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Ranil Wickremesinghe (Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Finance Minister by Prez...

Wickremesinghe relies on all political parties to support him in his immediate task of reviving the ailing economy

25 May 2022 7:08 AM GMT

Law enforcement personnel walk outside Uvalde High School after shooting a was reported earlier in the day at Robb Elementary School, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Texas school massacre: 19 children, 2 adults shot dead, several...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott named the suspect as Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old local resident and a US citizen

25 May 2022 5:12 AM GMT

A port worker stands by a ship that carried emergency supplies granted as humanitarian aid by Tamil Nadu government to Sri Lankan people at a port in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices to record high

The price of diesel was raised from Rs. 289 to Rs. 400 a litre, while the cost of a litre of petrol was increased from...

24 May 2022 6:45 AM GMT

US President Joe Biden attends a press conference at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

China 'flirting with danger', US would defend Taiwan if Beijing...

It will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine, Biden said

23 May 2022 7:34 AM GMT

Namal Rajapaksa (ANI)

'India big brother to Sri Lanka': Namal Rajapaksa thanks India for...

India handed over a large amount of humanitarian assistance consignment worth over Rs 2 billion to Sri Lanka which...

23 May 2022 7:03 AM GMT

Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupols besieged Azovstal steel plant, near a penal colony, in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk Peoples Republic, eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo)

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol

Mariupol's capture at this point is of mostly symbolic importance, since the city was already effectively under Moscow's...

21 May 2022 6:15 AM GMT

(L-R) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labour party leader Anthony Albanese. (Photo: AFP and Twitter)

Quad meet puts Aussies in a fix

Aussie PM, Oppn leader in race to attend

18 May 2022 8:07 PM GMT

A pedestrian walks on a bridge above vehicle traffic in New Delhi, as the city is enveloped under thick smog. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Global pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds

India and China lead the world in pollution deaths with nearly 2.4 million and almost 2.2 million deaths a year

18 May 2022 5:27 AM GMT

Swedens Minister of Foregn Affairs Ann Linde signs Swedens application for NATO membership at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Stockholm, Sweden, on May 17, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Sweden signs NATO request, Finland formally endorses move

Finland's Parliament has overwhelmingly endorsed a bid from the Nordic country's government to join NATO

17 May 2022 7:42 PM GMT

People queueing to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Guangzhou in Chinas southern Guangdong province. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

Beijing locks down more people in China's 'zero-COVID' fight

Most of Beijing is not locked down, but the streets are much quieter than usual with many shops closed and people...

17 May 2022 8:06 AM GMT

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the situation in the oil and gas sector via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Sweden, Finland NATO bid no threat to Russia but may 'trigger...

Finland announced its intention to join NATO on Sunday as Sweden's ruling party said it backed membership

16 May 2022 6:54 PM GMT

Ukrainian serviceman walks past a blown Russian APC near Kutuzivka, north of Kharkiv, east Ukraine, Sunday, May 15, 2022. (AP/Mstyslav Chernov)

NATO assures Ukraine open-ended military support against Russia

Ukraine can win this war. Ukrainians are bravely defending their homeland, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said

16 May 2022 5:22 AM GMT