WORLD BANK AGREES TO ETHIOPIAN GRANT
Ethiopia and the World Bank have signed a pact for a grant of US$ 300 million to assist reconstruction and recovery in conflict-hit areas
JAPAN ANNOUNCES LIMITED ‘TEST TOURISM’ FROM MAY
Japan said it would start conducting ‘test tourism’ in the form of limited package tours in May as a way of gathering information prior
SHANGHAI TARGETS 1 JUNE TO RETURN TO NORMAL
Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the return to normal life from June 1 and the end of a painful COVID-19 lockdown that has
GLOBAL WHEAT PRICES SOAR
The price of wheat has jumped on international markets after India banned the export of the staple cereal
SRI LANKA DOWN TO LAST DAY OF PETROL
Sri Lanka's new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country's power minister
SRI LANKA DOWN TO LAST DAY OF PETROL
Reuters: 16 May 2022 COLOMBO, May 16 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new prime minister said on…
SOMALIA GETS NEW PRESIDENT
Somalia's former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected president after a final vote that was only open to the country's MPs
MILLIONS HIT HARD AS COOKING GAS COST SOARS IN INDIA
India too is now suffering from a lack of cooking gas as prices for the country’s commodities increase
THERE WON’T BE A HUNGER CRISIS
BBC: 14 May 2022 Sri Lanka’s newly sworn in Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe, has told…
WORSE YET TO COME: SRI LANKA’S NEW PM
In his first interview since taking office, Sri Lanka's new Pime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe told BBC he would families get three
MUSK PUTS ON HOLD US$ 44 BILLION DEAL FOR TWITTER
Elon Musk on Friday put his US$ 44 billion deal for Twitter temporarily on hold, citing pending details in support of calculation that
RECORD NUMBER OF POLLUTERS SET CO2 EMISSIONS TARGETS
A record number of big polluters are committing to cutting CO2 emissions, a UN-backed report has said
AL-JAZEERA REPORTER KILLED DURING ISRAELI RAID IN WEST BANK
The Hindu: 11 May 2022 Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and…
NORTH KOREA ORDERS STRICT LOCKDOWN WITH FIRST OFFICIAL COVID CASES
North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infection
SRI LANKA NAMES NEW PRIME MINISTER AMID CRISIS
Sri Lanka appointed a new prime minister on Thursday, as its embattled president seeks a way out of the country's worst economic crisis
WHAT WILL AUSTRALIA’S 2022 ELECTION MEAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT?
When Australia - long considered a climate policy laggard - heads to the polls on 21 May, the outcome could be significant for the
POPE CALLS SRI LANKANS TO NON-VIOLENCE AMID SOCIAL UNRES
Pope Francis appeals for the people of Sri Lanka to make their voices heard in a peaceful way and for political leaders to heed their demands
SRI LANKA’S NIGHT OF PROPERTY BURNING
Sri Lanka witnessed a second night of arson attacks on Tuesday, with properties damaged in Negombo
OIL TUMBLES ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC WORRIES
Oil prices tumbled more than one percent on Tuesday, extending the previous day's steep declines as coronavirus lockdowns in top
SRI LANKA IS THE FIRST DOMINO TO FALL IN THE FACE OF A GLOBAL DEBT CRISIS
The departure of Sri Lanka’s prime minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, follows weeks of protest and a deepening crisis
