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Elephant kills two Sri Lanka cricket stadium staff

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Colombo, Dec 8 (AFP/APP):Two ground staff at an international cricket stadium in Sri Lanka were killed in an elephant attack, officials said Wednesday. The two workers were heading home on Tuesday evening when they were attacked outside the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapaksa international stadium in Hambantota. […]

Russia to deliver Japanese billionaire to the ISS

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Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Dec 8 (AFP/APP):A Russian rocket will on Wednesday send a Japanese billionaire to the International Space Station, marking the nation’s return to space tourism after a decade-long pause that saw the rise of competition from privately held US companies. Online fashion tycoon Yusaku […]

Thai Supreme Court jails tycoon over wildlife poaching

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Bangkok, Dec 8 (AFP/APP):A Thai tycoon accused of poaching wildlife in a national park lost his final appeal Wednesday, in a long-running saga that drew public outrage over the elite’s perceived impunity. Construction magnate Premchai Karnasuta was arrested in February 2018 when park officials found […]

Magdalena Andersson to relinquish her duties as IMFC Chair

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ISLAMABAD, Dec 8 (APP):Magdalena Andersson, currently Prime Minister of Sweden and former Minister for Finance, has indicated her intention to relinquish her duties as Chair of the IMF’s International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) by end of December 2021. According to IMF press statement received […]

Northern Ireland Protocol stokes EU-UK tensions

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Belfast, Dec 8 (AFP/APP):The Northern Ireland Protocol was signed separately from the Brexit trade deal between the UK and the European Union and aims to avoid a “hard” border on the island of Ireland. Physical infrastructure on the border between the province and EU member […]

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