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Polling begins in Sri Lanka, island nation to elect next president

Some 17 million people are eligible to vote at over 13,400 polling stations

American lawmakers announce launch of Quad Caucus ahead of summit

Quad leaders seek to discuss major initiatives on infrastructure, maritime security, public-private partnership among others

Jury begins deliberations on Trump Train encounter with Biden-Harris bus

Attorneys for the defendants argued they did not intend to hurt anyone or scheme a plan for Democrats

Biden opens foreign policy stretch as allies shift gaze to Trump, Harris

Biden kicks off his spurt of diplomacy on Friday when he hosts Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for talks at his home near Wilmington

Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was on US wanted list

Ibrahim Akil, 61, was the second top commander of Hezbollah to be killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern suburb of Beirut

India less of an issue in Sri Lankan election, local factors predominate

"For Sri Lankans, this election is a way of overcoming the trauma of the economic hardship they have just been through, a way of speaking out. … India is not a factor."

China weighs removing major homebuying restrictions to boost demand

Authorities are also mulling fresh measures to shore up the sluggish stock market, the people added, without providing more specifics

US Fed's relaxed bank capital plan faces pushback from regulator: Report

At least three of five FDIC board directors whose support is needed to formally propose the new draft currently oppose doing so, the sources said

EU chief travels to Kyiv with promise of fresh energy funds for Ukraine

Von der Leyen told reporters that 100 million euros ($112 million) of the funds would come from the proceeds of the Russian assets held in the EU

Communication failures prior to Trump's July assassination bid: Report

Report details a series of communications deficiencies before the shooting by 20-year Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was shot by Secret Service sniper after firing eight rounds in Trump's direction

Strike on Beirut killed senior Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Akil: Israel army

A Hezbollah official has confirmed that Akil was supposed to be in the building in the Dahiya district that was hit

Gold breaks $2,600 barrier as Fed rate cut bets prolong historic run

Prices of gold have climbed 26 per cent in 2024, its biggest annual rise since 2010, as investors also sought to hedge uncertainties spurred by prolonged conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere

Two Russians set record for longest stay on International Space Station

Chub and Kononenko will add several days to their total before their scheduled return to Earth on Monday

German court rules in Nokia's favour in Amazon video tech patent dispute

In July, Amazon sued Nokia in a Delaware federal court, accusing the Finnish group of infringing a dozen Amazon patents related to cloud-computing technology

Ukraine bans Telegram app on state-issued devices due to Russian threat

During a meeting Ukraine's security forces agreed that Telegram is actively used by Russia for cyberattacks, phishing, spreading malware, establishing user locations and calibrating missile strikes

VinFast's loss widens in Q2 on impairment charge, higher sales cost

Selling expenses rose by 25.5% quarter-on-quarter due to increasing sales and marketing costs, coupled with asset impairments, according to the filing

Residents told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets Ukrainian capital

Kyiv's Department of Environmental Protection and Climate Change said that the likely cause of this is fires in the Kyiv region

Canada reduces student permits, Indian students seek new overseas options

Canada's immigration minister Marc Miller announced that 364,000 study permits will be approved in 2024, but a further 10 per cent cut will reduce this to 327,000 permits by 2025

Brazil slaps Rs 7.7 cr fine on Elon Musk after X's brief return despite ban

The platform's services were briefly re-enabled on Wednesday (September 18) after X updated its servers in Brazil. During this brief period, a large number of Brazilian users accessed the site

Golden Visa, or Golden Passport, and how to choose the best country option?

The two immigration pathways of migrating abroad are the Golden Visa and Golden Passport. There are some differences, even though they are generally the same and occasionally used interchangeably