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Amidst negotiations for an emergency US$4 billion package to assist it to emerge from an economic collapse, Sri Lanka has urged China for support with trade, investment, and tourism to help it expand sustainably, Colombo’s envoy to Beijing said on Monday, July 25th. Having depleted its foreign reserves, the island nation of 22 million people is experiencing its biggest economic …

Adele has finally broken her months-long total silence and put an end to the speculation around her upcoming residency in Las Vegas. Adele will be performing again in Las Vegas. The singer made the announcement on Monday that she had officially rescheduled her gigs, which comes after she postponed her concert residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace a day …

His doctor reported on Sunday that US President Joe Biden’s condition since contracting COVID-19 has dramatically improved and that his main symptom is now a sore throat, July 24th. Despite testing positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, Biden’s doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, said in a memo released by the White House that Biden’s cough and body aches have subsided and …

Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan, was hit with monsoon rains that were stronger than usual on Monday (July 25), which led to the flooding of homes and the impassability of roadways, prompting the city’s administration to declare a weather emergency. The monsoon season, which typically runs from June until September, is critical for a number of reasons across the …

Two incidents that appear to have been motivated by homophobia were reported after Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day celebration on Saturday, which supported LGBTQ causes, the police said on Sunday. An altercation occurred on Saturday evening in the neighborhood of Mitte in Berlin, Germany, involving a group of nine individuals who confronted two teenage girls, ages 16 and 17, along …

Israeli police reported that on Sunday, Israeli troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with Palestinians besieged inside a house in the occupied West Bank. According to the local rescue agency, two Palestinians were slain. Israeli police said, without giving details, that several armed Palestinians were killed during the hours-long confrontation in the heart of Nablus. Israeli …

On Sunday, July 24th, the Indian sporting community heaped praise onto Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra after he brought India its first-ever silver medal at the World Championships. Chopra won the award competing for India. Chopra’s effort of 88.13 meters was not enough to defeat Anderson Peters of Grenada’s attempt of 90.54 meters, but it was enough to end India’s …

Due to the rising cost of imported edible oil and the impact that the conflict in Ukraine has had on wheat prices, many bakeries in the Philippines are reducing the size of a popular breakfast bun in order to make ends meet in the face of greater inflation. At Matimyas Bakery, a breadmaker in the suburbs of Manila, the somewhat …

Heavy rainfall in the mostly desert southern region of Iran has resulted in flooding, state television said Saturday, killing at least 21 people and leaving others missing on July 23. Hossein Darvishi, the provincial head of the Red Crescent Society, was quoted on state TV as stating, “Twenty-one people were murdered, and two are still missing” in the floods that …

On Thursday, lawmakers in India made history by electing the first president of the country to come from one of the country’s tribal communities. This could increase the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party among underrepresented groups in advance of the general election in 2024. When Droupadi Murmu, a former teacher turned politician who is 64 years old, enters …