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Italy’s Draghi resigns after coalition implodes
Shawdesh desk; Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after efforts to bring the country’s fractious parties to heel failed, kicking off a snap election campaign which could bring theReadMore
What next for bankrupt Sri Lanka under a new leader?
Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s parliament elected six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the crisis-wracked country’s new president Wednesday. He replaces Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore and resigned last weekReadMore
Six-time PM Wickremesinghe wins Sri Lanka presidency
Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Wednesday overwhelmingly elected as president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the crisis-wracked country and resigned last week. OfficialReadMore
Ukraine war: First lady in US for high-level meetings
Shawdesh Desk: Ukraine’s first lady, Olena Zelenska, is in the US for a series of high-level meetings and an address to Congress. Her visit comes four months after her husband,ReadMore
Boat carrying wedding party capsizes in Pakistan, killing 20
Shawdesh Desk: A passenger boat carrying nearly 100 members of a wedding party capsized on Monday in the fast-flowing Indus river in eastern Punjab province, killing at least 20 womenReadMore
Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain
Shawdesh Desk: A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes andReadMore
Sri Lanka reduces fuel prices amid shortage
Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Lanka Indian Oil Corporation (LIOC) have reduced the retail price of fuel, IANS reported. The two state-owned oil companiesReadMore
Sri Lanka renews state of emergency ahead of key vote
Shawdesh Desk: Sri Lanka’s acting president renewed the country’s state of emergency Monday ahead of a parliamentary vote to pick a new head of state — a poll in whichReadMore
