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War must end before winter begins: Zelensky tells G7

Kiev: In a virtual address to the G7 Summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that he wanted the ongoing war waged by Russia against his country to end before winter. The…
US delegation meets SL President Rajapaksa; discusses economic crisis

Colombo: A high-level US delegation on Monday met Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and discussed measures to help the island nation cope with an unprecedented economic crisis and severe shortages of essential…

G7 leaders launch PGII to rival China’s BRI

Berlin: G7 leaders have launched a detailed plan to to mobilise hundreds of billions of dollars and deliver quality, sustainable infrastructure in a move deemed to counter Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitious Belt…
US: Indian-origin man shot dead execution-style in New York

New York: An Indian-origin man was shot dead execution-style as he was sitting in a jeep near his home in New York, according to media reports. After the shooting on Saturday afternoon, Satnam…
Russia on the brink of its first debt default since 1998

Moscow: Russia is on the brink of its first debt default since 1998 as the Sunday deadline to make a $100 million interest payment seems certain to be missed, the media reported.…
Russia to transfer nuclear-capable missiles to Belarus

St Petersburg: Russia will transfer nuclear-capable Iskander-M missile systems to its ally Belarus over the coming months, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Putin told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at a meeting in…
Floods kill 82 people in Bangladesh

Dhaka: Floods triggered by heavy seasonal rain and overflowing of rivers in Bangladesh have killed 82 people since last month, authorities said. According to the daily flood report of the Health Emergency…

Monkeypox an evolving threat, not a global health emergency: WHO

New Delhi: Monkeypox virus which has been identified in more than 50 countries with over 3,000 cases since the early May, is an “evolving threat” but does not currently present a global…
Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices as filling stations go dry

Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has hiked petrol price by LKR 50 and diesel by LKR 60 respectively, the third price revision in over two months, as the country continues to reel under the…
Russia takes full control of key Ukrainian city: Official

Kiev: The Mayor of Severodonetsk has confirmed that Russian forces have taken full control of the key Ukrainian city located in the separatist Luhansk region. “The Russians have fully occupied Severodonetsk, our military…
Indo-Canadian right-wing activist draws flak over call for violence

In an interview with a YouTube channel, the Executive Director of the Hindu Conference of Canada, a Hindu supremacist, openly called for violence against minorities in India. He was speaking on the…
Tesla Enhanced Autopilot now available in US, China

San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot is available in the US and China. According to Teslarati, in the US, Enhanced Autopilot costs $6,000. Meanwhile, in China, it costs…
Sri Lanka reduces amount of holding foreign currency

Colombo: The Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Saturday announced that the amount of foreign currency an individual can hold has been reduced from $15,000 to $10,000. The central bank said the…
Biden signs landmark gun-control law, says ‘lives will be saved’

Washington: President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of…
Job vacancies in Canada reached 1 million in April

Ottawa: Employers in Canada were actively seeking to fill about one million vacant positions at the beginning of April, up 44.4 per cent from the same period of the previous year. Statistics…