latest blow to PM Boris Johnson’s government. Two of the United Kingdom’s most senior ministers have resigned from…
Germany and Nigeria have signed an agreement that paves the way for the return of hundreds of artefacts known as the Benin Bronzes that were looted and removed from Africa…
Families say their children are being turned away from schools in Peru and Colombia, often because of discrimination. When Eliana Caman boarded a bus from Venezuela to Peru with her…
Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin have said their countries will apply to join the NATO alliance. In February, he said that his country’s “special…
Photos of bare breasts in Adidas sports bra adverts have been banned for showing explicit nudity. Images of the breasts of dozens of women of various skin colours, shapes and…
Rebel fighters have killed at least seven people in an attack in northeast Borno State in Nigeria, witnesses have told The Associated Press. The rebels attacked Kautukari village in the…
An orphanage in the Federal Capital Territory, Honour Ground Home, has decried the action of some Nigerians who donate expired food items and other products to the orphanage. Speaking while…
US President Joe Biden has announced a new sanctions package against Russia, calling Moscow’s recognition of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent the “beginning of a Russian invasion”…