2022

WorldTags: Print EditionIndia told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that it is unfair to blame its export restriction on wheat for the surge in global prices of the commodity, and asked member countries to stop "naming and shaming"…
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WorldTags: Print EditionUK: The easing of pandemic restrictions coincided with a "worrying rise" in global executions in 2021, Amnesty International said Tuesday, with Iran recording its highest number of state-sanctioned killings…
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WorldA Planet SkySat image shows a plume of smoke rising from the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai days before its eruption on January 15, 2022. Tags: Print EditionUK: The Hunga TongaHunga Ha'apai volcano shook the…
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WorldTags: Print EditionPAKISTAN: Amid rising oil consumption and import bill owing to higher international prices, the Pakistan government, led by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, is mulling the possibility of fuel conservation through…
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WorldUkraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on the cover of TIME magazine.Tags: Print EditionUS: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin found mentions among TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential…
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WorldRussian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting in Sochi, Russia.Tags: Print EditionRUSSIA: Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped today that he would have a…
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WorldFrom Left: Australia PM Anthony Albanese US President Joe Biden, Indian PM Narendra Modi with Japanese PM Fumio Kishida on arrival for the Quad leaders summit at Kantei Palace.Tags: Print EditionJAPAN: Wishing a newly elected…
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US preparing to deploy Monkeypox vaccines UN denounces racist, homophobic Monkeypox reporting WorldTest tubes labelled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” are seen in this illustration.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND, UN, US: The…
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Law & OrderRasula Dilhara GamageTags: Print EditionTwo persons have been arrested by the Jaffna Chunnakam Police on Monday for assaulting a bowser driver and his assistant carrying fuel to the Chunnakam area in Jaffna. Chunnakam…
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Taxis to charge Rs.100 per kilometreLocalLahiru FernandoTags: Print EditionThe National Transport Commission (NTC) has approved the increase of bus fares with effect from midnight yesterday, following the fuel price increase that took…
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