A​ court in Seoul ruled on Tuesday (7) that South Korean marines were guilty of committing a massacre of unarmed villagers during the Vietnam War​ and ordered the South Korean government to compensate one of the Vietnamese victims.
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The Paris Club of creditors has given financing assurances to support the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) approval of an extended fund facility for Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan president's office said on Tuesday (7)
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Rescuers in Turkey and Syria battled frigid cold Tuesday (7) in a race against time to find survivors under buildings flattened by an earthquake that killed more than 5,400 people
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Billionaire investor and Bitcoin evangelist Tim Draper visited the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to promote Bitcoin as a solution to combat corruption. Despite Draper’s efforts, Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe showed a cold reception and rejected…
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Fresh strikes hit trains, schools and refineries in France on Tuesday (7) over an unpopular pension reform pushed by President Emmanuel Macron, with nationwide protests planned for later in the day
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Retired Sri Lankan archbishop Oswald Thomas Colman Gomis, who served as the general secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conference (FABC) and on the board of directors of Radio Veritas died on Feb. 3 at a private hospital in…
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By Tisaranee Gunasekara  “Our challenge is to devise some arrangement which enables us to coexist if not in amity then at least in forbearance.” Jawaharlal Nehru (quoted in Andre Malraux’s Anti-Memoir). During Black July, marauding…
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Alibaba Group subsidiary, Daraz Group, an e-commerce platform, is reducing its workforce by 11% to prepare for the 'current market reality', the group's CEO Bjarke Mikkelsen said in a letter to employees shared on the company website
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Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday (7) hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes
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A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday (6), toppling buildings and triggering a frantic search for survivors in the rubble in cities and towns across the area. At least 360 were killed and…
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