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14-01-2023 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s central bank has urged China and India to agree a write-down of their loans as soon as possible. The crisis-hit Indian Ocean state defaulted on its debt repayments and negotiated a $2.9bn (£2.4bn) bailout but the International Monetary Fund will not release the cash until China …

14-01-2023 LOS ANGLES: A cousin of the Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors died hours after he was repeatedly tasered and restrained in the street by Los Angeles police. Keenan Anderson, 31, a teacher and father, died at a hospital in Santa Monica. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have released …

14-01-2023 BEIJING: Some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of 11 January, according to a study by Peking University. The report estimates that 64% of the country’s population has the virus. It ranks Gansu province, where 91% of the people are reported to be …

14-01-2023 NEW YORK: Donald Trump on Friday will learn how the company that bears the former US president’s name will be punished after being found guilty of scheming to defraud tax authorities for 15 years. A New York state judge will impose the sentence after jurors in Manhattan found two …

14-01-2023 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia’s military says it has captured the Ukrainian salt-mine town of Soledar after a long battle, calling it an “important” step for its offensive. The victory would allow Russian troops to push on to the nearby city of Bakhmut, and cut off the Ukrainian forces there, a …

13-01-2023 Bureau Chief NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: The situation along the border with China is “stable but unpredictable”, Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande said on Thursday. However, he assured that India has maintained adequate force deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, and is “ready to deal …

13-01-2023 WASHINGTON: A “small number” of classified documents have been found at United States President Joe Biden’s residence in the state of Delaware, the White House has confirmed, saying the files were turned over to the Department of Justice. White House special counsel Richard Sauber said on Thursday that documents …

13-01-2023 HOUSTON: Last week, when Indian-origin lawyer Surendran K Pattel took the oath as a district judge in a US court, he made headlines back home because of his inspiring journey. Journalist Imran Qureshi tells the story of a man who went from making hand-rolled cigarettes in India to becoming …

13-01-2023 Bureau Report CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australian Cardinal George Pell – who was convicted then acquitted of child sex abuse – will not be offered a state funeral in his home state to avoid distress for victims of abuse, Victoria’s premier says. The former Vatican treasurer died on Tuesday aged 81. …

13-01-2023 NEW YORK: Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX has located more than $5bn (£4.1bn) of assets, an attorney for the firm says. However, a US bankruptcy court was told on Wednesday that the extent of losses to customers is still not known. Prosecutors have accused FTX’s former chief executive Sam Bankman-Fried …