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Vladimir Putin has broken his silence over Yevgeny Prigozhin’s reported death – some 24 hours after the Wagner chief’s private jet crashed. Russia’s president said the head of the mercenary group was a “talented person” who “made serious mistakes in life”. Mr Putin also sent condolences to the families of all 10 people said to […]
- Prigozhin buried in private funeral – Wagner chief’s press service (Category: Breaking News)
- Wagner chief presumed dead after Russia plane crash (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- China sends top envoy Wang Yi to Russia for security talks (Category: Breaking News)
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed in Russia killing all 10 people on board, Russia’s civil aviation authority says. Social media linked to the Wagner mercenary group say his private plane was shot down by Russian air defences. Prigozhin died “as a result of actions of […]
- Prigozhin buried in private funeral – Wagner chief’s press service (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin breaks silence over Prigozhin’s reported death (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Poles prepare to vote as rivals end acrimonious campaign (Category: Breaking News)
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- India becomes fourth country to land on the moon (Category: Breaking News)
- Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft sends back its first photo (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil writes to Modi congratulating him on moon landing (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan makes history, becoming fifth country to land spacecraft on moon (Category: Breaking News)
Moscow [Russia], August 5 (ANI): The Chinese Embassy in Moscow criticised Russia for its treatment of Chinese citizens, who were refused entry into the latter country and called to investigate the incident of ‘violation of rights,’ TASS News Agency reported. On its WeChat page, the Chinese Embassy
- Lankans fighting for Russia? “We know nothing about it,” says embassy (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia says no evidence to back claims Sri Lankans involved in Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia to supply oil to Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Cooperating on news coverage a big goal for Chinese, Russian governments: Report (Category: Breaking News)
At least 30 people have been killed in an explosion and fire at a petrol station in Dagestan in southern Russia. The blast occurred in the regional capital Makhachkala, which sits on the coast of the Caspian Sea, at 21:40 local time (18:40 GMT). Dozens of other people were injured in the incident, the exact […]
- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards (Category: Breaking News)
- Johannesburg fire: 74 dead in blaze at city centre building (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- US grounds entire Osprey fleet after fatal crash in Japan (Category: Breaking News)
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has arrived in Jeddah to participate in a summit of national security advisers and other officials being hosted by Saudi Arabia on Saturday to discuss the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Doval was welcomed at the Jeddah Airport by Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Suhel Khan, and Consul General Mohammed Shahid Alam. “Shri […]
- NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in touch over LAC issues (Category: Breaking News)
- Will Modi’s soft power diplomacy be an antidote to Russia–Ukraine War? (Category: Breaking News)
- Putin lands in UAE for rare foreign trip (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan pilgrim couple killed in Jeddah crash (Category: Breaking News)
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- Direct job opportunities for Sri Lankan skilled migrant workers in Russia (Category: Breaking News)
- Lankan garment workers take up jobs in Russian Federation (Category: Breaking News)
- NEOM offers Sri Lankan workers ‘lifetime opportunity,’ minister says (Category: Breaking News)
- New employment scheme with Saudi Arabia sparks hope among Sri Lankan workers (Category: Breaking News)
A Russian naval ship has been damaged in a Ukrainian naval drone attack in the Black Sea, Ukrainian sources say. The assault reportedly occurred near the Russian port of Novorossiysk, which is a major hub for Russian exports. Russia’s defence ministry said it had repelled a Ukrainian attack on its naval base there which involved […]
- Russian jet carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashes – Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia confirms damage to warship in Black Sea (Category: Breaking News)
- Crucial Red Sea data cables cut, telecoms firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- US approves $250m in military aid to Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
The United States has ordered the partial evacuation of its embassy in Niger following last week’s coup. Hundreds of foreign nationals have already been evacuated from the country, and on Sunday the French embassy was attacked by protesters. Coup leader Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has warned against “any interference in the internal affairs” of the country. […]
- Pakistan ex-PM given three-year jail sentence (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Rahul Gandhi returns to India’s parliament as MP (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan passenger train derails killing 30 (Category: Breaking News)
A skyscraper in Russia’s capital Moscow has been attacked by a drone for the second time in two days, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said. Several drones were shot down overnight on Monday, he said, but “one flew into the same tower at the Moskva City complex” that was targeted on Sunday. Russia’s defence ministry blamed […]
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian ship hit in Novorossiysk, Black Sea drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The New Kurukshetra: BJP & Opposition Alliances For The 2024 Elections appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- India’s Election Timetable & Sri Lanka’s Deadlock Elections (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran-Israeli Tit For Tat, India’s Vote Marathon & Lanka’s Long Election Eve (Category: Breaking News)
- Indian Politics: Modi Set For Hat Trick At Home; Caught In Dirty Tricks Abroad (Category: Breaking News)
- A Glint In The Eyes Of Votaries Of BJP – 2024 Encounter (Category: Breaking News)
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday she was "eager" to work with China on areas of mutual interest, including debt restructurings for poorer countries, and that multilateral development banks needed reforms before capital increases could be considered.The post Yellen ‘eager’ to work with China on debt, other global challenges appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest...
