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Published by Reuters By Uditha Jayasinghe GONAPOLA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) -Lasanda Deepthi, a 43-year-old Sri Lankan woman, plans her day around fuel queues. The driver of an auto-rickshaw on the outskirts of the commercial capital Colombo, she keeps a close eye on the petrol gauge of her sky-blue three-wheeler before accepting a job to make […]

Published by Al-Araby The UN agency for children’s rights, UNICEF, has called on “all parties to the conflict” to “protect all children, at all times, everywhere” following the killing of thirteen Palestinian children by Israeli troops over the past six months. “Since the beginning of the year, 13 Palestinian children have been killed in the

Published by Reuters UK By Emily Chow and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai said on Sunday “unreasonable” curbs on businesses will be removed from June 1 as it looks to lift its COVID-19 lockdown, while Beijing reopened parts of its public transport as well as some malls and other venues as infections stabilised. The Chinese

Published by The Bangkok Post WASHINGTON: The United States expressed concern on Saturday over China’s “efforts to restrict and manipulate” the UN human rights chief’s visit to the Xinjiang region where Beijing is accused of detaining over a million people in indoctrination camps. Michelle Bachelet’s long-planned trip this week took her to the far-western Xinjiang

Published by Reuters By Stella Qiu and Kevin Buckland BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares on Friday extended overnight global gains thanks to strong results from regional tech firms and U.S. retailers, while investors also took comfort from Federal Reserve minutes suggesting it could pause its rapid rate hikes later this year. The swing in sentiment

Published by BANG Showbiz English Elon Musk thinks political attacks on him will “escalate” in the coming months. The 50-year-old billionaire – who is currently in the midst of trying to buy Twitter – has taken to the micro-blogging platform to predict that he’ll come under fire in the coming weeks and months. He wrote

Published by Reuters UK By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Nationwide Building Society reported its annual profit nearly doubled on Friday, but warned rocketing inflation in Britain could dent the economy and lower house prices. The customer-owned lender reported a pretax profit for the year ended April 4 of 1.6 billion pounds ($2.00