2021

WorldSchool meals provide essential safety nets for poor children and their families.Tags: Print EditionUN: Over 60 Governments and 50 U.N. agencies and organizations have joined forces to press for the restoration of school lunches…
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WorldA farmer in the Canadian Province of British Columbia scrambles to save his head of cattle. During the floods a flotilla from motorboats, canoes, dinghies and jet-skis helmed by farmers drove to escape some trapped cows from frigid…
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WorldKsenia Coffman of Wikipedia EditorTags: Print EditionUS: False COVID death reports, a vast gender gap, Nazi “fan fiction”: These are some of the perils an international crowd of volunteers battle across Wikipedia’s tens of…
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WorldBoth Islamic State and Al-Qaeda have a presence in Afghanistan, which was taken over by the Taliban in mid-August.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: The UN envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday said that the regional affiliate of the…
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World(Left): An aerial view of Police activity after an explosion outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital killed one person and injured another. (Inset) the suspect Emad Al Swealmeen.Tags: Print EditionUK: The UK’s terror threat level…
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine supply hits two billion dosesWorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: The Delta variant, first detected a little less than a year ago, now represents 99% of sequenced COVID-19 cases globally, making it more…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionIndia has rejected the latest draft text on fishery floated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) this week, saying it is imbalanced, weak and unfair, and doesn’t address New Delhi’s concerns on food security…
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BusinessNawaz RajabdeenTags: Print EditionThe budget 2022, although presented in extremely difficult and exceptional circumstances, it lacks smart thinking, touch of ground realities and is seen largely as a cosmetic exercise in…
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BusinessRAVI LADDUWAHETTYTags: Print EditionFormer President of both CA Sri Lanka and the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) and founding Chairman of Strategic Insurance Brokers (Pvt) Ltd Indrajit Fernando said: “The new one…
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Fifth phase launched in the Ampara DistrictBusinessHighlights from the eventTags: Print EditionThe fifth phase of the Nestlé Coconut Plan was launched on 10 November 2021, in Aranthalawa, Maha Oya,where 1,000 more farmers and out…
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