- Janet Yellen warns United States could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- India a trusted trading partner in ‘friendshoring’ strategy: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by 1 June (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
South Korean authorities today recovered the bodies of nine people who died trapped in a submerged tunnel as heavy rain and flooding sweeps the nation. Some 15 vehicles were estimated to have been stuck underwater in the Osong underpass shortly after a levee of a nearby river was destroyed by rain on Saturday. CCTV footage […]
- Al Pacino, 83, expecting his fourth child with 29-year-old girlfriend (Category: Breaking News)
- Australian work-from-home employee sacked for ‘not typing enough’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Girl, 10, ‘marries’ boyfriend days before losing leukemia battle (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia considering banning teenagers from buying cigarettes (Category: Breaking News)
Kiev does not buy Chinese weapons in order to avoid irritating the US, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Vitaly Deinega has claimed. The official made the comments while discussing the importance of drones in modern warfare. “As far as it was explained to me… we cannot buy anything Chinese so as not to hurt our relationship […]
- Irish embassy rejects China’s Ukraine order (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine’s Zelensky says Capitol riots hurt US reputation (Category: USA, New York)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine hit by ‘massive’ attack on energy grid (Category: Breaking News)
Udeni Kaluthantri, a 54-year-old port worker, became an overnight sensation last year for reasons that had nothing to do with his job. Days after protesters stormed the presidential palace in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a video surfaced of Mr Kaluthantri lounging on a bed draped with the presidential flag. Pictures of young men jumping […]
- Brazil’s President vows to punish rioters who stormed Congress (Category: Breaking News)
- Mass arrests in Brazil as President condemns ‘terrorist’ riots (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court rules Imran Khan arrest was illegal (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
The US will send Ukraine a cluster munitions package to help in its counteroffensive against Russia. The White House said it had postponed the decision for as long as it could because of the risk of civilian harm from such unexploded ordnance. Ukraine has been asking for the weapons for months amid an ammunition shortage. […]
- Pope condemns human ‘hunger for wealth and power’ at Christmas Eve Mass (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden tells Zelensky his country will never stand alone (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak visits President Zelensky in Kyiv as he pledges £50m in aid (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A French Spring Amid IMF Mission Creep: Ranil Tangoes In Paris As Macron Pivots To BRICS appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Debt Restructuring As Rocket Science: The IMF, Green, Blue & Pink-Washing BlackRock? (Category: Breaking News)
- Beyond The Myth Of TINA To The IMF: The New Development Bank In The Asian 21st Century (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Greenwashing Bond Scams & Financializing Mother Nature: Climate Science Fiction Versus Local Rea... (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan tea prices that had been piping hot have cooled off as production in the world’s fourth-largest tea grower begins to recover.The post Sri Lanka tea prices dip 40% from record high on production rebound appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Prices of cup of plain tea and milk tea reduced (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka tea industry to fully recover next year, says minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Leaf Trend (Category: Business)
- Crop Condition (Category: Business)
CNN- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi basked in the most lavish honors that the US can bestow on a visiting leader. But for much of his state visit, the specter of an uninvited guest hovered over Washington and the future of US-India relations. China – and the growing belief that the US is on a collision course with […]
- China’s economy is in trouble. Here’s what’s gone wrong (Category: Breaking News)
- China sets lowest GDP growth target in decades as Beijing tightens its belt (Category: Breaking News)
- Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims defy Chinese authorities in defense of mosque (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump pleads not guilty following arrest (Category: Breaking News)
From the viewpoint of the South, the recent visit by a delegation of African political leaders to Russia for the primary purpose of impressing on President Vladimir Putin the need to end the conflict in Ukraine is welcome news. The visit is doubly important for at least two main reasons
- As ‘New Cold War’ intensifies, West woos Africa and ASEAN region (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s participation in Constitution-making: the South African experience (Category: Breaking News)
- RW says great power rivalries and geopolitics emerging threat to Third World (Category: Breaking News)
- Pragmatism likely to be accented in foreign policy of Southern powers (Category: Breaking News)
The US and China have pledged to stabilise their tense relationship following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s two-day visit to Beijing. Mr Blinken met China’s President Xi Jinping for talks on Monday, restarting high-level communications between the rival superpowers. Mr Xi said they had made progress, while Mr Blinken indicated that both sides were […]
- Blinken begins talks in Beijing during high-stakes visit to China (Category: Breaking News)
- Top US diplomat says China balloon over US is ‘unacceptable’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Xi Jinping defends zero-Covid as party meeting opens (Category: Breaking News)
- China removes foreign minister after unexplained absence (Category: Breaking News)
India supports efforts aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict as it believes in finding a way forward through diplomacy and dialogue, external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Friday against the backdrop of the Brics grouping backing mediation proposals. A joint statement issued after a meeting of foreign ministers of Brics (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) member […...
