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GERMANY: At least 60 people have died and as many as 1,300 remain unaccounted as a result of freak flooding in western Germany and Belgium where some areas saw the highest rainfall in more than 100 years. Two firefighters sent to…
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AUSTRALIA: Melbourne’s streets returned to the eerie quiet of lockdown for the fifth time Friday, as Australia battled to contain an outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in its two largest cities. More than 12 million…
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RUSSIA: The Kremlin said Thursday that Moscow had no immediate plans to allow foreign coronavirus vaccines into Russia, despite the country’s sluggish vaccination rates and rising death count in a third wave of the pandemic.…
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US: Former US President George W. Bush on Wednesday criticised the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan and said civilians were being left to be “slaughtered” by the Taliban. “Afghan women and girls are going to suffer…
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UK: There are more than 200 symptoms of Long COVID and more than nine in 10 people suffer from the disease for more than eight months, London researchers revealed today. The findings, from an international survey led by…
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US: Blue Origin said Thursday an 18-year-old paying customer will fly to space on board the company’s maiden crewed spaceflight on July 20, becoming the youngest ever astronaut. Oliver Daemen, who graduated from high school in…
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SWITZERLAND: World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday warned the world about the ‘early stages’ of COVID-19 third wave amid Delta surge. “Unfortunately...we are now in the early stages of a…
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The Supreme Court has awarded a widow one million rupees as compensation for torture leading to the death of her husband by five Police Officers attached to the Peliyagoda Police Station in 2017. The presiding judge, Justice…
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Ceylon Teachers Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin yesterday filed a Fundamental Rights application in the Supreme Court, requesting a declaration that attempts by police and health authorities to prevent protests by enforcing…
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Sri Lanka will look to kick-start their three-match One Day International (ODI) series against India on a winning note when the two teams clash at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. The Premadasa Stadium, formerly…
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