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Sri Lanka crisis: Country's tourism hit hard, hotel association protest to
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 6 (ANI): With Sri Lanka facing an economic crisis amidst public anger and protests against massive food and fuel scarcity, the country's tourism sector, one of the major contributors to its economy, was slowly reviving after the COVID pandemic has now been hit h
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Sri Lankan Police warns protesters not to break law, reviews video footage
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Sri Lankan police have warned protesters not to take the law in their own hands and said strict action will be taken against those involved in violence during the agitations.
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Sri Lanka caught in a 'strategic debt trap'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 5 (ANI): Sri Lanka, a flourishing island nation of 22 million, has finally fallen to China's debt-trap diplomacy.
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Oil prices jumps as much as 4pc amid talk of more Russia sanctions
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil prices jumped as much as 4%, returning US crude to above $100 per barrel, as more Western sanctions planned for Russia along with news of a hike in Saudi selling prices helped the market rebound from last week's worst sell-off in two years.
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Climate change: China suffered world's 2nd worst losses from floods in 202
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], April 5 (ANI): China suffered around USD 25 billion of losses from floods in 2021 -- the world's second-worst after Europe, data from the Zurich-based firm's latest research report showed.
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After ensnaring Sri Lanka in debt trap, China turns a blind eye as country
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis in decades and struggles to pay loans, China turns a blind eye after ensnaring the island nation in a debt trap, said a European-based Think Tank.
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Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor resigns amid economic crisis
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 4 (ANI): As Sri Lanka faces its worst economic crisis since independence, the Governor of the country's Central Bank, Ajith Nivard Cabraal on Monday said he has submitted his resignation to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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China sends military, doctors to Shanghai amid COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], April 4 (ANI): China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai city which has been facing the worst COVID-19 outbreak, according to the Chinese media outlet.
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Are the attacks by Israeli Arabs an ISIS operation or a new 'Intifada of K
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], April 4 (ANI): Three separate deadly attacks by Israeli Arabs in just a week in Be'er Sheva, Hadera and Bnei Brak caused fears of an unprecedented "terrorist onslaught" by ISIS sleepers or a repetition of the 2015-2016 "Intifada of Knives". These three attacks, in which
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Sri Lanka: Massive protests continue amid crackdown, nationwide curfew
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 3 (ANI): Sri Lanka continued to witness protests across the country with people breaking the government-imposed curfew across the country even amid a crackdown on protestors as the country faces its worst economic crisis since independence.
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Oil sees biggest weekly loss in 2 years, US crude below USD 100 as Biden r
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Oil markets entered April with their worst weekly loss in two years as the Biden administration announced the largest ever crude reserve release that sent the benchmark US price below the key USD 100-per-barrel support.
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Strict lockdown policy cut down China's GDP by half
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], March 30 (ANI): In the last few weeks, China has seen its worst COVID outbreak since the initial height of the pandemic in early 2020 when the economy slumped. The latest surge in cases could hit first-quarter gross domestic product by at least half of a percentage point.
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