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[…]The post Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan completely justified: CTA’s Penpa Tsering (Category: Breaking News)
- China to skip meeting with US Secretary in Cambodia amid tensions over Pelosi’s visit (Category: Breaking News)
- Climate Colonialism At CoP 28: Carbon Laundering Via Green Bondscams? (Category: Breaking News)
India expects bilateral trade worth $8-9 billion with Russia and Sri Lanka in the next two months after it allowed international trade in rupees, India’s trade secretary said.The post India expects $8-$9 Billion bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months appeared first on ONLANKA News
- India expects $8-$9 bn bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months (Category: Breaking News)
- Indo-Lanka trade booms in Delhi’s favour (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, India to sign power grid linking pact within two months – envoy (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Sri Lanka set eyes on clinching CEPA soon - Hindu (Category: Breaking News)
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s current controversial visit to Taiwan is bound to aggravate East-West tensions, besides having the effect of further straining US-China relations. Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the first in more than two decades by any top US administration official to China’s breakaway province, is bound to be viewed as a blatant affront […]
- Proxy wars make unsettling comeback (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Containment Theory’ returns to West’s ties with East (Category: Breaking News)
- China, India call for negotiated way out of Ukraine war (Category: Breaking News)
- Curtain rising on heightening ‘global disorder’ (Category: Breaking News)
The widely acclaimed globalisation of the post-Cold-War era is now running in reverse. A protracted slowdown in global trade has been reinforced by persistent pandemic-related supply chain disruptions, ongoing pressures of the US-China trade war and efforts to align cross-border economic ties with geostrategic alliances, known as “friend-shoring”. These developments raise the pressure on China, [&...
- Sri Lanka turmoil highlights risk for Chinese firms investing overseas (Category: Breaking News)
- Alibaba, HSBC, AIA pace rout in Hong Kong on Taiwan tensions as China promises ‘firm and strong’... (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s dual-use surveillance ship in Sri Lankan port underscores distrust of Beijing’s tech adv... (Category: Breaking News)
- Apple supplier Foxconn’s iPad factory in southwest China halts production for six days amid powe... (Category: Breaking News)
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- USAID Administrator Samantha Power arrives in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID Administrator Samantha Power meets Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- USAID head urges crisis-hit Sri Lanka to tackle corruption (Category: Breaking News)
- Political reforms need to accompany economic reforms in Sri Lanka – Samantha Power (Category: Breaking News)
Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka housed ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following the recent crisis, until he was forced to flee the country entirely. That continues a trend of the city, and especially its strategic deep-sea port, being in the news for all the wrong reasons. In 2017, when Sri
- Over 400 respond (Category: Breaking News)
- IFC to provide $400 million to banks in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- $ 400 m IMF lifeline for struggling Sri Lanka (Category: Business)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post 39 Years After Black July, It Is Time For Tamil Eelam: Preparing For A Unilateral Declaration Of Independence appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Genocide Of Tamils In Sri Lanka – Time For UN, UNHRC & Security Council To Take Action (Category: Breaking News)
- Eelam Tamils Struggle For Self-Determination (Category: Breaking News)
- The TGTE; Past, Present & Future (Category: Breaking News)
- Kuveni’s Curse, Black July & Ethno-Districts (Category: Breaking News)
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- IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks ‘as quickly as possible’ (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks as quickly as possible (Category: Breaking News)
- China tells IMF willing to take constructive part in debt talks (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF hopes to complete Sri Lanka aid talks ‘as quickly as possible’ (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe says that the issues which prevail in Sri Lanka with regard to hunger, are man made.The post The food crisis in Sri Lanka is man made, Acting President Ranil tells Global Forum appeared first on ONLANKA News - Sri Lanka News - Latest News Sri Lanka
- Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Acting President of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Special statement by Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe (Category: Breaking News)
- Nominations presented to elect Sri Lanka’s new President – Ranil, Anura, Dullas to contest for p... (Category: Breaking News)
- Easter Attacks: Sri Lanka to seek assistance of UK Government & intelligence over Easter Sunday ... (Category: Breaking News)
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday warned officials from the Group of 20 major economies to take urgent action to combat inflation, warning that the “exceptionally uncertain” global economic outlook could turn worse if higher prices persisted.The post Sri Lanka a ‘warning sign’ for countries with high debt levels and limited policy space – IMF appeared first on ONLANKA Ne...
