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Countries already under pressure from the economic fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic, risk seeing the same economic turmoil and human misery as Sri Lanka, the UN said. “We’re witnessing a tragic series of events that are unfolding in Sri Lanka right now that should be a warning to anyone who thinks that, you know, it […]
The heads of UK and US security services have made an unprecedented joint appearance to warn of the threat from China. FBI director Christopher Wray said China was the “biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security” and had interfered in politics, including recent elections. MI5 head Ken McCallum said his service had more […]
India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar says India is helping Sri Lanka cope with the economic crisis. Jaishankar said that India is paying a lot of attention to South Asia and the neighbouring countries are looking up to it to take lead in the integration of the region. Addressing an event in Delhi, the Minister […]
Says economy could contract 7-pct in 2022
Sri Lanka’s total debt burden increased to Rs 21.6 trillion by March 2022, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament today. He said that Sri Lanka needs to pay $3.4 billion between June and December this year, $5.8 billion in 2023, $4.9 billion in 2024, $6.2 billion in 2025, $4.0 billion in 2026 and $4.3 billion […]
Exports to Russia and Turkey too have dropped steeply
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At least 21 people, including one child, have died in overnight Russian missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, Ukrainian officials say. The state emergency service, DSNS, says 16 people were killed in a nine-storey building hit by one missile in the village of Serhiyivka. Another five people, including the child, were killed in a […]
Nato member Turkey has agreed to support Sweden and Finland’s membership of the alliance. It had initially opposed the Scandinavian countries’ bids to join. Turkey was angered by what it saw as their willingness to host Kurdish militants. Sweden and Finland could not join Nato without Turkey’s support. Russia strongly opposes the two states joining […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the crisis in Sri Lanka at the G-7 summit in Germany. Modi was quoted as saying that India is helping Sri Lanka to ensure food security. “We have dispatched about 35,000 tonnes of wheat as humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the last few months. And even after the heavy […]
U.S. President Joe Biden told allies Âwe have to stay together against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit set to be dominated by war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy supplies and the global economy. .
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"There is a war in Ukraine today after the IMF intervened there."
Leaders of the European Union on Thursday decided to make Ukraine and Moldova official candidates for membership of the bloc.
Ukraine and Moldova have both been granted EU candidate status, President of the European Council Charles Michel has announced. “Today marks a crucial step on your path towards the EU,” Mr Michel said, describing the European Council’s decision as a “historic moment”. Ukraine applied days after the Russian invasion in February, and the process moved […]
Sri Lanka has sought the assistance of the European Union in the economic recovery process. As part of the ongoing engagement with 94 concurrently accredited Diplomatic Missions to Sri Lanka from New Delhi, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda hosted a group of European Heads of Mission on 21 June 2022 and […]
"Are we trying to get out of this crisis by being caught in a western trap?" he demanded.
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Singapore, June 11 (ANI): China’s coercive, aggressive and dangerous actions threaten stability around Asia, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said at the premier defence forum taking place in Singapore. “Indo-Pacific countries shouldn’t face political intimidation, economic coercion, or harassment by maritime militias,” Austin said in a keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue. “The PRC’s (Peopl...
Ankara [Turkey], June 11 (ANI): India and Turkey on Friday held a comprehensive review of bilateral relations and noted that commercial ties were on an upward trajectory with bilateral trade exceeding USD 10 billion in 2021-2022. The Eleventh Session of India-Turkey Foreign Office Consultations (FOCs) was held in Ankara where both the countries agreed to […]
The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania arrived in Kyiv on Thursday in an apparent show of collective European support for Ukraine as it tries to resist Russia s invasion.
Blames Russia and Ukraine
The US central bank has announced its biggest interest rate rise in nearly 30 years as it ramps up its fight to rein in soaring consumer prices. The Federal Reserve said it would increase its key interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%. The rise, the […]
Thousands of civilians are trapped in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk with essential supplies running out, the United Nations is warning. Many of them are sheltering in bunkers beneath the city’s Azot chemical plant. The last bridge leading out of the city was destroyed in fighting earlier this week – effectively trapping its 12,000 remaining […]