Moody’s puts Sri Lanka’s Caa1 rating under review for downgrade on default risk; Sri Lanka disputes
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) – Moody’s Investors Service on Monday said it had placed the government of Sri Lanka’s Caa1Continue Reading
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Rajapaksa to seek second term as Sri Lanka crisis deepens
(AFP) -Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa announced Monday he would stand for a second term, reversing a promise to onlyContinue Reading
England’s COVID19 ‘freedom day’ marred by soaring cases and isolation chaos
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ‘freedom day’ ending over a year of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in England was marred on MondayContinue Reading
Danish Prophet Muhammad cartoonist Kurt Westergaard dies, aged 86
Danish artist Kurt Westergaard, infamous for drawing a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad which sparked outrage around the Muslim world,Continue Reading
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID vaccine produces 10 times more antibodies than China’s Sinovac: a Hong Kong study
(AFP) -People who received BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine had ten times the amount of antibodies than those given China’s Sinovac, aContinue Reading
China should provide raw data on pandemic’s origins – WHO’s Tedros
GENEVA, July 15 (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organisation said on Thursday that investigations into the originsContinue Reading
Sri Lanka says it is probing allegations against its spy agency over Easter bombings
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered an investigation of allegations that some members of stateContinue Reading
U.S. Sending 1.5 Million Moderna Vaccine Doses to Sri Lanka
The U.S. is sending more than 1.5 million doses of Moderna Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine to Sri Lanka on Wednesday, the latestContinue Reading
Sri Lanka economy in crisis as debt mounts, reserves dwindle
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has cut back on imports of farm chemicals, cars and even its stapleContinue Reading
Russia-based ransomware gang offline but cause not clear
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russia-based criminal syndicate behind a devastating series of recent ransomware attacks was offline on Tuesday, butContinue Reading
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