- Sri Lanka is a warning sign : IMF Chief (Category: Breaking News)
- China agrees to formation of global sovereign debt ’roundtable’ – IMF chief (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF calls for ‘timely and orderly processes’ of debt resolution for Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF flags debt restructuring hurdles, says banning crypto should be an option (Category: Breaking News)
By Michael Rowand As Sri Lankan protesters stormed the presidential residence in Colombo, the Chinese Embassy released no statements and did not tweet. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs offered no comment until Monday afternoon, well behind others such as India, the European Union, and the United States. The French Embassy even retweeted a tweet […]
- Chinese role in the Sri Lankan crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- China a mute spectator as Sri Lanka’s political upheaval poses long-term implications for Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
- Unelected Team At The BRI Forum: Speaking From Both Sides Of Mouth (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka should prevent Chinese vessel from reaching Hambantota port (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Quo Warranto, Mr. Wickremesinghe? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Former Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera passed away (Category: Breaking News)
- Gamini Jayawickrama Perera passes away (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil, Don’t Flatter Yourself; You’re No W G Grace (Category: Breaking News)
- President Ranil Wickremesinghe Visits Former Minister Gamini Jayawickrama Perera (Category: Breaking News)
The Modi government is giving a renewed push to conclude some of the pending UPA-era free trade agreements (FTAs) and even clinch some new ones. The aim is to achieve the $2 trillion export target by 2030, and address disruptions in global supply chains created by the pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. In its first tenure […]
- President to visit India for key talks with Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s new International Trade Office to resume FTA talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi discusses Sri Lankan crisis during G-7 meeting (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet to resign after agreement reached on all-party Government (Category: Breaking News)
Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has won the first round of voting by MPs to choose the next Conservative leader and prime minister. He got 88 votes, with Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt in second place on 67 and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss third on 50. Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi and former health secretary Jeremy Hunt were eliminated […]
- Boris Johnson fights for political survival as cabinet ministers quit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt join Conservative Party leadership race (Category: Breaking News)
- Race to replace Boris Johnson begins (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
(Vatican News) Pope Francis on Sunday implored the authorities of Sri Lanka to listen to the cries of their people, suffering under the country’s worst economic crisis in 70 years. “I join in the grief of the people of Sri Lanka, who continue to suffer the effects of political and economic
- Cardinals and bishops see funeral as befitting Benedict XVI’s personality (Category: Breaking News)
- Aid should come with clear-cut conditions so as to preserve democracy – Cardinal Ranjith (Category: Breaking News)
- Papal trip to Bahrain to highlight importance of opening doors (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB asks President to hold early general election (Category: Breaking News)
Twitter in India banned official accounts of Pakistan Embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran and Egypt. Earlier, Twitter also withheld the account of the national public broadcaster in Pakistan – Radio Pakistan. Twitter blocks the account of Pakistani Embassy in UN. Account of Pakistani Embassy in Turkey is also withheld by Twitter in India. Moreover, Twitter […]
- Video: HIRU THANIWELA EP 400 (Category: Video)
- Video: CoL has increased by 400 percent - Maithri (Category: Video)
- IPO To Raise Rs. 400 mn (Category: Breaking News)
- Dharshana and 400 metres sprinters lead yearend rankings (Category: Breaking News)
Russian missile and rocket strikes have caused more widespread damage in towns and cities across eastern and southern Ukraine, regional officials say. Four civilians died in a strike on Siversk, a town in Donetsk region, local governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. Civilian areas of Druzhkivka, in the same region, were also hit. A supermarket was destroyed […]
- Zelensky orders civilians to evacuate Donetsk region (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian missile strikes kill 21 in Odesa region (Category: Breaking News)
