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DOHA - Qatar announced the re-imposition of strict lockdown measures on Wednesday (7), banning most indoor activities except retail and work in an effort to contain surging coronavirus cases. Restaurants, cafes, hairdressers, beauty…
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By Raveen Sugantharaj  “Where are you from?” is the question that has plagued my existence, the one that causes my stomach to drop yet that I have become accustomed to, the one that leaves me scrambling for an appropriate answer — both…
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka’s plantations stocks plunged after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said they would be required to uproot oil palm from the fields in stages and said imports of palm oil was banned effective April 6, while coconut plantation…
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By Nehal El-Sherif AMMAN  - Jordan's top prosecutor on Tuesday (6)  banned the publication of any information or material relating to a case in which ex-crown prince Hamzah Bin Al-Hussein is accused of being involved in a plot to…
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By Charles M. Blow There are many appalling narratives emerging from the trial of the former police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd. There is the transference of guilt from the people who killed Floyd to those who…
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By Steven Erlanger BRUSSELS — The United States and Iran agreed through intermediaries on Tuesday (6) to establish two working groups to try to get both countries back into compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. In a meeting of the…
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By Handrianus Emanuel and Maria Vieira LEMBATA / DILI - Rescuers were searching for dozens of people still missing Tuesday (6) after floods and landslides swept away villages in Indonesia and East Timor, killing at least 120 people and…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s gross domestic product in 2021 has been downgraded to 4.0% by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from a 5.3% forecast in October 2020, with global growth upgraded to 6.5% from an earlier 6.0%. Sri Lanka has…
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COLOMBO – With opposition pressure mounting to find the brains behind the 2019 Easter bombings, the government on Tuesday (6) identified Maulavi (Islamic preacher) Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Naufer and Rasheed Hajjul Akbar, both of whom are in…
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By Isabel Kershner JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was asked by the president Tuesday (6) to try to form a new coalition government, offering a possible path for him to remain in office even as he stands trial on…
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