Rebel miners blockaded more than 440 workers underground in a South African gold mine Friday (8) amid tensions that include a murder this week, the operator said
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In Sri Lanka, voters exist in a never-ending state of innocence, a forever unknowing. Every election is preceded by hyperbolic hope; in the immediate aftermath comes euphoria, followed by disenchantment, despair and anger
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Intense fighting raged around Gaza's biggest hospital Sunday (12) where doctors said thousands of Palestinians were trapped in dire conditions, as Israel pledged to help evacuate babies from the crippled facility
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Thousands of Sri Lankans across different faiths and the political spectrum gathered for a peace conference in Colombo on Tuesday (7), as they called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
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Return of rhetorical politics after the last year’s mass protests and unprecedented economic crisis along with bureaucratic resistance may delay some reforms expected to boost tax revenue, analysts and legislators say
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Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers has approved a proposal to change the frequency of power tariff revisions from every six months to every three months
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Sri Lanka’s Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) staged a protest demonstration in front of the National Hospital Colombo on Wednesday (11) over a number of concerns including taxation and salary issues
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2019 – Over two million people participate in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide
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After two years in detention, a Chinese journalist who spoke up against sexual harassment stood trial on subversion charges Friday (22) along with a labour rights activist, the latest example of Beijing’s intensified crackdown on civil…
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Prosecutors on Monday (18) asked a Seoul court to issue an arrest warrant for South Korea’s leading opposition figure, Lee Jae-myung, on corruption charges, 18 days after Lee began a hunger strike to protest President Yoon Suk Yeol’s…
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