Lankan President Rajapaksa bans strikes by employees at essential services-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued a special gazette banning strikes by employees related to essential […]
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Prime Minister Modi invites pope to visit after 2017 plan collapsed-
By Associated Press ROME (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday invited Pope Francis to visit the country,
French President Macron says British credibility at stake in fishing spat-
By Associated Press PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron says France’s dispute with Britain over fishing rights is a test of
Climate, COVID and corporate tax on the G-20 agenda in Rome-
Italian Premier Mario Draghi welcomed the Group of 20 heads of state to Rome’s Nuvola cloud-like convention center in the
COVID-19’s 5 million dead honored with memorials worldwide
The Italian city that suffered the brunt of COVID-19’s first deadly wave is dedicating a vivid memorial to the pandemic
Climate change reshaped Earth with extreme weather this year-
By Associated Press WASHINGTON: Fires raged. Rivers flooded. Ice melted. Droughts baked. Storms brewed. Temperatures soared. And people died. Climate
Afghan journalist survives attack by gunmen-
By Associated Press KABUL: Gunmen on a motorcycle brandished small arms and fired on a broadcast journalist in his car
British PM Boris Johnson says UK pledges 20 million Covid vaccine doses to poor nations-
By Associated Press ROME: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the U.K. will donate 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca
China military still in dark over what damaged US nuclear submarine in SCS: Report
Earlier this month, media reports said that the US nuclear-powered submarine, USS Connecticut, was damaged after it struck an object
US President Biden, Europeans take up Iran nuclear program in Rome talks-
By Associated Press ROME: As Iran’s nuclear program makes troubling advances, President Joe Biden is set to huddle Saturday with