Mr Dissanayake was elected president in September in a rejection of traditional political parties that have governed the island nation.
Representatives from 21 members representing the Pacific Rim are meeting in Peru on Friday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum, the first global summit since US president-elect ...
Tropical Storm Sara made landfall in northern Honduras late on Thursday local time and threatened to dump torrential rains across parts of Central America and southern Mexico. Sara hit land about 105 ...
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 15 November https://t.co/HkSbGmKjuN pic.twitter.com/65eTfVGdrY The i reports the Chancellor will loosen rules introduced after the ...
British actress Lucy Boynton has turned on the Bond Street Christmas lights in a festive event, saying she was “thrilled” to perform the role in her home city. The Bohemian Rhapsody star switched on ...
In her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor, Rachel Reeves announced plans for megafunds which she said could unlock £80 billion for investment.
The bid was backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than one billion dollars in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax. The purchase ...
Shel Talmy, who produced early music for British bands The Who and The Kinks, has died at the age of 87. The US record producer “died peacefully in his sleep” at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday ...
It is believed that a DAF GeoAmey prison transport vehicle collided with two pedestrians, South Yorkshire Police said.
Thousands flocked to the city centre on Thursday evening for the 2024 Christmas lights switch-on. The event was lively as ever, full of festive singalongs, fake snow and fairground rides. Father ...
The review includes hundreds of cases of misidentified balloons, birds and satellites as well as some that defy easy explanation.