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The first section of Kenya’s Chinese-built railway was opened with much fanfare in 2017 – but two years later work on the tracks stopped in the middle of the country and the master plan of linking it to other landlocked countries in East Africa seems to have derailed. This means the project is not bringing […]
- Kenya mid-air collision kills student pilot and trainer (Category: Breaking News)
- Hundreds protest at violence against Kenyan women (Category: Breaking News)
- Belt and Road Initiative: Is China’s trillion-dollar gamble to transform the world working? (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenya’s nationwide power blackout sparks KPLC sabotage suspicions (Category: Breaking News)
උතුරු ගාසා තීරයෙන් පිටව යන රථ පෙළකට මාරාන්තික ප්රහාරයක් එල්ල වී තිබෙනවා. BBC වාර්තා කරන පරිදි, උතුරු ගාසා තීරයෙන් පිට ව යන සිවිල් වැසියන් ගේ රථ පෙළකටයි මෙම පහර දීමThe post ගාසා තීරයෙන් පිටව යන රථ පෙළකට මාරාන්තික ප්රහාරයක් appeared first on ITN News.
- ගාසා තීරයෙන් පිට ව යන රථ පෙළකට ප්රහාරයක් (Category: Sinhala)
- ගාසා තීරයේ ඊශ්රායල් ගොඩබිම් ප්රහාරයක් කෙසේ සිදුවනු ඇති ද? (Category: Sinhala)
- පලස්තීනුවන් දහස් ගණනක් මධ්යම ගාසා තීරයෙන් පලායයි (Category: Sinhala)
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Ireland’s World Cup dream was ended by New Zealand for the second tournament in a row as the All Blacks deservedly beat their rivals in Paris to set up a semi-final against Argentina. As the world’s top-ranked team, Ireland were fancied to at least reach the semi-finals for the first time but Andy Farrell’s side […]
- France 28-29 South Africa: Defending champions overcome hosts in World Cup thriller (Category: Breaking News)
- Wales 17-29 Argentina: Pumas seal World Cup semi-final spot with victory in Marseille (Category: Breaking News)
- All Blacks take on Pumas in Rugby World Cup semi final today (Category: Breaking News)
- Argentina 6-44 New Zealand: All Blacks cruise into record fifth final (Category: Breaking News)
Australia has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give greater rights to Indigenous people in a referendum. All six states voted no to a proposal to change the constitution to recognise Indigenous citizens and create an advisory body to the government. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said defeat was hard: “When you aim high, sometimes you fall […]
- Lies fuel racism ahead of Australia’s Indigenous vote (Category: Breaking News)
- Australians vote No in historic referendum (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan elects William Lai president in historic election (Category: Breaking News)
- Boss of Australian telecom giant quits after nationwide outage (Category: Breaking News)
Argentina ended Wales’ World Cup journey in controversial fashion during an enthralling quarter-final in Marseille. Wales started brightly with a 10-point lead before Argentina responded with four Emiliano Boffelli penalties. Tomos Williams restored Wales’ lead with a brilliant effort before two late tries from Joel Sclavi and Nicolas Sanchez sealed the win. The Pumas face […]
- Ireland 24-28 New Zealand: All Blacks break Irish hearts and set up Argentina semi-final (Category: Breaking News)
- All Blacks take on Pumas in Rugby World Cup semi final today (Category: Breaking News)
- Argentina 6-44 New Zealand: All Blacks cruise into record fifth final (Category: Breaking News)
- Argentina 23-26 England: England overcome Pumas to win Rugby World Cup bronze-medal match (Category: Breaking News)
Australia has decisively rejected a landmark referendum to recognise Indigenous people in its constitution. The proposal – known as the Voice – also sought to establish a First Nations body to advise the government on issues affecting their communities. ‘No’ campaigners labelled the vote as divisive, while ‘Yes’ advocates framed it as a historic chance […]
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Beijing subway crash leaves 102 with broken bones (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
Poland elects a new parliament this weekend after a bitterly fought campaign that has seen each side paint the other аs a dire, national threat. The governing, right-wing Law and Justice party, or PiS, is battling to secure a record third term in office. It says the opposition would weaken Poland with mass migration and […]
- Poland: Government under pressure over escalating cash for visas scandal (Category: Breaking News)
- Two officers injured in blast outside interior ministry in Turkey (Category: Breaking News)
- Taiwan elects William Lai president in historic election (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak faces crunch Rwanda vote as Tory MPs split (Category: Breaking News)
Venice airport was closed for more than an hour and flights were diverted on Friday due to the presence of a flock of seagulls. Marco Polo Airport in the north-eastern Italian city closed at 09:45 local time (07:45 GMT). Flights were diverted to Treviso, Verona, Trieste and Milan before normal operations resumed at 11:20. Bird […]
- Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault (Category: Breaking News)
- Kenya mid-air collision kills student pilot and trainer (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
The Israeli military has told the UN that everyone living north of Wadi Gaza should relocate in the next 24 hours – the UN says this amounts to about 1.1 million people. The Wadi Gaza is a river valley located around the centre of the Gaza Strip, snaking across its entire width and ending in […]
- Egypt and US agree to allow aid into Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Parliament raises concerns over Gaza crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday (Category: Breaking News)
- Mother and daughter US hostages released by Hamas (Category: Breaking News)
A prominent Italian journalist has been found guilty of libel after insulting Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a television interview. Roberto Saviano used a swear word to describe Ms Meloni while attacking her stance on migration in December 2020. He has been handed a suspended fine of 1,000 euros (£864). Though he will only have […]
- Italy PM Giorgia Meloni splits from partner after off-air lewd TV remarks (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- French parliament passes controversial immigration law (Category: Breaking News)
The International Olympic Committee’s executive board has suspended the Russian Olympic Committee “with immediate effect until further notice”. The move comes after the ROC recognised regional organisations from four Ukrainian territories illegally annexed by Russia since its full-scale invasion began in 2022. Olympic Councils from the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zap...
