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WorldThe International Labour Organization (ILO) Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: The global job market will take longer to recover than previously thought, with unemployment set to remain above…
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WorldA man looks at his car damaged by the twin earthquakes in Badghis Province in western Afghanistan.Tags: Print EditionAFGHANISTAN: Twin earthquakes of magnitude 5.3 have hit western Afghanistan, with 26 people reportedly dead on…
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WorldTags: Print EditionUS: A major winter storm blanketed a swathe of North America in snow Monday as it sliced up the US east coast into Canada, disrupting travel and cutting power to thousands of homes. The biggest concentration of…
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WorldChinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote address for the 2022 World Economic Forum virtual session in Beijing on Monday. Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: Chinese President Xi Jinping called Monday for greater world…
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WorldThe effects of the Tongan blast were felt as far away as the United States.Tags: Print EditionINDIA: The massive shockwaves due to the eruption of Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai in Tonga were also felt across India, meteorologists said…
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WorldTags: Print EditionINDIA: India’s Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is working on an Omicron-specific mRNA Covid-19 vaccine candidate, it told Reuters today, after a person with direct knowledge of the matter said the product could be…
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WorldUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks online during the Davos Agenda 2022 in Geneva on Monday.Tags: Print EditionUN, BANGLADESH, INDIA: Giving a clarion call to world leaders to make 2022 a "true moment of recover UN…
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Chamber of Construction Industry urges govt to:BusinessTags: Print EditionSri Lanka’s construction industry has been a key contributor to the national GDP contributing approximately 6.2% to GDP in 2020 from 7.4% in 2019. As one of the…
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BusinessDharma Sri AbeyratneKarunarathne at his processing centre. Picture by Wimal KarunathilakeTags: Print EditionSri Lankan entrepreneurs should utilise the huge potential for dried fish in the world market, Danushka Karunaratne,…
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BusinessTags: Print EditionEmirates has announced starting from February 10, 2022, it will add five more flights to Sri Lanka, offering customers 26 weekly flights to Colombo, including a daily service from Male to Colombo. The added…
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