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Sri Lankan Parliament meets to announce president’s vacancy post Gotabaya’s registration

ION correspondentJuly 17, 2022July 17, 2022

The Sri Lankan Parliament met in a brief session on Saturday to announce a vacancy in the presidency following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. According to the local media...

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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as interim President of Sri Lanka

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2022July 16, 2022

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the interim President after Parliament Speaker Mahinda Abeywardena accepted the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Wickremesinghe was appointed as...

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US decides not to impose sanctions against India under its stringent law for purchase of S-400 missiles from Russia

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2022July 16, 2022

In a big relief for India, the US has decided not to impose sanctions under its stringent law Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for purchasing S-400 missile...

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Saudi Arabia opens airspace to ‘all carriers’ including Israel

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022

Saudi Arabia has declared that it will ease restrictions on “all carriers” operating in its airspace. US President Joe Biden who will be visiting the Kingdom soon welcomed the “historic”...

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Amid political crisis Italian PM says he is ready to resign

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday (July 14) said that he will resign from the post. Amid political crisis, Draghi told his cabinet: “I want to announce that...

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Rishi Sunak wins second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as UK’s PM

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022

Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has won the second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party. ...

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emails his resignation letter to parliamentary speaker

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today emailed his resignation letter to the Parliament Speaker. Sri Lankan Speaker’s office said, the Speaker has received President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation letter. The...

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Ivana Trump, Donald Trump’s first wife, dies at 73

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022

Ivana Trump, the first wife of former United States President Donald Trump, died at the age of 73 on Thursday (July 14). The former president announced, without revealing the...

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Change in leadership in UK not to impact India-UK ties: New Delhi

ION correspondentJuly 8, 2022July 8, 2022

India on Thursday has said that the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not impact its relationship with UK as both countries share a close multifaceted partnership....

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Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot during speech; shooter detained

ION correspondentJuly 8, 2022

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot at while he was delivering a speech in the western city of Nara this morning. Mr. Abe collapsed on the street...