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Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal designed to be permanent: Biden
Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S.-proposed 60-day ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which is "designed to be" permanent, will take effect at 4:00...
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Trump nominates entrepreneur John Phelan for Secretary of Navy
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has tapped entrepreneur and art collector John Phelan...
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UN chief welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, his spokesman...
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Sri Lanka: Over 82,000 people affected due to inclement weather
Colombo: Over 82,000 people have been affected and one person has died due to inclement weather conditions in...
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Israeli airstrikes target 10 Syria-Lebanon border crossings
Damascus: Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes targeting 10 official and unofficial border crossings between Syria and Lebanon after...
Develop reliable, resilient, diversified supply chains: PM at SCO
Samarkand: Terming the role of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) important in post Covid economic recovery period, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed on...
Sri Lanka GDP shrinks 8.4 pc in Q2
Colombo, Sep 16 (UNI) Sri Lanka's economy has officially entered into a period of recession with back-to-back negative growth rates in the first and...
NASA’s Perseverance explores Mars terrain for ‘life’
Los Angeles NASA's Perseverance rover has started its second science campaign on Mars, collecting rock-core samples in an area long considered by scientists to...
Queen’s personal touches in her funeral
London: Queen Elizabeth II made personal additions to plans for her funeral day, Buckingham Palace has said.Among the touches requested by the Queen is...
Final settlement with Tamils soon: Ranil
Colombo: A final settlement with the Tamils will be reached within the next few months over their long-standing problems, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe...
UK MPs angry over invitation to China for Queen’s funeral
London: The Chinese government's invitation to the Queen's funeral should be withdrawn, some UK MPs and peers have said. They said it was "extraordinary"...