COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka is set to host two exceptionally high-level diplomatic visits from India and China this week, in a development that carries significance well beyond immediate disaster response following Cyclone Ditwah.India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is due to arrive in ...

COLOMBO (News 1st): Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress, is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on December 23, for a two-day official visit.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that he will arrive with an additional delegation to observe the next phase o...

COLOMBO (News 1st): India's Minister of External Affairs Dr S. Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive in the country tomorrow, for an official visit.Deputy Minister of Tourism, Janitha Ruwan Kodithuwakku, said that the Minister is expected to reach the island by tomorrow afternoon.Minister Jaishankar wil...

Morocco defeated Jordan 3-2 after extra time to claim the Arab Cup on Thursday thanks to two goals from Abderrazzaq Hamed Allah following a stunning long-range strike from Oussama Tannane.Morocco opened the scoring after four minutes when Tannane's audacious shot from the centre circle caught advanc...

A woman tied the knot with her AI husband, sparking a discussion about the ethics and bounds of artificial intelligence.Yurina Noguchi, a 32-year-old woman living in Japan, recently walked down the aisle to wed Lune Klaus Verdure, a version of a video game character that Noguchi created via ChatGPT....