Colombo: The Sri Lankan Parliament on Tuesday unanimously appointed ruling National People’s Power (NPP) member Jagath Wickramaratne as its new Speaker.Wickramaratne was nominated by Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya, and the Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake supported her proposal.No other names were proposed, and Deputy Speaker Rizvie Salih announced to the House that Wickremeratne was unanimously…
Congo: A boat capsized in Fimi River and at least 25 people were killed in the incident on Tuesday. The overcrowded boat was carrying over 100 passengers on board.According to information, there were children and mostly men in the boat leaving from Inongo. The incident occurred in the Fimi River. A search was underway for the…
USA: Two men in Rochester, New York, tragically lost their lives after inhaling harmful fungal spores from bat faeces. The bat droppings are commonly known as guano. They were planning to use the guano as fertilizer for growing cannabis plant. The two men contracted a rare lung infection called histoplasmosis. This is caused by a fungus…
Wisconsin: As many as two people were killed and six others sustained injuries in a shooting incident at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday, CNN reported citing officials.The juvenile shooting suspect was also found dead at the scene, Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said. The suspect appears to be a student at the…
Moscow: Russia has evacuated some of its diplomats out of the Syrian capital Damascus while its embassy continues to function, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.The diplomats were transported by a Russian Aerospace Forces flight from the Khmeimim Air Base in Syria to Moscow, the Ministry said on Sunday in a statement.The flight also carried diplomats from…
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will likely visit China soon for Special Representative talks, according to sources. NSA Ajit Doval’s likely visit to China comes after New Delhi and Beijing in October reached an agreement regarding patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the India-China border areas.The border standoff between India…
Khartoum: The death toll from a drone attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a market in El Fasher, western Sudan, has climbed to 38, a non-governmental group said.Earlier in the day, state news agency SUNA reported that a drone attack by the RSF on a market in the Awlad Al-Reef neighborhood in El…
Mayotte: Several hundred people are feared killed in the French territory of Mayotte after Cyclone Chido, the most severe storm to hit the French territory hit the archipelago, Al Jazeera reported citing authorities.Prefect Francois-Xavier Bieuville told the local broadcaster Mayotte La 1ere that the death toll could be in the thousands. He said he could not…
A twin-engine propeller plane crashed onto a Texas highway on Wednesday and split into two parts, damaging cars and injuring at least four people in the process, according to authorities.The aircraft crashed on the State Highway Loop 463 in southern Texas’s Victoria at around 3 pm, hitting three cars and splitting into two, leaving debris…
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has called the resignation announcement of FBI Director Christopher Wray “a great day for America.”Wray, on Wednesday, informed FBI employees of his intention to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s tenure, paving the way for a smooth transition to Kashyap “Kash” Patel, should he be confirmed as Trump’s nominee…
