Sri Lanka
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Rising debt challenges divide developed and developing economies
An international framework that prevents prolonged restructuring negotiations is required
Film explores people power
A Sri Lankan documentary about the overthrow of its despotic leader is being shown locally
EFF marched but it was no Sri Lanka moment
Police Minister Bheki Cele and his team of officers appear to be better at arresting radials than criminals
Hungry for action campaign: Time for a food and finance revolution
The world must act now because the food system is broken and families from Mozambique to Ireland don’t know where their next meal will come from
‘Tunisia Days’ ahead as inflation exerts political pressure
With high prices continuing to bear down on consumers the world over, leaders who fail to bring inflation to heel could face a reckoning
After India: The countries on the brink of another Covid oxygen crisis
The need for medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries has more than doubled in the past two months, and many of these countries faced oxygen…
Invest in children to give them a better world
This entails putting them at the centre of national strategies, but doing it without high CO2 releases
‘Kung Fu’ nuns cycling for the environment
After facing the consequences of climate change first-hand in their own villages, the nuns decided to start marching with two strong messages
World Cup Week 1: What we’ve learned
After a week of entertainment we’re still trying to figure out what the pecking order is in this medley
Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots
Christian groups attacked Muslim-owned shops in the northwestern town of Chilaw on Sunday in anger at a Facebook post by a shopkeeper, police said
Sri Lanka attack mastermind used chatrooms to sway suicide bombers
Investigators believe the group also used social media private messenges to keep in touch without being noticed by the authorities
Sri Lanka mass cancelled over ‘specific attack threat’
The Church had planned to resume Sunday public services for the first time since the Easter Sunday attacks that killed 257 people
Sri Lanka Catholics to resume mass two weeks after attacks
All public services by Sri Lanka’s Christian minority were cancelled after the April 21 suicide attacks
Sri Lankan president vows security shake-up over attacks
Tensions over alleged intelligence failures escalate as ISIL claims responsibility for deadly Easter Sunday blasts
Probe shows Sri Lanka attacks ‘retaliation for Christchurch’ — government
The revelation came as the death toll in the Easter Sunday bomb attacks on churches and high-end hotels rose to 321