CURRENT AFFAIRS
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BRAZIL ELECTION
President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known mononymously as ‘Lula,’ is back in the presidential palace – for a third time. He
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SRI LANKA TODAY
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s pledge to resolve the country’s longstanding ‘ethnic conflict’ by the 75th anniversary of independence on 4 February could be the
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COP27 SUMMIT
COP27 was held in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh from 6 to 20 November but seven years since the Paris Agreement was reached,
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SRI LANKA TODAY
The Tamil polity has responded positively to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s declaration that he will talk to Tamil leaders and find a solution within the course
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COUNTERING CORRUPTION
As many developing countries practically drown in corruption, the US is intent on curbing it. President Joe Biden has issued a
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BRITAIN TODAY
Rishi Sunak made headlines when he won the Tory leadership contest and became the first prime minister of colour in Britain
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SRI LANKA TODAY
The passage of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution was not expected. There were two contentious areas, which members of the government and
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MAORI CULTURE
I attended my daughter’s graduation recently, which began with a karakia. In multicultural New Zealand, most official ceremonies begin
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