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BusinessForeign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris presents a memento to outgoing Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama. Tags: Print EditionForeign Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris bid farewell to outgoing Japanese Ambassador Akira Sugiyama, at the…
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BusinessThe Navy rescued 288 flood victims and relocated them to safe locations. Picture courtesy Sri Lanka Navy Tags: Print EditionNavy relief teams engaging in rescue and relief operations in the face of adverse weather rescued 288…
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WorldTags: Print EditionAUSTRALIA: People who are fully vaccinated are 16 times less likely to end up in intensive care units (ICU) or to die from Covid-19 than those who aren’t immunised, an Australian study found, the latest evidence…
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WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday there could be shortfall of up to two billion syringes in 2022, which threatens to hamper vaccine efforts globally is production does not improve.…
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WorldTuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe standing in a suit and tie in the sea to draw attention to rising sea levels due to climate change.Tags: Print EditionAUSTRALIA: Tuvalu’s foreign minister has given a speech to the United…
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WorldTags: Print EditionUK: The pandemic’s effects on mortality have been uneven. Life expectancy dipped in most places last year, shaving 28.1 million years off the cumulative longevity in 31 countries. But residents of a handful of…
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WorldTaliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar. Tags: Print EditionAfghanistan: A local offshoot of the Islamic State continues…
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WorldMalala Yousafzai with husband Asser Malik. Tags: Print EditionUK: The world’s youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Malala Yousafzai, has tied the knot almost a decade after a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus and shot her…
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WorldA researcher in a university laboratory works on a project to develop a nasal spray vaccine against COVID-19 in France.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan…
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SportsTags: Print EditionWhen Dharmasena returned to the Observer SLT Mobitel School Cricketer stage as the chief guest in 2014 …… (from left) then ANCL Chairman Bandula Padmakumara, wife of the chief guest Dushyanthi Gunawardena,…
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