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Gabrielle Galapia enters Top 11 of Miss Asia Pacific International 2026

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The race to the 2026 Miss Asia Pacific International crown has gotten even tighter with just 11 delegates advancing to the next stage of the competition, including the Philippines’ Gabrielle Galapi…

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Sri Lanka hope to get out of T20I rut and keep series alive

Pakistan, who're 1-0 up in the three-match series, might go unchanged for the second game

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Opera adds free 3GB travel eSIM to its Android browser —and I've tried it

There's a lot of convenience and flexibility that comes with an eSIM, which is why phone manufacturers and consumers are adopting them more and more: they take seconds to set up, you can switch between them quickly, and…

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Match-winner on captaincy debut! Farhan leads Pak to stunning chase vs Sri Lanka

Sahibzada Farhan made a remarkable debut as captain, scoring 89 runs and guiding Pakistan to an impressive win over Sri Lanka, successfully chasing down 183. The aggressive pairing with Maaz Sadaqat shone through, sealin…

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Farhan, Sadaqat help Pakistan ace 183 chase to go 1-0 up

Lahiru Udara's 91 was the only bright spark in an otherwise hapless batting performance from Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka says no immediate plan to help Iranian ships near its waters with depleting food, fuel

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Thushara Rodrigo said Sri Lanka will put its national interest first before considering any help

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Razaullah, Mohammad Imran make T20I debuts as Sri Lanka bat in Rawalpindi

Pakistan's new T20I captain Sahibzada Farhan said they would have bowled anyway

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Wary of US, Sri Lanka hesitates to help Iranian ships anchored near its coast

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Sri Lanka appeals to Saudi Arabia to overturn migrant worker’s death penalty

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Physical vs. Cloud Servers for Building an Intelligent Home AI

The server question nobody asks out loud When Apple shipped Siri in 2011, the virtual assistant stopped being science fiction. Amazon followed in 2014 with Alexa and the Echo, and it still leads the category. Depending o…

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Experimental Pakistan host transitional Sri Lanka in rare home T20Is this season

The last time Sri Lanka came to Pakistan for a bilateral T20I series, they walked away 3-0 victors

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Sri Lanka arrests ex-President Rajapaksa’s wife in graft case

Sri Lanka’s former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, wife of Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been arrested in a corruption case.

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Kusal Mendis appointed Sri Lanka Test captain after Dhananjaya de Silva steps down

Dhananjaya de Silva will remain available for selection when Sri Lanka next play Test cricket, in Pakistan in November

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Queensland literary awards: ‘stunning’ debut inspired by segregated shantytown wins top prize

Lenora Thaker wins $30,000 prize for ‘a work of state significance’ for The Pearl of Tagai Town, which draws on her family’s history in Cairns-Malay Town A “stunning” debut novel described as “unambiguously and distincti…

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Dry wells and shrinking water holes as drought grips Sri Lanka

Prolonged drought in central Sri Lanka is leaving wells dry, hurting farmers’ livelihoods and pushing wildlife to crowd shrinking water holes.

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Sri Lanka name Mendis as test captain after de Silva steps down

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De Silva steps down as Sri Lanka test captain

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Sri Lanka's former first lady arrested over alleged misuse of hospital funds

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Dhananjaya de Silva steps down as Sri Lanka Test captain

Sri Lanka's next Test assignment is in Pakistan in November, and Dhananjaya de Silva has kept himself available for selection for it

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Former Sri Lankan first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa arrested on charges of misusing donation funds and corruption

Shiranthi Rajapaksa has been jailed pending investigation into alleged corruption. Authorities accuse her of misusing donation funds during her time as first lady of the island nation.