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By Uditha Jayasinghe, Alasdair Pal and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO – Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in …

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is willing to discuss the existing U.S.-Colombia trade agreement with the Andean country’s next president, a senior U.S. official said, as Washington …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, has contracted COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House reported Thursday morning. Yesterday, President Biden gave …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Waruna Cudah Nimal Karunatilake COLOMBO -New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said …

ROME – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi handed in his resignation on Thursday to President Sergio Mattarella, who asked him to remain in office in a caretaker capacity, the head …

Sri Lankan Parliament Elects Allegedly Corrupt Former Prime Minister As President Micaela Burrow on July 20, 2022 Sri Lanka’s parliament elected former prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a figure seen by …

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO -Ranil Wickremesinghe, a lawyer who served as Sri Lanka’s prime minister a record six times, has finally made it to the top job, …

COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe will be the country’s next president until 2024, a parliament vote count showed on Wednesday.

Mexican President Downplays US’ Role In Nabbing Infamous Drug Lord Jennie Taer on July 19, 2022 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed Monday that U.S. authorities had no role …

By Alasdair Pal, Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s main opposition leader withdrew from the presidential race on Tuesday and promised support to a low-profile politician from …

By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to the White House, confirmed he will retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s first term, but it …

(Reuters) – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he gave a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden where he defended Julian Assange’s innocence and renewed a previous …

By Jeffrey Dastin and Kenneth Li REDMOND, Wash. – U.S. companies are facing a “new era” in which fewer people are entering the workforce and pressure to pay higher salaries …

By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday abruptly fired the head of Ukraine’s powerful domestic security agency, the SBU, and the state prosecutor general, citing …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO -Sri Lanka’s ousted president, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took “all possible …

By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen launched her party’s campaign for November local elections on Sunday, touting the island’s economic resilience in the face of global challenges …

Sri Lankan President Officially Resigns, Ousted PM Takes His Place Micaela Burrow on July 15, 2022 Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stepped in as acting president Friday after the former …

By Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante ROME -Italy’s president rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday after a day of political drama that threatened to bring down …

By Uditha Jayasinghe, Alasdair Pal and Chen Lin COLOMBO/SINGAPORE – Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa submitted a letter of resignation on Thursday, a spokesperson for the parliament speaker said, hours …

DETROIT – Albert Morrison, the former President of the Madison District Public Schools Board of Education and local school district contractor, John David, have been charged in a superseding indictment …

Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that David Gainer, Jr. (50, Lutz) has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud. Gainer faces a maximum penalty …

By Uditha Jayasinghe, Devjyot Ghoshal and Waruna Cudah Nimal Karunatilake COLOMBO -Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, driven out after an economic collapse unleashed a …

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES – U.S. President Joe Biden faces a deadline next week to intervene in nationwide U.S. railroad labor talks covering 115,000 workers, or open the door …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO -Sri Lankan immigration officials stopped the president’s brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country on Tuesday, as …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO -Sri Lanka’s parliament will elect a new president on July 20, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences of the …