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Sri Lanka workers defy strike ban to protest rescue plan

SRI LANKAN workers went on strike Wednesday (1) in defiance of a government ban to protest a rescue plan for the bankrupt island nation,...

Sri Lanka outlaws strikes as anti-tax protests spread

SRI LANKA’s government said Tuesday (28) it was banning strikes in several key sectors, a day ahead of a planned one-day national stoppage called...

Two Pakistan men among three arrested over boat tragedy off Italy coast

ITALY arrested three men who they believe trafficked up to 200 people aboard a wooden boat that smashed apart on rocks off southern Italy...

Islamabad fears two dozen Pakistanis drowned off Italian coast

PAKISTAN prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday (27) said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to be among 59 people who drowned when...

EU asylum claims soar to seven-year high

ASYLUM applications in the EU jumped last year after Covid travel curbs were lifted, surging 50 percent over 2021 to the highest level since...

Seattle City resolution seeking ban on caste discrimination sparks debate

A resolution moved by an upper-caste Hindu official in the Seattle City Council to bring in an ordinance banning caste-based discrimination in the city...

Salman Rushdie strongly criticises rewrites of Roald Dahl’s books as ‘absurd censorship’

Novelist Salman Rushdie led condemnations on Monday (20) of Roald Dahl’s children’s books being re-edited for a modern audience, calling it “absurd censorship” by...
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