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SRI LANKA PUSHES AIRLINE PRIVATISATION
Sri Lanka's plan to privatise its national airline has brought rare murmurs of optimism, mixed with a large dose of skepticism, as the country
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A GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA’S 2022 ELECTION
Australians go to the polls on 21 May, for the country's first election since 2019.It will decide who serves as Australia's next prime minister
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JP MORGAN BACKS SRI LANKA BONDS
US investment bank JPMorgan backed Sri Lanka's crisis-hit government bonds on Wednesday, saying recent political changes in the
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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
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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
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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
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GLOBAL WHEAT PRICES SOAR
The price of wheat has jumped on international markets after India banned the export of the staple cereal
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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
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SRI LANKA DOWN TO LAST DAY OF PETROL
Reuters: 16 May 2022 COLOMBO, May 16 (Reuters) - 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…
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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
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