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Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe appointed acting president: speaker
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed to be acting president as incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa was overseas. The parliamentary Speaker announced…
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Biden heads to Israel on first Middle East tour as US president
US President Joe Biden was to start a Middle East tour on Wednesday in Israel, where leaders will urge tougher…
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Sri Lanka prime minister declares state of emergency: spokesman
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, hours before he was due to step down after a…
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COVID-19 pandemic ‘nowhere near over’, says World Health Organization
Covid-19 news updates: The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is “nowhere near over” as the number of new cases worldwide has risen…
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Elon Musk reacts after Twitter sues him
Washington: Tesla CEO Elon Musk was quick enough to react to a lawsuit filed against him by Twitter for breaching the…
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Sri Lanka president flees to Maldives ahead of expected resignation
Sri Lanka’s embattled president flew out of his country to the Maldives early Wednesday, in a probable prelude to his…
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US VP Harris launches Pacific push with new embassies, envoy
The United States launched a major push into the Pacific Wednesday as it seeks to hold off China’s advances in…
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NASA releases first colour images of galaxies, dancing stars from James Webb Space Telescope
NASA on Tuesday unveiled a new batch of images from its new powerful space telescope, including a foamy blue and…
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Russia seeks Iran drones after losses in Ukraine: White House
A senior US official said Tuesday that Russia’s plan to acquire hundreds of combat drones from Iran shows its urgent…
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Airport staff block Gotabaya Rajapaksa from leaving Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s embattled president was stuck in his own country Tuesday in a humiliating standoff with airport immigration staff blocking…
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