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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 […]
- Taliban forces clash with Iranian border guards (Category: Breaking News)
- Queen pulls out of Platinum Jubilee service (Category: Breaking News)
- EU awards Ukraine and Moldova candidate status (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
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 […]
- Ranil to visit India next month for talks with Modi (Category: Breaking News)
- Bandula unaware if MPs don’t have 3 meals a day (Category: Breaking News)
- WFP says 66 % Sri Lankans reduced number of meals eaten daily (Category: Breaking News)
- Modi govt gives major push to free trade pacts as exports, job creation become critical (Category: Breaking News)
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. .
[…]The post Bailing Out The ‘Gota’ Led Regime; A Wasted Exercise! appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Beyond Ousting The Shamed ‘Suhartos’ Of Sri Lanka! (Category: Breaking News)
- People’s Power Under Siege Within Sri Lanka’s ‘Demo-Crazy’! (Category: Breaking News)
- Can Sri Lanka Come Out Of Its ‘Deer In The Headlights’ Mindset? (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF Facility? Is It Sufficient To Deliver Prosperity To Sri Lankans? (Category: Breaking News)
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- 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 War On China? – IV: Rules-Based International Order: Normalising Global State Terrorism appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – I: Justifications For War: Thucydides “Trap”, Clash Of Civilisations, Domino The... (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End (Category: Breaking News)
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- 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)
"There is a war in Ukraine today after the IMF intervened there."
- Sri Lanka must not overlook Russia in favour of IMF, says MP Weerawansa (Category: Breaking News)
- US pursuing ‘plan B’ with Prez, after Speaker turned down its offer (Category: Breaking News)
- Cannot support Sri Lanka’s IMF-bound “caretaker” president: MP Vasudeva N (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s “independent” parties to launch grand coalition on September 04 (Category: Breaking News)
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”
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine invasion could cause global food crisis, UN warns (Category: Breaking News)
- Macron defeats Le Pen and vows to unite divided France (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine reports 15,000 suspected war crimes (Category: Breaking News)
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 […]
- Sri Lanka seeks fuel from India on an urgent basis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks to engage with G20 during India’s presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin invited to visit Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- India and Sri Lanka discuss way forward in bilateral economic cooperation (Category: Breaking News)
"Are we trying to get out of this crisis by being caught in a western trap?" he demanded.
- Russia-Lanka �Images of Friendship� (Category: Breaking News)
- Russia to supply oil to Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka former leftist leader blames IMF for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- UK and Russia 'commend' investigations (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Sri Lankan Economy Heading Towards A Dangerous Phase appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Lanka-Arab Relations (Category: Breaking News)
- The President, IMF & System Change (Category: Breaking News)
- What Next For Aragalaya? (Category: Breaking News)
- Restructuring The Economy: A Stock Take (Category: Breaking News)
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- Sri Lanka: No Light Yet At The End Of The Tunnel (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
- President RW’s Priority In 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka could tip back to chaos if six-time Prime Minister voted President (Category: Breaking News)
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- Ranil Wickremesinghe: A Hired Premier (Category: Breaking News)
- Dangerous Game (Category: Breaking News)
- Qatari Charity Exposes President’s Anti-Terrorism Hoax (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya, Political Buddhism & Ranilocracy (Category: Breaking News)
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...
- US, Australia focus on maintaining free, open Indo-Pacific with eye on China (Category: Breaking News)
- China-Japan tensions flare up over maritime disputes (Category: Breaking News)
- China’s PLA may have “complete capability” to attack Taiwan by 2025: Defence Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Committed to India, can create favourable balance of power in Indo-Pacific, says US (Category: Breaking News)
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 […]
- India, Slovenia hold foreign office consultations, exchange views on Afghanistan, Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- SL holds first ever bi-lateral talks with Israel (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan hold first round of annual bilateral consultations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka, Israel to strengthen bilateral relations (Category: Breaking News)
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
- Dollar Gambit (Category: Business)
- IMF slashes global growth after monetary stimulus as Sri Lanka reels (Category: Breaking News)
- US Federal Reserve hikes rates, to take out US$95bn a month to tame Powell bubble (Category: Breaking News)
- Rotten Index (Category: Business)
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 […]
- Taliban appeals for help after earthquake kills over 1000 (Category: Breaking News)
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Queen pulls out of Platinum Jubilee service (Category: Breaking News)
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
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 […]
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Hundreds of besieged Ukrainian soldiers evacuated from Mariupol (Category: Breaking News)
- Every bridge leading to key Ukraine city destroyed (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban appeals for help after earthquake kills over 1000 (Category: Breaking News)
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- 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)
රුසියානු ආක්රමණය හමුවේ ඇනහිට තිබූ ධාන්ය අපනයනය යළි ආරම්භ කරන බව යුක්රේනය පවසයි.
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 post Why Should The United States Care About Sri Lanka’s Predicament? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Sri Lanka’s Asian Heritage (Category: Breaking News)
- Madame Ambassador Chung, Your Message Will Live On Forever! (Category: Breaking News)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
- The Covid-19 Crisis & Innovation: Why Intellectual Property Rights Matter (Category: Breaking News)
The United Nations (UN) has urged Sri Lanka to advance reconciliation and justice for all communities. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet told the UN Human Rights Council at its 50th Session today that the Sri Lanka Government must ensure immediate relief for the most marginalized and vulnerable groups and prioritise social […]
- Human rights chief calls for restraint in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN human rights chief to return home as term ends (Category: Breaking News)
- UN report draws attention to economic crimes in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- UN rights chief’s first visit to China seems to be ‘wasted historic opportunity’ (Category: Breaking News)
Russia has killed hundreds of civilians in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv using indiscriminate shelling and widely-banned cluster munitions, according to new research by Amnesty International. Amnesty said it had found evidence of Russian forces repeatedly using 9N210/9N235 cluster bombs, as well as “scatterable” munitions – rockets that eject smaller mines that expl...
- Man charged with terrorism after deadly Oslo attack (Category: Breaking News)
- China Covid app restricts residents after banking protests (Category: Breaking News)
- EU blames Russia for food crisis prompting walkout (Category: Breaking News)
- Gunman targets homeless people in Canada shooting (Category: Breaking News)
of Ukraine. However, that decision means […]
- Djokovic beats Ben Shelton to reach US Open final (Category: Breaking News)
- Emma Raducanu loses in Cincinnati (Category: Breaking News)
- WTA keeps rankings points for Nottingham, Birmingham and Eastbourne (Category: Breaking News)
- Nordic nations join calls for ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes to be upheld (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as the island nation hunts desperately for fuel amid an unprecedented economic crisis, the newly appointed Prime Minister said. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would first look to other sources, but would be open to buying more crude from Moscow. Western nations largely […]
- Finland Prime Minister ousted, conservatives win tight vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka crisis raises alarm about further unrest in APAC region (Category: Breaking News)
- Japan to organize Sri Lanka creditors’ meeting over debt crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka former leftist leader blames IMF for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
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