Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Transport Ministry on Thursday said it will construct the country’s first electric rail track in the central highlands of Kandy to ease traffic and further develop the island’s …
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Washington: Protests have been planned in the four US cities of Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco and New York on Friday against the violence in New Delhi that has so far …
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Los Angeles: Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo has tagged US President Donald Trump the world’s “public enemy number one”, and urged people to “get radical” in their protests against the politician. …
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Karachi: The Karachi-based Editors for Safety (EfS) has urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to approved a landmark bill aimed at ensuring safety and security of journalists across Pakistan against intimidation, abduction, …
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Beijing: As the overall coronavirus toll in China increased to 2,744 with 78,497 confirmed cases, a Chinese health expert on Thursday said that the coronavirus outbreak would be “basically under control” …
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Washington: Top Democrats in the two chambers of the US Congress have said that they were fine with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders becoming the party’s nominee to face incumbent President Donald …
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United Nations: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the the situation in Idlib was dire, referring to the beleaguered governorate in northwest Syria where …
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New York: US President Donald Trump returned home on Wednesday after a whirlwind visit to India that he tweeted on arrival “was great” and “very successful”. Stepping off the Air Force …
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that the manner in which Islamabad responded to Indian aggression in February 2019 was indicative of the nation’s maturity. Addressing a ceremony …
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New York, Feb 26 (IANS) A global recession is likely if COVID-19 becomes a pandemic, and the odds of that are uncomfortably high and rising with infections surging in Italy and …
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