- Every bridge leading to key Ukraine city destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – IV: Rules-Based International Order: Normalising Global State Terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Is Sri Lanka On The Brink Of Another Covid Wave? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Cricketer Murali Is On A Sticky Wicket – On Tamil Nadu Turf (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali the Enigma (Category: Breaking News)
- Murali to retire (Category: Sports)
- Murali – Symbol Of A Resurgent Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The Aragalaya & Morality (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
- Futility Of Transforming A Nation Built Over A Political Cesspit (Category: Breaking News)
- Unarmed but not peaceful (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – III: Pivot To East appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Past Is Prologue For China (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Schoolgirl Rape & Four Murders: The 1996 Rape & Murder Of Krishanthi Kumaraswamy In Jaffna appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Hamaduru Ethics Or Deontology? The Challenge Before Modern Sri Lankans (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Political Liberation Movements Be Called Fascists? (Category: Breaking News)
- Sarath Weerasekera Thinks The Tamils In Sri Lanka Are Born Slaves (Category: Breaking News)
- Is The Phenomenology Of Sinhala-Buddhism Reactionary? (Category: Breaking News)
All bridges to the embattled Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk have now been destroyed, the local governor says. With the city effectively cut off, Serhiy Haidai says delivering supplies and evacuating civilians are now impossible. Fierce fighting is taking place in the eastern city where Ukrainian officials said Russian artillery had driven its forces out of […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine reports 15,000 suspected war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
The bodies of some Ukrainian fighters killed defending the key south-eastern port of Mariupol have arrived in Kyiv, the soldiers’ families say. They say this was part of a swap with Russia, with each side receiving 160 bodies. Moscow has not commented. The fighters spent weeks holed up in the city’s Azovstal steelworks. In May, […]
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky orders civilians to evacuate Donetsk region (Category: Breaking News)
- Hundreds of besieged Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol (Category: Breaking News)
- US accuses Russia of depravity and brutality (Category: Breaking News)
Around 15,000 suspected war crimes have been reported in Ukraine since the war began, with 200 to 300 more reported daily, its chief prosecutor said. Some 600 suspects have been identified and 80 prosecutions have begun, Iryna Venediktova told reporters in The Hague. The list of suspects includes “top military, politicians and propaganda agents of […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- Every bridge leading to key Ukraine city destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – I: Justifications For War: Thucydides “Trap”, Clash Of Civilisations, Domino Theory appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
Ukraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters trapped for more than two months in Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks have been evacuated. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said 53 badly wounded soldiers were taken to the town of Novoazovsk, held by Russian-backed rebels. She said another 211 were evacuated using a humanitarian corridor to Olenivka – […]
- Russia denies it plans to declare war on 9 May (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
- Zelensky orders civilians to evacuate Donetsk region (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
As Covid-19 tore through the United States in 2020, Elon Musk, Tesla Inc.’s billionaire owner, described lockdowns in the country as “fascist” and a violation of citizens’ freedoms. Two years later, amid far more stringent restrictions in Shanghai, Musk has levelled no such criticism of Beijing’s pandemic response. The contrast reflected what some human rights […]
- Elon Musk Twitter poll shows majority want him to step down (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk says he has appointed new Twitter boss (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Elon Musk no longer world’s richest man (Category: Breaking News)
Russia has dismissed speculation that it will declare all-out war in Ukraine in the coming days as “nonsense”. Moscow has up until now denied it is at war, instead referring to the invasion as a “special military operation”. But Western officials have speculated that President Vladimir Putin could use the 9 May Victory Parade to […]
- Ukraine invasion could cause global food crisis, UN warns (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel and Switzerland confirm Monkeypox cases (Category: Breaking News)
- North Korea orders strict lockdown with first official Covid cases (Category: Breaking News)
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