Bill Gates left Microsoft amid affair investigation
Microsoft was investigating its co-founder Bill Gates over a 20-year-old affair shortly before he stepped down from the company’s boardContinue Reading
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Sri Lanka PM issues statement urging de-escalation in Israel- Palestine conflict
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa issued statement urging to de-escalate hostilities and commence negotiations for ceasefire. Read the statementContinue Reading
Israel-Gaza fighting enters its second week
Israel and Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group faced mounting international calls for a ceasefire in hostilities that entered their second week onContinue Reading
WATCH: Israeli air raid flattens Gaza building housing Al Jazeera, AP; Gaza death toll at 140
Gaza death toll rises to 140 A Palestinian man was killed in an air raid that hit Bureij refugee campContinue Reading
‘Can’t rule out Wuhan lab escape’: Scientists from Stanford, Harvard and MIT slam the WHO for dismissing the ‘viable’ theory and call for more research
Stanford University microbiologist David Relman and the University of Washington virologist Jesse Bloom organized the letter It was published in theContinue Reading
Sri Lanka in biggest cigarette haul: seizes more than Rs 9 billion worth in 21 containers
Sri Lanka Customs has seized the largest ever haul of cigarettes in raid yesterday worth Rs 9 billion in 21Continue Reading
France asks police to ban pro-Palestinian protest in Paris
France’s interior minister has asked police to ban a pro-Palestinian protest in Paris this weekend against the recent escalation ofContinue Reading
WHO reviewing Vietnam proposal to produce mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
HANOI (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday it was reviewing a proposal by an unidentified vaccineContinue Reading
Ex-Maldives president flies to Germany to treat blast wounds
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who was critically wounded in an explosion, was released from theContinue Reading
Island-wide travel restrictions from tomorrow until Monday in Sri Lanka
Government has imposed an island wide travel restrictions from 11pm tomorrow till 4am Monday, 17 May. However transportation of foodContinue Reading