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
- Nordic nations join calls for ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes to be upheld (Category: Breaking News)
- IOC wants sanctions on Russia and Belarus to remain (Category: Breaking News)
- Ukraine accuses IOC of ‘double standards’ over Russia (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Palestinians, The Terrorists & Israelis, The Victims appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Merely Focussing On Hamas Attacks – Missing The Wood For The Trees! (Category: Breaking News)
- Hamas Onslaught, Israeli Revenge & The Return Of Diplomacy (Category: Breaking News)
- Partial West & Shameful Muslim Leaders Complicit In Israel’s War Crimes In Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- The Cauldrons We Make (Category: Breaking News)
''ගමේ භාෂාවෙන් කියනවා නම් ඔබේ නිවාස පිටුපස කණ්ඩියේ පස් තාච්ච් දෙක තුනක්, නැතිනම් පස් විල්බැරෝවක ප්රමාණය වැටිලා තියෙනවා නම් ඒ කියන්නනේ ඒ කණ්ඩියට ස්ථාවරව ඉන්න බෑ කියන පූර්ව ලක්ෂණය'' යැයි ජාතික ගොඩනැගිලි පර්යේෂණ සංවිධානයේ වරලත් භූ විද්යාඥ ලක්සිරි ඉන්ද්රතිලක BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවේය.
Captain Rohit Sharma’s scintillating century sprinted India to an emphatic eight-wicket World Cup defeat of Afghanistan in Delhi. Rohit crunched a sparkling 131 from 84 balls before India reached their target of 273 with 15 overs to spare. Hashmatullah Shahidi made 80 to put Afghanistan on course for a more challenging target, but Jasprit Bumrah’s […]
- Majestic Gill ton takes Gujarat Titans past Mumba Indians and into final (Category: Breaking News)
- Afghanistan beat the Netherlands to boost World Cup semi-final hopes (Category: Breaking News)
- England win third T20 against India despite Yadav’s hundred (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa secure thrilling win over India (Category: Breaking News)
Israel was warned by Egypt of potential violence three days before Hamas’ deadly cross-border raid, a US congressional panel chairman has said. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul told reporters of the alleged warning. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described the reports as “absolutely false”. Israeli intelligence services are under scrutiny for ...
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel says it has arrested hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad members (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel carries out intense air strikes on Khan Younis in southern Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
Israel was warned by Egypt of potential violence three days before Hamas’ deadly cross-border raid, a US congressional panel chairman has said. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul told reporters of the alleged warning. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu described the reports as “absolutely false”. Israeli intelligence services are under scrutiny for ...
- Hamas says no more hostage releases until war ends (Category: Breaking News)
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
- PM says Israel at war after 100 killed in attack from Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel faces ‘long, difficult war’ after Hamas attack – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Category: Breaking News)
A blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At least 60 Indians have killed themselves after being abused and threatened. A BBC undercover investigation has exposed those profiting from this deadly
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- Boeing whistleblower found dead in US (Category: Breaking News)
- Poles prepare to vote as rivals end acrimonious campaign (Category: Breaking News)
A second large earthquake has hit Afghanistan just days after a 6.3 magnitude quake in the same region killed more than 1,000 people. The new quake, of the same magnitude, struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Tuesday. The epicentre is 28km (17 miles) north of the city of Herat. The impact of […]
- Thousands offer to adopt baby pulled from the rubble (Category: Breaking News)
- New Turkey earthquake leaves three dead and people trapped under rubble in Hatay (Category: Breaking News)
- Strong earthquake hits south-eastern Turkey near Syria border (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia quake kills 162 and injures hundreds (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr Upul Wijayawardhana Though responding to those who criticise cloaked in anonymity may be considered an act of futility, after much thought I decided to respond to Interested Woman’s opinion piece “Ranil’s undiplomatic DW interview” (The Island, 9 October) as there are many inaccuracies and, more importantly, her concluding remarks raise a vital issue. […]
- President at beck and call of Rajapaksas – Sajith (Category: Breaking News)
- CR declares creation of his new party (Category: Breaking News)
- CBK: Ranil fears electoral defeat (Category: Breaking News)
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''2019 සිට අපි බීච් වොලිබෝල් ක්රීඩාව කරනවා.නමුත් තවම අපිට මැදවච්චියට බීච් වොලිබෝල් කෝට් එකක් නැහැ. බලධාරීන්ට කිවුවට තවම කිසිම ප්රතිචාරයක් නැතැයි'' රන් පදක්කම්ලාභී ක්රීඩක හර්ෂ සඳුන් බණ්ඩාර BBC සිංහල සේවයට පැවසුවේය.
