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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in India early next month, Russian officials said on Thursday. India is hosting the meeting of foreign ministers of the SCO countries in Goa on May 4 and 5. “Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the meeting […]
- Iran formally becomes full member of SCO, PM Narendra Modi conveys best wishes to President Ebra... (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan foreign minister to attend Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s meet in India (Category: Breaking News)
- SCO summit: Xi stresses on enhancing BRI cooperation; India says connectivity should respect ter... (Category: Breaking News)
- Rajnath Singh holds bilateral talks with Russian counterpart, discusses ways to increase Russian... (Category: Breaking News)
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- Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping & Joe Biden (Category: Breaking News)
- Waiting For Godot: Can Some Developing Nations Unite & Transform The Planet? (Category: Breaking News)
- Gathering Storms Cloud On The Horizon; Military, Political, Strategic & Economic Uncertainties A... (Category: Breaking News)
- Snivelling Won’t Combat Corruption; Are We Waiting For Sri Lanka’s Nelson Mandela? (Category: Breaking News)
A wave of Russian air strikes on cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, has left at least 25 people dead. 23 people – including four children – were killed in an attack that hit a block of flats in the central city of Uman, officials said. And a woman and her three-year-old daughter were killed in […]
- Russia plans to ‘exhaust’ Ukraine with prolonged attacks (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian jet carrying Ukrainian PoWs crashes – Moscow (Category: Breaking News)
- US envoy to India confirmed after two-year battle (Category: Breaking News)
- WHO says Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital a death zone, as hundreds leave (Category: Breaking News)
Is there any place where China is not exacerbating security concerns? Nearly everywhere one looks, China is ratcheting up tensions and flexing its muscles, whether in the South China Sea, around Taiwan, along the border with India, in the East China Sea, is steadfastly supporting Russia in a maniacal war against Ukraine, penetrating foreign airspace […]
- In bid to counter China, US ramps up effort to boost military ties in Asia (Category: Breaking News)
- China and India to send troops to Russia for joint military exercises (Category: Breaking News)
- Phillipines’ bold response to aggressive China in the South China Sea (Category: Breaking News)
- India, China militaries ease tensions; to resume joint exercises (Category: Business)
NATO countries have delivered more than 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine amid its war with Russia, the military alliance s chief said Thursday, giving Kyiv a bigger punch as it appears poised to launch a counteroffensive.
The US Department of Defense and numerous private commentators allege that Russian-Chinese cooperation on fast breeder reactors will provide plutonium for large numbers of Chinese nuclear weapons. Assistant Secretary of Defense John Plumb told Congressional hearings on March 8: “It’s very troubling to see Russia and China cooperating on this. They may have talking points […]
- Hanford N Reactor cocooning ahead of schedule (Category: USA, Washington)
- NRC allows MOX construction to proceed at SC site (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- NRC releases last safety report for MOX site in SC (Category: USA, South Carolina)
- Big Power Sanctions versus Middle Power Diplomacy for Iran (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa on Tuesday alleged that having failed to thwart Ranil Wickremesinghe’s ascent to presidency, the US was now working with the UNP leader to achieve its objectives. MP Weerawansa, the Chairman of the Uththara Lanka Sabhagaya said that President Wickremesinghe already consented to three of the […]
- Western powers back move to put off national elections indefinitely, warns Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
- ETCA, Indo-US strategy detrimental to Lanka’s independence – Wimal (Category: Breaking News)
- Wimal uses Imran’s ouster to bolster his claim that US was behind GR’s removal (Category: Breaking News)
- Gotabaya: Only Ranil could have restored law and order (Category: Breaking News)
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- The Accuser & The Accused; Is Suresh Sallay In The Cross Hairs Of A Witch Hunt? (Category: Breaking News)
- Nothing ‘Holistic’ About The Romesh De Silva Constitutional Draft Or The Millions Spent By ‘Expe... (Category: Breaking News)
- The Women At Gates Of The Mahara Prison (Category: Breaking News)
- The Women At Gates Of The Mahara Prison (Category: Breaking News)
World military spending reached an all-time high of $2.24 trillion in 2022, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuelled a sharp jump in military spending across Europe, according to a leading defence think tank. Global spending rose for the eighth consecutive year, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday in its annual report […]
- Scientists call for defence cuts (Category: Technology)
- Trump’s threatened defense veto echoes in CT (Category: USA, Arkansas)
- Trump’s threatened defense veto echoes in CT (Category: USA, Arkansas)
- Trump’s threatened defense veto echoes in CT (Category: USA, Arkansas)
The tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka from January to April 20, 2023 have topped the 400,000 mark, indicating the island nation’s tourism industry is firmly on the path of recovery.The post Sri Lanka’s tourist arrivals top 400,000 mark in 2023 appeared first on Sri Lanka's Latest Breaking News and Top Stories - ONLANKA News.
