2021

A crowd gathers near the Police station in the capital Port au Prince where the armed men accused of involvement in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise were detained. HAITI: At least 28 people carried out the…
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AFGHANISTAN: Ghor Province of Afghanistan is being trampled upon by the Taliban, who are capturing vast tracts of the country as the deadline for the withdrawal of the US-led NATO troops comes closer. Of about 400 districts of…
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FIJI: Fiji has announced plans to make the coronavirus vaccine compulsory for all workers as it battles a runaway outbreak of the Delta variant, with Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama issuing a blunt message: "no jabs, no job".…
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SOUTH KOREA: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lost up to 44 pounds but has no major health issues affecting his rule, according to a South Korean lawmaker briefed by a spy agency. The National Intelligence Service estimated that…
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AUSTRALIA: Australia's New South Wales state on Thursday reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the year as officials struggle to stamp out a growing cluster of the highly infectious Delta variant in…
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US: The Delta variant is already the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States, according to data modeling done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the health agency's estimates the…
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A soldier vaccinates an elderly woman who could not walk to the vaccination centre in Diyathalawa, while she is seated in her vehicle. Tri-Forces centres islandwide are conducting walk-in vaccination campaigns against COVID-19.…
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Sri Lanka’s central bank said it was keeping policy rates unchanged at 5.50 percent to inject new money as inflation topped 5 percent in June and food prices rose in double digits and the balance of payments was in deep deficit amid money…
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The founder of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa has sworn in as the Minister of Finance this morning.
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