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May- 2022 -8 May
UK GOVERNMENT SETS OUT PLANS TO REIN IN BIG TECH
arge tech companies such as Google and Facebook will have to abide by new competition rules in the UK or risk facing
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7 May
UNICEF CONDEMNS VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
UNICEF: 07 May 2022 UNICEF is concerned with reports of violence during protests involving children. All actors must guarantee the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression, including for children.…
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7 May
SRI LANKA DECLARES EMERGENCY
Economic Times: 07 May 2022 Sri Lanka’s president Friday declared a state of emergency for the second time in five weeks, giving security forces sweeping powers amid a nationwide strike…
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6 May
SRI LANKA POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS ON STUDENT PROTESTERS
France 24: 06 May 2022 Police again fired tear gas and water cannon at students trying to storm Sri Lanka’s parliament Friday as the country was brought to a halt…
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3 May
CAN SRI LANKA DIG ITSELF OUT OF US$ 50 BILLION DEBT?
After a month of intense civilian-led protests over Sri Lanka’s deteriorating economy, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed to appoint
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Apr- 2022 -30 April
APPLE LOSES TOP SPOT IN CHINA AS SMARTPHONE SALES SLUMP
Just three months ago, Apple became the top-selling smartphone brand in China for the first time in six years. Now it's fallen back behind
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30 April
GLOBAL STOCKS AND OIL PRICES HIT BY FEARS OF A BEIJING LOCKDOWN
Global stocks and oil prices fell on Monday as rising COVID-19 cases in Beijing sparked fears that the Chinese capital could join Shanghai
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30 April
FIVE DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WAR IN UKRAINE
CNN : 29 April 2022 This was the week when the war in Ukraine truly transitioned from one nation’s bloody fight for liberation against Russia’s vicious onslaught to a potentially…
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30 April
SRI LANKAN LEADERS SIGNAL PRIME MINISTER MAY QUIT
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is willing to drop his brother as prime minister, according to a top leader, as a fresh surge
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30 April
HEAT WAVE IN INDIA LEAVES MILLIONS STRUGGLING TO COPE
BBC: 29 April 2022 India’s weather department has issued a severe heatwave warning as temperatures soar, throwing millions of lives and livelihoods out of gear. “Temperatures are rising rapidly in…
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