By Serguy Bobok, Dave Clark and Anna Smolchenko KHARKIV/KYIV/MOSCOW - Russian President Vladmir Putin on Monday (28) levelled conditions on ending Moscow's offensive against Ukraine as Russian forces shelled the country's second city in…
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PARIS - Russia has been expelled from the 2022 World Cup and its teams suspended from all international football competitions "until further notice" after its invasion of Ukraine, FIFA announced in a joint statement with UEFA on Monday…
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By Alexandra Stevenson HONG KONG - Dead bodies are piling up on gurneys in hospital hallways as Hong Kong’s health system is overloaded by its biggest COVID-19 outbreak of the pandemic. Officials said they are struggling to move the…
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By Savitri Hensman There has been some progress on aspects of human rights in Sri Lanka in the past year according to a key United Nations report but major failings remain and, on some matters, the situation has grown worse. Sanctions…
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By Nina Larson GENEVA - The UN Human Rights Council voted Monday (28) to hold an urgent debate about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, further isolating Moscow which had resisted Kyiv's attempt to spotlight abuses committed in the war.…
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COLOMBO - As the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council gets underway in Geneva, Switzerland, the British Minister for South Asia, Lord Tariq Ahmad, has met with Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister G. L. Peiris and pressed him on progress…
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KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine urged the European Union on Monday (28) to grant his country immediate accession to the bloc in response to Russia’s invasion. In a passionate speech aimed at rallying Ukrainians to…
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COLOMBO – ‘Facebook Protect’ a higher level of protection against hacking available to human rights defenders, journalists, and government officials are now available in Sri Lanka, the social media platform said. “As part of our ongoing…
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NEW YORK - Stocks fell Monday (28) and commodity prices rose as the war in Ukraine entered its fifth day and a widening array of sanctions aimed at punishing Russia for its invasion began to bite. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 fell 1%…
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COLOMBO – US Ambassador Julie Chung witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between DFCC Bank and the US government’s Agency for International Development (USAID) Private Sector Development (PSD) project to expand…
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