- Sri Lanka recorded 143, 039 tourist arrivals in July, 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 80% of August tourist arrival target reached – SLTDA (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka recognized as one of top affordable vacation destinations (Category: Breaking News)
- Tourist arrivals to Sri Lanka soar, surpassing 600,000 within 3 months (Category: Breaking News)
Supporting India’s candidature for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council, Professor Robert AF Thurman, Co-founder and President of the Tibet House in New York, said that the five permanent members of the UNSC are unable to resolve conflicts diplomatically and engaged in wars while India has the potential to bring peace in […]
- Elon Musk advocates for India’s permanent UNSC membership, says “India not having a permanent se... (Category: Breaking News)
- President says “My task is to make Sri Lanka a great nation” (Category: Breaking News)
- Challenge of ushering international peace (Category: Breaking News)
- Don’t tell us what to do – MR (Category: Breaking News)
India, in the last nine years, has been making big strides following Buddha teachings, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. Speaking at Global Buddhist Summit 2023 in New Delhi, Modi said that India has followed Buddha’s teachings including the path of Theory, Practice and Realisation. India has progressed rapidly on all these three points. […]
- India taking new initiatives based on Buddha’s teachings: PM Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- “Buddha teachings relevant when nature playing havoc with mankind” (Category: Breaking News)
- Buddhism: A True Gift from India to the World (Category: Breaking News)
- Buddha's teachings, a mean to resolve all disputes - President (Category: Breaking News)
Aljazeera quoting Pakistan’s Foreign office spokesman, reported that Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organizations (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in India next month. The SCO is a regional political and security bloc whose members include Russia, China, India and Pakistan. The foreign ministers meeting will be held on May 4 […]
- Russia Foreign Minister to attend regional summit SCO in Goa next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran formally becomes full member of SCO, PM Narendra Modi conveys best wishes to President Ebra... (Category: Breaking News)
- SCO summit: Xi stresses on enhancing BRI cooperation; India says connectivity should respect ter... (Category: Breaking News)
- US not setting up ‘regional drone hub’ in Pakistan: FO (Category: Breaking News)
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva did not mince her words about emerging and heightening crisis tendencies in the global economy. She said, among other things recently, that the IMF’s projection of 2.8 percent global growth for 2023 “is not enough to bring opportunities to businesses and people around the world, and most worrisome is the projection […]
- What a world! (Category: Breaking News)
- As ‘New Cold War’ intensifies, West woos Africa and ASEAN region (Category: Breaking News)
- North-South links firming in face of Chinese challenge (Category: Breaking News)
- Role of global corporates in Myanmar’s torment (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Gunatilake MBBS, MD, FRCP, FCCP, Hon FRACP Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura Consultant Neurologist One of the most quoted phrases of Karl Marx, the German philosopher and political theorist, popularly known as the ‘Father of Communism’, is “History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce”. This quote […]
- GMOA Claims SAITM Is Sub-Standard (Category: Breaking News)
- Navigating challenges of dental education in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Homagama Base Hospital to be upgrade as a teaching hospital (Category: Breaking News)
- Chaos in universities: A solution? (Category: Business)
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- Calm Before The Storm! Aragalaya -’22 Has Rested Enough!!! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Impact Of The Next Election On The Economic Reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Love Him Or Hate Him: Only Ranil Wickremesinghe Has The Depth Of Mind To Focus On Future Directi... (Category: Breaking News)
- Janatha Aragalaya: The People’s Struggle In Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are vowing a tough stance on China s increasing threats to Taiwan and on North Korea s unchecked tests of long-range missiles, while building momentum on ways to boost support for Ukraine and punish Russia for its invasion.
