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Debt restructuring deal aids Sri Lanka's economic revival: Wickremesinghe

Earlier last week, President Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements were finalised with bilateral lenders, including India and China, in Paris on June 26

Team India's return journey: Barbados PM expects airport to open in few hrs

The Rohit Sharma-led squad, its support staff, some BCCI officials, and the players' families have been stranded here for the past two days due to hurricane Beryl

JD.com among possible bidders for British parcel company Evri: Report

JD.com is through to the second stage of bidding after submitting a non-binding offer last month, the people said

Historic win for far right in 1st round of French parliament elections

RN and allies had 33 per cent of the vote, followed by a leftwing bloc with 28 per cent and President Emmanuel Macron's centrists with just 20 per cent

Alleging rocket attack on its territory, Israel hits Hamas sites in Gaza

Among the targets that were attacked were a weapons warehouse, apartments used as operations control centers and other terrorist infrastructures

Kerala gets 14 new Zika Virus cases: Know symptoms, prevention and cure

The Kerala health department issued an alert as 14 new cases of Zika virus were identified in the state, including a 24-year-old pregnant woman

Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccine patents battle to continue after UK ruling

Moderna had argued Pfizer and BioNTech copied mRNA advances it had pioneered and patented well before the Covid-19 pandemic began in late 2019

Joe Biden slams SC on immunity ruling, asks Americans to reject Trump

The United States Supreme Court recently ruled to grant broad immunity to presidents that could exempt Donald Trump from facing trial for the January 6 Capitol attack

Ukraine eyes debt deal before deadline, seeks to add GDP warrants: Report

The war-torn country also intends to include GDP warrants as part of its effort to restructure some $20 billion of international bonds, said the sources

Indian-American physician held guilty of healthcare billing fraud in US

After Chicago-based ex-billionaire Rishi Shah, India-origin physician Mona Ghosh has pleaded guilty to two counts of healthcare fraud, each carrying a potential penalty of up to ten years in prison

World UFO Day 2024: History, importance, celebration ideas, and more

Every year on July 2, people all over the planet observe World UFO Day. This day is about learning more about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and the possibility of life beyond Earth

Wickremesinghe defends Sri Lanka's debt restructuring deal amid criticism

Dismissing the Opposition's criticism as inaccurate, Wickremesinghe argued that no bilateral creditor would agree to a reduction of principal amount

S'pore to recognise Palestine in principle at appropriate time: Foreign min

There needs to be an effective Palestinian government that accepts Israel's right to exist and categorically rejects terrorism, Dr Balakrishnan said

Shell to pause construction work at Dutch biofuels project as market sags

It is rare for companies to suspend development of projects underway. Rival BP last week said it is pausing two biofuel projects in Germany and the United States

Hungary's PM visits Ukraine for talks with Zelenskyy, first since war began

This visit comes the day after Hungary took over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union

Won't quit, would rather face vote of confidence: Nepal PM Prachanda

Prachanda, 69, has won three votes of confidence in Parliament during his one-and-a-half-year term

PM Modi shores up ties with Russia as Putin deepens China embrace

The meeting, which will help Putin to counter Western efforts to cast him as a pariah, comes two months after Putin went to China for the first foreign visit of his new term

Red Sea crisis is increasing the distance and time of global sea transport

These longer routes are detrimental to global efforts to reduce carbon emissions as ships are re-routing thousands of miles around Africa's Horn to avoid the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Sri Lanka to save $5 billion after bilateral debt rework: Wickremesinghe

The cash-strapped South Asian country inked deals with China and other creditor nations to restructure about $10 billion

Airbus delivers 67 planes in first half of June, up 2% from last year

On a quarterly basis, the preliminary figure implies a 4 per cent drop since the second quarter of last year