The 77th National Independence Day celebrations commenced this morning (04) at Independence Square under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.Addressing the nation, the President ...

The forecast for 2025 is broadly unchanged from that in the October 2024 World Economic Outlook (WEO), primarily on account of an upward revision in the United States offsetting downward revisions in ...

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The ANC lead government must begin to listen attentively to the not so coherent youth grumbles that have resulted to the establishment of the Economic Freedom Fighters. Cartoons such as this one ...

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MMA continues to garner worldwide popularity as more fighters from across the world are being signed by major MMA promotions. For many years, MMA was dominated by Brazilian, American, and Japanese ...

Many MMA fighters had a great year in 2024. We saw some claim their first title in a major promotion. And there were those who reclaimed titles they previously held. But no MMA fighter had a ...

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SANAA: Yemen’s Houthi fighters said on Wednesday that they had carried out a missile and drone attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, though the American military declined to confirm ...

This is impacting labour markets and stalling progress on recovery from previous economic downturns. In 2024, global employment expanded in line with a growing labour force, keeping the unemployment ...