TEN INDEPENDENT GROUPS TO SUPPORT NEW GOVERNMENT
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The 10 independent groups that left the Government when Mahinda Rajapaksa was Prime Minister, have decided to support the new Government to address th...
RUSSIA CALLS FINLAND, SWEDEN JOINING NATO A MISTAKE WITH '...
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov speaks during a news briefing on SSC-8/9M729 cruise missile system at Patriot Expocentre near Moscow,...
BANGLADESH CONDEMNS THE KILLING OF AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST S...
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh has condemned the heinous assassination of Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a correspondent of Al-Jazeera, in the Occupied Palestinian Territo...
PM MODI ARRIVES IN LUMBINI ON BUDDHA PURNIMA; TO HOLD TALK...
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Nepal for a brief visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, and also hold comprehensive tal...
UKRAINE COUNTER-ATTACKS RUSSIAN FORCES IN THE EAST
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Russia attacked positions in eastern Ukraine as it tries to encircle Ukrainian forces in the Donbas and fend off a counteroffensive around the city of...
ASIA STOCKS STRUGGLE AFTER DIRE CHINA DATA
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Asian share markets were struggling to sustain even a minor rally on Monday after shockingly weak data from China underlined the deep damage lockdowns...
ONE DEAD, FOUR CRITICALLY INJURED IN CALIFORNIA CHURCH SHO...
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
One person was dead and four others in “critical” condition after a shooting at a church near Los Angeles, law enforcement said Sunday, ju...
NATO assures Ukraine open-ended military support against R...
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (R, on the screen) gives via videolink a press conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at...
Sri Lanka denies LTTE revival bid using on-going crisis
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence on Saturday denied reports of ex-LTTE cadre “regrouping to launch attacks” in Sri Lanka on...
World’s food problems pile up as India restricts wheat exp...
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
A farmer in India carrying a wheat crop after harvesting. Photo: AP
India’s move to restrict wheat exports is set to reverberate through gl...
TIES WITH NEPAL UNPARALLELED, SAYS PM AHEAD OF LUMBINI VIS...
May 16, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
On the eve of his departure for Nepal on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed India’s ties with Nepal as “unparalleled” and s...
SRI LANKA EASES CURFEW AS NEW PM SEEKS TO FORM CABINET
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe sought to form a...
UKRAINE THWARTS RUSSIAN FORCES AT RIVER
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video from Ukraine's...
INDIA, PAK ABSTAIN FROM UNHRC UKRAINE VOTE
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
India and Pakistan were among the 12 other nations that have abstained from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution which primarily f...
INDIA BANS WHEAT EXPORT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
India has banned wheat exports with immediate effect as part of measures to cool rising domestic prices, according to an official notification.
In a...
UK ISSUES TRAVEL ADVISORY ON SRI LANKA
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
The United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory on Sri Lanka warning against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka.
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and...
MYANMAR JUNTA SLAMS US SUMMIT SNUB, LAUDS TIES WITH CHINA
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends the IX Moscow conference on international security in Moscow, R...
BANGLADESH ANNOUNCES ONE-DAY STATE MOURNING ON UAE PRESIDE...
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh has announced one-day state mourning on Saturday following the demise of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
In a notificati...
Power behind the throne: Sara Duterte to hold sway as Marc...
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Sara Duterte, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, speaks during a rally in Davao on May 6. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
MANILA --...
Will Japan’s dim view of US Indo-Pacific strategy overshad...
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a virtual Covid-19 Summit as part of the United Nations General Assembly at the White House in September 2021.Photo:...
Nepal’s Lhaka Sherpa breaks her own female record by scali...
May 14, 2022
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By: SAM Staff
Nepalese female climber Lhakpa Sherpa broke her own record for the most climbs of the world’s highest peak by a female climber. Photo: AP
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