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PM Wickremesinghe warns the crisis-stricken country that petrol supplies are running out 0
- International
- May 17, 2022
On Monday, Sri Lanka’s new prime minister said the country was down to its last day of petrol, while the country’s power minister warned citizens not to join the long fuel lines that have sparked weeks of anti-government rallies. In a speech to the nation on Thursday, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed Prime Minister on
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India to provide additional $500-mn assistance to Sri Lanka for fuel 0
- International
- April 21, 2022
India will provide an additional $500 million in financial assistance to Sri Lanka for it to buy fuel, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister told reporters on Wednesday, adding Bangladesh was also willing to postpone a $450 million in swap repayments. “Assistance by the IMF will take about six months to come to us and it will come in
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency 0
- International
- April 6, 2022
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday night revoked the state of emergency he had declared on April 1 with immediate effect in his island nation. In a gazette notification no 2274/10 issued on Tuesday night, the president said he has withdrawn the emergency rule ordinance which gave security forces sweeping powers to curb any
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Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital, 17 reported hurt 0
- International
- March 10, 2022
A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. Ukrainian officials said the attack wounded at least 17 people, including women near childbirth. The ground shook more than a mile
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Joe Biden to order studies on regulating, issuing cryptocurrency: Source 0
- International
- March 8, 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a long-awaited executive order this week directing the Justice Department, Treasury, and other agencies to study the legal and economic ramifications of creating a U.S. central bank digital currency, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday. The White House last year said it was considering
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Annual Covid-19 vax preferred to frequent boosters, says Pfizer CEO 0
- International
- January 24, 2022
Pfizer Inc Chief Executive Albert Bourla has said that an annual Covid-19 vaccine would be preferable to more frequent booster shots in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Pfizer/BioNtech’s Covid-19 vaccine has shown to be effective against severe disease and death caused by the heavily-mutated Omicron variant but less effective in preventing transmission. With cases soaring, some countries have expanded
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