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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS HAS NAMED ‘RIZZ’ AS ITS WORD OF THE YEAR
Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe
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THE BEST PLACES TO GO IN ASIA IN 2024
Condé Nast Traveler – November 15, 2023 It’s official, Asia is back—brighter, bolder, and more ambitious than ever. The region took longer than others to shake off pandemic-related travel restrictions…
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SRI LANKA’S 2024 BUDGET SETS AMBITIOUS REVENUE, DEFICIT TARGETS
Sri Lanka's government projected a lower-than-anticipated budget deficit for 2024 on Monday on the back of a significant jump
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DAVID CAMERON, FORMER PM AND NOW BRITAIN’S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
LONDON, Nov 13 - David Cameron, 57, served as British prime minister from 2010 to 2016, resigning after the outcome of the Brexit vote, when Britain voted to leave the…
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ICC SUSPENDS SRI LANKA CRICKET WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
The International Cricket Council Board has suspended Sri Lanka Cricket’s membership of the ICC with immediate effect. In a statement released on Friday night, the ICC said that the SLC…
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IMF REACHES STAFF-LEVEL AGREEMENT ON THE FIRST REVIEW OF SRI LANKA’S EXTENDED FUND FACILITY ARRANGEMENT
End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country
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SCIENTISTS PROPOSE SWEEPING NEW LAW OF NATURE, EXPANDING ON EVOLUTION
When British naturalist Charles Darwin sketched out his theory of evolution in the 1859 book "On the Origin of Species"
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SINGAPORE PICKS ECONOMIC CZAR THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM AS ITS NEXT PRESIDENT
CNBC – September, 1 2023 A former member of Singapore’s ruling party on Saturday scored a landslide victory to become the city-state’s president, in an election seen as a barometer…
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AIR POLLUTION NOW A MAJOR RISK TO LIFE EXPECTANCY IN SOUTH ASIA – STUDY
Reuters – August 29, 2023 Rising air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in South Asia, one of the world’s most polluted regions, according to…
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POST-PANDEMIC, WORLD FACING GLOOMY STEW OF DEBT, TRADE WARS AND POOR PRODUCTIVITY
Record levels of government debt, geopolitical tensions that threaten to split the global trading system, and the likely persistence of weak productivity gains may saddle the world with a slow-growth…
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