1990 - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning Operation Desert Shield
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President Wickremesinghe will resist any call for him to quit and will serve till November 2024 when the next presidential poll is due. As he enjoys majority support in Parliament, courtesy the shadowy influence of Rajapaksas, he will be in…
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Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday (4) emphasized the United Nations charter principles on sovereignty and territorial integrity at a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Colombo amid an intensifying cold war between Beijing…
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As monkeypox continues to surge in the United States, the Biden administration on  Thursday (4) declared a public health emergency, a move expected to free up additional funding and tools to fight the disease
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A group of anti-government demonstrators at the Galle Face protest site near the Sri Lankan presidential office on Thursday (4) vowed to defy an order from the police to vacate the area by Friday (5) evening
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The Sri Lankan government is cracking down on the people who participated in a protest movement that toppled the island nation’s president last month, arresting several demonstration leaders, slapping others with travel bans and ordering…
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History repeats itself as the recent fall of shamed Sri Lankan president echoes that of the Chongzhen Emperor at the end of the Ming dynasty
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At least 11 Chinese missiles struck seas north, south and east of Taiwan on Thursday (4), less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated the island as a bulwark of democracy next to autocratic China
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US basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday (4)  in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over…
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The arrest of a top protest leader as part of an ongoing crackdown and intimidation of people protesting against the government over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades has raised concerns
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