CI: Add main test workflow

.github/workflows/ci-core.yml

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+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a single version of Python
+# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/using-python-with-github-actions
+
+name: CI - Python-based Testing
+
+on:
+  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request,
+  # but only for the master branch
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
+        cache-dependency-path: |
+          setup.py
+
+    - name: Upgrade pip
+      run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+
+    - name: Install the package and dev dependencies locally
+      run: pip install -e ".[dev]"
+
+    - name: Run all tests
+      run: |
+        make tests-functional