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Sri Lanka has been ranked among the top 5 from among 20 best countries to visit in the world by Conde Nast Traveler Magazine on Readers’ Choice 2021. Portugal is in the first place while New Zealand, Japan are in second and third place…
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The National Movement for Consumer Rights Protection (NMCRP) lashed out at milk importers and called them a bunch of Sherlock’s and also accused the government of being lenient on them. Chairman NMCRP Ranjith Withanage said that while…
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QATAR: The United States said on Sunday the first face-to-face meeting between senior U.S. and Taliban officials since the hardline group retook power in Afghanistan was "candid and professional" and that the U.S. side reiterated that…
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INDIA: Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest person, joined Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in the world’s most exclusive wealth club with a fortune of at least $100 billion. The chairman of India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. entered the rarefied…
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IRAQ: Iraqis voted on Sunday in parliamentary elections held months ahead of schedule as a concession to a youth-led popular uprising against corruption and mismanagement. But the voting was marked by widespread apathy and a…
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FRANCE: Cases of depression and anxiety surged by more than a quarter globally during the first year of the pandemic, especially among women and young adults, a major study showed. In the first worldwide estimate of the mental…
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RUSSIA: At least 16 people are dead and seven others injured after an L-410 plane crashed near a near the town of Menzelinsk in the Republic of Tatarstan of central Russia on Sunday, the emergency services were cited as saying by local…
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THE PHILIPPINES: Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa used her new prominence to criticise Facebook as a threat to democracy, saying the social media giant fails to protect against the spread of hate and disinformation and is “biased…
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FRANCE: Vaccination is highly effective at preventing severe cases of COVID-19, even against the Delta variant, a vast study in France has shown. The research published Monday -- focusing on prevention of severe COVID and death,…
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US: A United States Navy nuclear engineer and his spouse have been arrested on espionage charges after allegedly attempting to sell confidential information, the US Department of Justice said. According to court records unsealed…
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