At least 11 Americans have been killed in Israel after Hamas militants launched an attack on the country, US President Joe Biden said. In a briefing with reporters at the same time, a senior US defence official accused Hamas of “Isis level savagery” in an unprecedented attack. The identities of those killed have not been […]
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel carries out intense air strikes on Khan Younis in southern Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- EU says starvation in Gaza being used as a weapon (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel says it has arrested hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad members (Category: Breaking News)
This year’s Nobel economics prize has been awarded to Claudia Goldin, an American economic historian, for her work on women’s employment and pay. Prof Goldin’s research uncovered key drivers behind the gender pay gap, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. She is only the third woman to receive the prize, and the first to […]
- Iceland’s PM to strike over gender pay gap (Category: Breaking News)
- Iceland’s PM to strike over gender pay gap (Category: Breaking News)
- Nobel Prize-winner to contest Democratic Republic of Congo presidency (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
At least 30 people have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rains in Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé, the emergency services have said. A local radio station put the death toll at 40, saying that many people are still missing. Rescue efforts were hampered by floods, forcing locals to pull bodies out of the debris with […]
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
- Airlines warn of UK flight delays over air traffic control fault (Category: Breaking News)
- At least 47 buried after landslide in Yunnan – state media (Category: Breaking News)
- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards (Category: Breaking News)
Oil prices have jumped on concerns that the situation in Israel and Gaza could disrupt output from the Middle East. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed by $2.25 a barrel to $86.83, while US prices also rose. Israel and Palestinian territories are not oil producers but the Middle Eastern region accounts for almost a third […]
- Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says (Category: Breaking News)
- How India overcame bitter G20 divisions over Ukraine (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition. It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an “unprecedented and appalling assault”. The US was also working to verify reports its citizens were among those […]
- PM says Israel at war after 100 killed in attack from Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says (Category: Breaking News)
- Rishi Sunak vows to stand with Israel in ‘darkest hour’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
Virat Kohli made a crucial 85 as World Cup hosts India overcame an early collapse to begin their campaign with a six-wicket win over Australia. Steve Smith (46) and David Warner (41) top-scored in Australia’s total of 199 after they won the toss and batted. India were in trouble after the loss of early wickets […]
- Afghanistan beat the Netherlands to boost World Cup semi-final hopes (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa secure thrilling win over India (Category: Breaking News)
- South Africa beat Bangladesh to set up England semi-final (Category: Breaking News)
- Rohit Sharma takes India to easy win over Afghanistan (Category: Breaking News)
The US says it is moving an aircraft carrier, ships and jets to the eastern Mediterranean and will also give Israel additional equipment and ammunition. It follows the Hamas attack on southern Israel, which President Biden called an “unprecedented and appalling assault”. The US was also working to verify reports its citizens were among those […]
- Hezbollah steps back from all-out war on Israel over Gaza – for now (Category: Breaking News)
- More hostages released by Hamas despite agonising delay (Category: Breaking News)
- Hamas responds to proposed Gaza ceasefire plan (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel carries out intense air strikes on Khan Younis in southern Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
More than a dozen young girls from a small village cycle through farmland in the Indian state of Punjab. Moving along a dirt pathway, dressed all in white, their excitement starts to build. Amid the miles of wheat fields, emerges the source of their joy: two cricket pitches, with plastic wickets and strip of concrete […]
- Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump liable for fraud, judge finds in New York civil case (Category: Breaking News)
- Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion (Category: Breaking News)
Israel’s military has warned that Hamas militants from Gaza are still fighting inside Israel after they infiltrated southern communities and left a reported 250 people dead. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis they are going into a “long and difficult war”. Hundreds of gunmen burst into southern Israel, killing soldiers and civilians, and taking […]
- PM says Israel at war after 100 killed in attack from Gaza (Category: Breaking News)
- US moves warships closer to Israel after Hamas attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Israel says it has arrested hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad members (Category: Breaking News)
- Egypt warned Israel days before Hamas struck, US committee chairman says (Category: Breaking News)
By Zinara Rathnayake When I was five years old, I would love to sit beside my loku amma, solving riddles while she worked in the kitchen making kalu dodol. Loku amma was married to my paternal uncle, my father’s older brother. As a young girl, I loved my chatty, always laughing, childlike loku amma for […]
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