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- Central Bank Independence: Issue To The Fore Again, But Will The Government Have Foresight To Do... (Category: Breaking News)
- Who Has Printed The Biggest Quantity Of Money? Lakshman, Cabraal Or Nandalal? (Category: Breaking News)
- RW’s Tax Hike Welcome But Much More To Be Done To Come Out Of The Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- SC Judgment, Fiscal Philosophy, & Long-Term Decisions For A Brighter Future (Category: Breaking News)
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- Indo-Lanka Fishing Crisis: Sharing Territories For A Better Catch! (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Sri Lanka Needs A Presidential Secretariat On Blue Economy Or National Center For Ocean Reso... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses 7th Indian Ocean Conference in Perth (Category: Breaking News)
- Pelosi’s Pivot As Cold War & Colonialism Rebound: Blue-Greenwash In The Indian Ocean (Category: Breaking News)
India remains the main destination for Russia’s seaborne Urals oil, with about 70% of such exports heading to the country, Reuters monitoring and data from two industry sources showed on Monday. Attractive prices for Urals mean good margins for Indian refiners while term contracts between Russian and Indian companies and lower freight rates are also […]
- Oil Cap (Category: Business)
- Latest Photos From Oil Spill In The Gulf (Category: USA, Georgia)
- BP says oil has stopped leaking (Category: Technology)
- UK tests deep water oil leak plan (Category: Technology)
While the days of good news are going on for India, the latest good news is that our country’s currency, the rupee, is gradually making its place and influence among countries of the world. Seeing the increasing role of India in international trade, the countries of the world are coming forward to do financial transactions […]
- Expect India-Russia bilateral trade to reach $50 billion, says Russian Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka wants to start rupee trade with India (Category: Breaking News)
- Threats To The Hegemony Of The US Dollar (Category: Breaking News)
- Ambitious Digital Rupee (Category: Breaking News)
The UK is set to be one of the worst performing major economies in the world this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It says the UK economy’s performance in 2023 will be the worst among the 20 biggest economies, known as the G20, which includes sanctions-hit Russia. The IMF predicts the UK […]
- Prince Harry accuses Prince William of physical attack (Category: Breaking News)
- FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese ‘police stations’ in New York (Category: Breaking News)
- Turkey earthquake death toll could increase eight-fold (Category: Breaking News)
- UK Government to block Scottish gender bill (Category: Breaking News)
The United States has called on China to deliver on its commitments to Sri Lanka. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she was encouraged that China — the world’s largest sovereign creditor — had agreed to provide specific and credible financing assurances for Sri Lanka, but said China and all of Sri Lanka’s creditors needed […]
- Yellen ‘eager’ to work with China on debt, other global challenges (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns United States could run out of cash by June 1 (Category: Breaking News)
- Janet Yellen warns US 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)
Thousands of protesters rallied outside the Georgian parliament on Sunday amid mounting opposition to the country’s government. Critics accuse the ruling Georgian Dream party of being under the sway of Russia and of backsliding on democracy. The government has been accused of jailing political opponents and silencing independent media. The rally was organised by the […]
- Georgia Pride festival in Tbilisi stormed by right-wing protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- UK to be one of worst performing economies this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal mourns victims of worst air disaster in decades (Category: Breaking News)
- FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese ‘police stations’ in New York (Category: Breaking News)
By Neville Ladduwahetty During his address to the “Economic Dialogue – IMF and Beyond”, the President “declared that Sri Lanka is at a crossroad and it was the nation’s last chance to forge ahead or fail (Daily FT, 31, 2023). Now that Sri Lanka has committed itself to the terms and conditions stipulated by the […]
- Govt. decision to give two million farming families freehold land deeds will lead to shanty town... (Category: Breaking News)
- MONLAR, a force for food insecurity, now blames 70-years of government! (Category: Breaking News)
- Education, culture and health of our rural population compromised (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez vows to reform loss-making state enterprises, implement new tax regime (Category: Breaking News)
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- 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)
- Why Yuan Can’t Replace Dollar As The Global Currency (Category: Breaking News)
- Gathering Storms Cloud On The Horizon; Military, Political, Strategic & Economic Uncertainties A... (Category: Breaking News)
Secret documents that provide details of US and NATO plans to help prepareUkraine for a spring offensive against Russia have spilled onto social media platforms, the New York Times reported. The apparent leak looked like a Russian disinformation operation to sow doubt about Ukraine’s planned counteroffensive, a Ukrainian presidential official said on Friday. Mykhailo Podolyak […]
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- Heartfelt gifts that she's guaranteed to love (Category: USA, Maryland)
- Heartfelt gifts that she's guaranteed to love (Category: USA, Nebraska)
- Heartfelt gifts that she's guaranteed to love (Category: USA, Mississippi)
The United States, Britain, Albania and Malta walked out on Russia s envoy for children s rights - whom the International Criminal Court wants to arrest on war crimes charges - as she spoke by video to U.N. Security Council members on Wednesday.
Sergey Cheryomin, head of the department for external economic and international relations of Moscow, on Wednesday said trade between India and Russia is expected to reach $50 billion or more. Cheryomin was speaking at the Russia-India business forum programme in New Delhi. The Russian minister stressed that banks in both countries should promote trade in […]
- India expects $8-$9 bn bilateral trade with Russia, Sri Lanka in two months (Category: Breaking News)
- Free Trade (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)
‘Finland has made a dangerous historical mistake.’ So said Russia in reaction to Finland formally joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on April 4. The ominous pronouncement could have the effect of renewing fears among the publics of the world of another Europe-wide war. The hope of peace-loving peoples is likely to be that Russia […]
- Curtain rising on heightening ‘global disorder’ (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Containment Theory’ returns to West’s ties with East (Category: Breaking News)
- East-West tensions heighten and take on new dimensions (Category: Breaking News)
- Finland joins NATO in historic strategic shift while Sweden waits (Category: Breaking News)
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