COLOMBO: Sri Lankan students and other groups planned to protest today against Ranil Wickremesinghe’s expected bid for president, as lawmakers gathered in parliament to finalise candidates for the role. Six-time prime minister Wickremesinghe took over as acting president after a popular uprising amid a devastating economic crisis forced previous incumbent […]
Year: 2022
WASHINGTON: The United States will continue to provide intelligence to Ukraine after recent personnel changes in the inner circle of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the US State Department said yesterday. Zelensky sidelined his childhood friend as head of Ukraine’s security service, and another close ally as top prosecutor, in Kyiv’s […]
LONDON: British foreign minister Liz Truss clashed over tax policy with former finance minister Rishi Sunak , as the five remaining contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister went head-to-head in the first of three televised debates. An initial field of 11 challengers has been whittled down following two days […]
Elon Musk filed a motion on Friday opposing Twitter Inc’s request to fast-track a trial over his plan to terminate his $44 billion deal for the social media firm. Musk’s lawyers, in papers filed with the Delaware Chancery Court, said Twitter’s “unjustifiable request” to rush the merger case to trial […]
WASHINGTON: The US telecoms regulator needs an additional US$3 billion dollars to fund the removal from US networks of equipment made by Chinese telecoms giants Huawei and ZTE, bringing the total cost to US$4.9 billion, the agency told Congress on Friday. “To fund all reasonable and supported cost estimates …, […]
British marathon runner Chris Thompson will miss the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon after being unable to obtain an American visa in time for the competition, UK Athletics (UKA) said on Friday. Dozens of competitors have been struggling to get a United States visa, with the logjam threatening to […]
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories: US President Joe Biden met Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in the occupied West Bank today for talks expected to focus on economic measures without striking any major diplomatic breakthrough. His arrival in Bethlehem comes ahead of a visit to Saudi Arabia, whose leaders today changed aviation rules […]
Richard Gere‘s first brush with Tibetan Buddhism happened during his visit to India and Nepal in late 1970s. Hollywood icon Richard Gere attended Dalai Lama’s 87th birthday celebration in Dharamshala on Wednesday. The American actor is a disciple of the Buddhist spiritual leader. In several videos from the birthday celebrations, […]
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson was defiantly hanging onto power today despite the resignation of four top ministers and a seemingly unstoppable revolt by his own lawmakers, threatening to paralyse the British government. More than 50 ministers have quit the government in less than 48 hours, saying Johnson was not […]
SINGAPORE: People’s Park Centre in Chinatown has been put up for collective sale at a reserve price of S$1.8 billion, real estate agency ERA Realty Network said on Wednesday (Jul 6). The asking price is higher than the S$1.35 billion that was asked for during an earlier en bloc attempt […]