- Support efforts to end Ukraine conflict, says India after Brics joint statemen (Category: Breaking News)
- China rounds off push for bigger IMF war chest (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan business chamber steps up trade with BRICS (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's largest business chamber signs deal for trade with BRICS (Category: Breaking News)
A big Polish chicken producer has been knocking on China’s door for eight years without selling a single drumstick, but hope springs eternal according to one of its representatives. Wipasz deputy sales director Rafat Koztowski attended the China-CEEC Expo & International Consumer Goods Fair in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, last month on his second visit to China since […]
- China looks to central Asia as the West sees threat to US-led world order (Category: Breaking News)
- Why China’s new spying law has foreign firms scratching their heads, scrambling like a ‘scared m... (Category: Breaking News)
- Can China fix youth unemployment woes with military recruitment drive? (Category: Breaking News)
- US military slams Chinese warship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ manoeuvres in Taiwan Strait (Category: Breaking News)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that his country’s long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia has started. “Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place,” he said. But he added that he would not talk in detail about which stage or state the counter-offensive was in. The comments come after an escalation of fighting in the [...
- Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine launches counter-offensive actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Thousands flee after dam in Ukraine collapses (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden tells Zelensky his country will never stand alone (Category: Breaking News)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that his country’s long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia has started. “Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place,” he said. But he added that he would not talk in detail about which stage or state the counter-offensive was in. The comments come after an escalation of fighting in the [...
- Kyiv hit by new massive Russian drone attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine launches counter-offensive actions (Category: Breaking News)
- Thousands flee after dam in Ukraine collapses (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden tells Zelensky his country will never stand alone (Category: Breaking News)
India supports efforts aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict as it believes in finding a way forward through diplomacy and dialogue, external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on Friday against the backdrop of the Brics grouping backing mediation proposals. A joint statement issued after a meeting of foreign ministers of Brics (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) member […...
- Support efforts to end Ukraine conflict, says India after Brics joint statement (Category: Breaking News)
- China rounds off push for bigger IMF war chest (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan business chamber steps up trade with BRICS (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's largest business chamber signs deal for trade with BRICS (Category: Breaking News)
Russia has carried out a new massive drone attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Kyiv’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said a man died when drone wreckage fell near a petrol station. A woman was injured. Overall, Russia launched a record 54 so-called kamikaze drones on Ukrainian targets, 52 of which were shot down, Ukraine’s Air Force reported. […]
- Rishi Sunak visits President Zelensky in Kyiv as he pledges £50m in aid (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky denies Ukraine attacked Putin or Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky wants Xi Jinping meeting following China’s peace plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Wave of explosions hit Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
India has done more for Sri Lanka than the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Union Minister for External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar stressed on Saturday.The post India did more for Sri Lanka than IMF – Jaishankar appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Live Updates
- Jaishankar conveys India’s commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten econom... (Category: Breaking News)
- India exceptional in helping neighbourhood including Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India has done its best to assist Sri Lanka – Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s creditors must take proactive steps to facilitate its recovery: Jaishankar (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Liberal Or Edible Economics: Global Disorder Worst In A Century appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Liberalism, capitalism & The Hungry Masses: “Edible Economics” Will Need To Restrain Choices (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump-Ramasamy Ticket GOP’s Best Bet In 2024; US Events Will Affect The Whole World (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
tokyo – Japan adopted a new five-year ocean policy on Friday that calls for stronger maritime security, including bolstering its coast guard’s capability and cooperation with the military as China grows increasingly assertive in regional seas. The new Basic Plan on Ocean Policy adopted by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet also says Japan must accelerate […]
- In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- India offers assistance to Sri Lanka’s Coast Guard Force (Category: Breaking News)
- Chinese military raises tensions everywhere it goes (Category: Breaking News)
- News of China’s Radar Base in Sri Lanka raises serious questions about its foreign policy (Category: Breaking News)
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