NewsFeed Video shows the moment Sri Lanka’s new president, Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was sworn in after a landslide election win fuelled by public anger over the fallout from the economic crisis in 2022. Published On 23 Sep 202423 Sep 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at…
Marxist-leaning politician says he understands the complex challenges facing Sri Lanka and will work to meet people’s hopes. Marxist-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken his oath as Sri Lanka’s new president after he was declared the winner of Saturday’s election. Dissanayake took his oath at the Presidential Secretariat building…
Polls suggest Trump and rival Kamala Harris are neck and neck in the key swing states where elections are usually decided. Republican election contender Donald Trump has said that he will not run again for the presidency of the United States if he loses the November 5 election. Asked if…
Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats likely to win 31 percent of the vote in Brandenburg, a slight lead over AfD at 29 percent, projections show. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) has narrowly beaten the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a local election in the east German state…
Marxist-leaning politician Dissanayake leads as second round of counting under way to decide the presidential winner. Sri Lanka’s presidential election has gone into the second round for the first time in its history. No candidate received the mandatory 50 percent of votes, in the first election since an unprecedented financial…
During the September 10 presidential debate in Philadelphia, former President Donald Trump falsely claimed his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, supports “execution after birth”. ABC News moderator Linsey Davis rebutted Trump’s statement, saying, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to…
Advocates say early voting makes elections more inclusive, but the practice has been the target of false fraud claims. Election day in the United States may still be several weeks away, but Americans in several parts of the country are getting a chance to cast their ballots already. In-person, advanced…
While the economy has stabilised many people are suffering as a result of austerity measures backed by the IMF. Sri Lankans have begun voting in their first election since the collapse of the economy triggered mass protests that prompted then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Polling stations opened…
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris present conflicting plans on the issue of immigration. What are the positions of the two United States presidential nominees on immigration and is it a make-or-break topic on who will next sit in the White House? The Democrat’s Kamala Harris says she wants to fix…
Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea estate. Both leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential election are promising to give land to…
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