Sri Lanka economic crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees as protesters storm residence

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence in Colombo on Saturday moments before thousands of protesters broke through police barricades and stormed the compound. Meanwhile, prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called an urgent meeting with his cabinet ministers after the president fled…

Where will James Webb Telescope look to click first pictures? We have a list

The James Webb Telescope, cooling in the darkness of space, is ready for the first observation and the first pictures will drop on July 12. We have a list of cosmic objects that the powerful observatory targeted for its first full colour images and spectroscopic data. These objects were selected by an international…

Twitter has legal edge in deal dispute with Musk

Twitter Inc has a strong legal case against Elon Musk walking away from his $44 billion deal to acquire the U.S. social media company but could opt for a renegotiation or settlement instead of a long court fight, according to legal experts. Delaware courts, where the dispute between the two sides is set to be…

Shinzo Abe’s influence was still evident long after he left office

In his record-breaking run as prime minister, Shinzo Abe never achieved his goal of revising Japan’s Constitution to transform his country into what the Japanese call a “normal nation,” able to employ its military to back up its national interests like any other. Nor did he restore Japan’s technological edge…