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By Imesh Ranasinghe COLOMBO – School teachers and principals in Sri Lanka will continue an ongoing strike as discussions between trade unions and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa concluded unsuccessfully Tuesday (27), a union leader said.…
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NEW DELHI - Top US diplomat Antony Blinken arrived Tuesday (27)  in India for talks dominated by turmoil in Afghanistan and common worries about China, while also touching on New Delhi's rights record. Blinken, in his first India visit…
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By Mike Ives THIMPU - Less than two weeks ago, a charter flight carrying half a million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine took off from Kentucky and touched down at the international airport in Bhutan. By Monday (26), most adults in the…
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By Anbarasan Ethirajan COLOMBO - Sri Lankan authorities say the world's largest star sapphire cluster has been found in a backyard - by accident. A gem trader said the stone was found by workmen digging a well in his home in the…
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By James Wagner YOKOHAMA — After a 13-year wait, of course, it came down to this: the world’s softball powers, the United States and Japan, facing off for the gold medal Tuesday (27). The last time the sport and these teams were in this…
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By Juliet Macur TOKYO - In the biggest upset for the United States at the Tokyo Games, Simone Biles withdrew from the gymnastics team competition after it had started on Tuesday (27), handing Russia’s squad a path to the gold medal and…
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COLOGNE  – An explosion in a tank containing solvents at a chemicals plant in the western German city of Leverkusen, near Cologne, on Tuesday (27), left at least one worker dead, 16 injured and a further four missing. At least one of the…
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By Yoon Ja-young SEOUL - A Sri Lankan worker at a plastic manufacturing factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, died in an industrial accident, after working for 18 consecutive hours to meet a deadline. According to Hwaseong Seobu…
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka on Tuesday (27) postponed the second Twenty20 international against India just hours before its start, after an Indian player tested positive for coronavirus. All-rounder Krunal Pandya was found positive during a…
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By Heather Scott WASHINGTON - The global economy will expand by 6% this year, but disparities between nations are widening as advanced economies accelerate while developing countries fall behind, the IMF said Tuesday (27). While the…
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