Sam Economic system stays key problem after protesters angered by monetary disaster toppled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022. A report variety of candidates are contesting Sri Lanka’s presidential election subsequent month because the nation grapples with an unprecedented financial disaster. The electoral fee accepted 39 purposes on Thursday for the September 21 election, together with from …
Inside minister says motion was ‘harmful and silly’, warns of harder penalties for airport intruders. Local weather activists glued themselves to the tarmac of 4 airports in Germany, briefly bringing site visitors to a halt at two of them earlier than being arrested. Activist group Letzte Era (Final Era) mentioned eight folks had “entered the …
UK financial institution wished to quell criticism over involvement with defence corporations supplying Israeli army. Barclays had deliberate to withdraw from Israeli authorities bond auctions in response to stress from pro-Palestinian activists calling for a boycott of the financial institution over its relations with the nation and its defence suppliers, in keeping with the Monetary …
Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams had been stranded after issues emerged with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. NASA has stated it’s going to determine by the top of the month the way it will carry house two astronauts who had been stranded on the Worldwide House Station (ISS) when their Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and …
Shafik drew criticism over her dealing with of Gaza struggle protests that rocked the college campus earlier this 12 months. Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia College, has introduced her resignation after a tumultuous 12 months marked by tensions with employees and college students over her dealing with of campus protests towards the Gaza war. …
Because the warfare enters its 902nd day, these are the primary developments. Right here is the state of affairs on Thursday, August 15, 2024. Combating President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine’s forces had been advancing within the Russian area of Kursk with Kyiv claiming management of at the least 1,000 sq. kilometres (386sq miles) of Russia. …
M&M’s maker Mars is shopping for Kellanova, the maker of Cheez-It and Pop-Tarts, in an effort to broaden its snacking portfolio and broaden globally in what’s being termed the most important deal of the sector. Mars Inc stated Wednesday that it’ll pay $83.50 per share in money. The corporate put the full worth of the …
Afghanistan’s rulers have fun the anniversary of their return to energy amid a worsening humanitarian disaster. Afghanistan’s Taliban has celebrated three years in energy with a navy parade, paying homage to its home made bombs, fighter plane and goose-stepping safety forces. The Taliban’s armed forces towed Soviet-era tanks and artillery items via Bagram, the previous …
The central stone of the well-known British monument got here from 750km (465 miles) away in Scotland, and never Wales as beforehand thought. On the centre of Stonehenge lies the Altar Stone, a hefty slab of sandstone whose origin and objective have been among the many famed megalithic monument’s enduring mysteries for practically 5,000 years. …
Military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s about-face on becoming a member of talks dampens hopes they may result in the top of 16-month struggle. A brand new spherical of talks geared toward ending a 16-month civil struggle in Sudan that has sparked a humanitarian crisis within the Northeast African nation has begun in Switzerland regardless of …