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Sunak wins over voters in TV debate

London: Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak convincingly won over an audience of Conservative Party members in a head-to-head television debate with riva Read more...

Part of Beirut’s port silos collapses

Beirut: A large section of Beirut’s giant port grain silos, shredded by a massive explosion two years ago, collapsed on Thursday as hundreds Read more...

Taiwan tense as China launches missiles

Beijing: The Chinese military on Thursday launched a four-day war game with precision strikes using ballistic missiles over the Taiwan Strait, in r Read more...

US begins court battle against publishing giants' merg...

The government and publishing titan Penguin Random House exchanged opening salvos in a federal antitrust trial Monday as the US seeks to block the Read more...

Sri Lankans bide time as leaders seek fix for economic...

Colombo: Sri Lankans who have endured months of fuel and food shortages are bracing for more pain as a newly installed government scrambles to find Read more...

SL Prez: Wickremesinghe, Premadasa join the race ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, main Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa are among the four leaders who have joine Read more...

Battle on for 2nd place to beat Sunak in UK PM race...

London: With Rishi Sunak now firmly placed as the candidate to beat, the battle lines are drawn for second place in the race to replace Boris Johns Read more...

Gotabaya quits from Singapore via email ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emailed a letter of resignation to the speaker of the country’s parliament late on Thursday, Read more...

Maldives foreign ministry: No comments on Gotabaya’s...

Male: The Maldives’ Foreign Ministry on Wednesday refused to comment on embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s arrival in Read more...

10 injured in scuffle inside Sri Lankan PM’s residen...

Colombo: At least 10 persons, including a woman, were injured on Tuesday when a scuffle took place inside Araliyagaha Mandir, Prime Minister Ranil Read more...