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SRI LANKA HOPES TO INSTALL NEW GOV’T AFTER DAY OF CHAOS AND RAGE
Al Jazeera - 10 July 2022 There is calm on the streets of Sri Lanka, a day after protesters stormed the president’s residence and set fire to the prime minister’s house,…
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AS SRI LANKA’S LEADER AGREES TO STEP DOWN, PROTESTERS SING ON THE STREETS. BUT THE FUTURE IS UNCERTAIN AND THE ECONOMY IS WRECKED
CNN - July 10, 2022 Sri Lanka woke on Sunday to an uncertain future, with both its President and Prime Minister set to step down after thousands of protesters stormed their…
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SRI LANKA’S MISERY SHOULD BE WARNING TO US ALL ON GLOBAL FOOD, FUEL AND FINANCE CRISIS
Modern Diplomacy - July 9, 2022 Countries already under pressure from the economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic turmoil and human misery as Sri Lanka, with…
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SRI LANKA LIVE UPDATES: POLITICAL LEADERS SAY THEY ASK PRESIDENT TO STEP DOWN
The New York Times - 9 July, 2022 The request came as protesters entered his residence and office, and thousands more descended on the capital to register their fury over…
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SRI LANKA PM ‘WILLING TO RESIGN’ AFTER PRESIDENT’S HOUSE STORMED
Aljazeera - 9 July, 2022 Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is willing to resign to make way for an all-party government, his office says in a statement which follows angry protesters…
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ELON MUSK TERMINATING $44 BILLION DEAL TO BUY TWITTER
ABC News - July 09, 2022 Elon Musk is terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, according to a new Securities and Exchange Commission filing. "Mr. Musk has sought the data…
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SRI LANKA RAISES KEY RATES TO 21-YEAR HIGH TO CURB RECORD INFLATION
Nikkei Asia - July 7, 2022 Sri Lanka raised interest rates to the highest level in two decades on Thursday, saying it had to head off runaway inflation to avoid even…
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GLOBALDATA
Singapore’s economy, which contracted by 5.4% in 2020, had recovered in 2021 with GDP registering a 7.2% growth, supported by
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UNESCO
According to a new UNESCO report, if they do not take additional measures, only 1 in 6 countries will meet Sustainable Development
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SHINZO ABE SHOT WHILE MAKING ELECTION SPEECH IN JAPAN
Reuters - July 8, 2022 Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, with public broadcaster NHK saying a man armed with an…
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