Barbados PM Mia Mottley who broke with Queen wins landslide second term
Mia Mottley, who shot to international fame during the Cop26 climate talks and oversaw Barbados’s break with the Queen last year, has won a second...
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Tonga tsunami: Runway ash hampers relief efforts as scale of damage emerges
Ash cloaking a runway has hampered relief efforts to Tonga, as the scale of the damage from a volcanic eruption and a tsunami becomes clear....
Thousands without power as US and Canada hit by winter storm
A major winter storm has brought heavy snow and ice to parts of the US and Canada, putting more than 80 million people under weather...
Djokovic three-year visa ban could end early – Australian PM
Tennis star Novak Djokovic could return to Australia sooner than anticipated following his deportation, the country’s prime minister says. The top men’s player was deported...
UK PM Johnson’s staff partied as queen mourned death of husband
LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s authority took yet another hit on Friday after revelations that his staff had partied in Downing Street...
Masks rules get tighter in Europe in winter’s COVID-19 wave
To mask or not to mask is a question Italy settled early in the COVID-19 outbreak with a vigorous “yes.” Now the onetime epicenter of...
UK economy finally bigger than before pandemic in November
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy grew strongly in November to finally surpass its size just before the country went into its first COVID-19 lockdown, official...
‘Expect the worst’: Ukraine hit by cyberattack, Russia moves more troops
Ukraine was hit by a massive cyberattack on Friday warning its citizens to “expect the worst”, and Russia, which has massed more than 100,000 troops...
Boris Johnson: Senior Tories urge PM to quit after party apology
Boris Johnson is facing calls from senior Tories to stand down as prime minister after he admitted attending a drinks party during lockdown. The PM...
Lamahewa to hang, Rangajeewa acquitted in 2012 Welikada case
The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar yesterday sentenced to death former Magazine Prison Superintendent Lamahewage Emil Ranjan while Police Inspector Moses Neomal Rangajeewa of the Police...
