The News Craving
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Reuters UK
Reuters UK
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan soldiers with assault rifles and police manned checkpoints in Colombo on Sunday as the government blocked social media platforms after imposing a curfew to contain public unrest triggered by the country’s economic crisis. The latest restrictions come after the government on Saturday implemented a countrywide curfew as protests against the government’s handling of the economic crisis turned violent. The curfew will run till 6 a.m. (0030 GMT) on Monday. “The social media block is temporary and imposed due to special instructi…