Sri Lanka’s inflation rate drops to minus 0.7% in October

The National Consumer Price Index captures broad retail price inflation and is released with a lag of 21 days every month. Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation reached minus 0.7% year-on-year in October after easing to minus 0.2% in September, official data showed on Thursday (21 November), as the island nation continued its economic rebound. The […]

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Killed 14 friends by mixing poison, the punishment that the Thai girl received

A Thai woman used to make friends by sweet talk and then kill them by mixing the deadly poison cyanide with their drinks. In this way, she killed 14 people. But the end was not saved. A Thai court has sentenced the woman accused of killing 14 friends with poisonous cyanide. This information was revealed […]

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Ball now in Israel’s court to end Lebanon war: Hezbollah chief

The pro-Iranian armed group Hezbollah has agreed to the US proposal for a ceasefire in Lebanon. Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that they had reviewed the American proposal for a ceasefire and submitted their response through the mediation of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. At the same time, he commented that the ball is […]

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict. In their decision, the ICC judges said there were reasonable grounds to believe Netanyahu and […]

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Erdogan says Russia has the right to defend itself after US weapons attack on Ukraine

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Russia has the right to defend itself. The Turkish president made the remarks at a press conference after the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Tuesday (November 19). Tass News reported. Erdogan said, “I think that the permission Russia gave its military to use nuclear weapons in […]

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Modi’s ties to Adani will face tougher scrutiny this time around

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will find it increasingly difficult to distance himself from the latest controversy erupting around Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest businessmen who’s widely seen as having close ties with the Indian leader. Hours after US prosecutors charged Adani with helping direct a massive bribery scheme, opposition leaders in India renewed […]

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Chinese companies eye Bangladesh to avoid looming US tariffs under Trump

Bangladesh is likely to see a boost in foreign investment as Chinese businesses plan to relocate here to avoid high export tariffs from the US after the Trump administration takes office in January next year. “I think the Trump administration is going to raise substantial tariffs on Chinese goods,” said Calvin Nyan, newly re-elected president […]

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Putin gifts North Korea a lion, bears and ducks

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korea dozens of animals, including a lion and two bears, as a sign of friendship between Moscow and Pyongyang, Russian officials said Wednesday. The two countries have deepened political, military and cultural ties amid Russia’s offensive on Ukraine, with Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un repeatedly […]

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