Sri Lanka presidential election set for September 21 amid ailing economy | Elections News
President Wickremesinghe is first candidate to register at the Election Commission as he seeks mandate from voters. Sri Lanka will
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Bangladesh minister defends gov’t response to protests amid calls for probe | Protests News
Bangladesh’s minister of state for information and broadcasting has defended the government’s handling of mass protests, as United Nations experts
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Why does AI pose a huge energy supply problem? | Technology News
Technology revolution comes with gargantuan power and cooling needs. Artificial intelligence is driving a technological revolution. But feeding it requires
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Plane crash at Nepal’s Kathmandu airport kills 18; pilot only survivor | Aviation News
Saurya Airlines plane carrying two crew members and 17 passengers crashes shortly after takeoff and catches fire. A passenger plane
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How hot is your city compared with the rest of the world? | Climate News
Al Jazeera analyses 20 years of climate data from more than 1,200 cities around the world. Here is what we
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World’s hottest day recorded on Sunday, climate monitor says | Climate Crisis News
Global average surface air temperature was 17.09 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service says. July 21
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Bangladesh, protests are no longer about the quota system | Opinions
It has been more than 10 days now since the start of the protests against a government job quota system.
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Anant Ambani’s glitzy wedding highlights India’s ‘missing middle class’ | Business and Economy News
Ten million dollars to fly Justin Bieber to India’s financial capital Mumbai for an evening’s performance. An 800-guest cruise around
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What’s behind the recurring unrest in Bangladesh? | Protests News
Student protesters won’t stand down despite the top court reducing quotas for government jobs. After weeks of widespread unrest in
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How peaceful Bangladesh quota protests morphed into nationwide unrest | Protests News
Dhaka, Bangladesh – For three days, Ahsan Habib, a private university student, was on the streets of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka
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