Category: FOREIGN
Coronavirus: South Africa bans alcohol sales again to combat Covid-19
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - South Africa has introduced new restrictions, including another ban on alcohol sales, to help contain the ... Read More
Poland’s Duda holds slim lead in presidential election, exit poll suggests
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Poland's incumbent President Andrzej Duda holds a slim lead after Sunday's presidential election, according to an ... Read More
Australia’s Victoria sees record infections
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Victoria has detected 288 new infections in the past 24 hours - the highest daily tally ... Read More
Mali’s President Keïta dissolves constitutional court amid unrest
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has announced the dissolution of the constitutional court in an attempt ... Read More
Mali protesters occupy national broadcaster
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Protesters in Mali have forced the state broadcaster off air during large demonstrations in the capital ... Read More
Bosnia’s Srebrenica massacre 25 years on – in pictures
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - "All who wish to go will be transported, large and small, young and old. Don't be ... Read More
Emirates set to cut 9,000 jobs, citing pandemic
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - The president of Emirates said the Middle Eastern airline is set to cut as many ... Read More
Singapore ruling PAP party wins elections, but support falls
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Singapore's ruling People's Action Party (PAP) has retained power in Friday's general election but with a ... Read More
Roger Stone: Trump spares ex-adviser from prison, sparking critics’ anger
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - US President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of his longtime ally and former adviser ... Read More
Indian underworld gang leader Vikas Dubey shot dead by police
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Vikas Dubey, an underworld gang leader who was arrested while fleeing after plotting to assassinate eight ... Read More
Coronavirus: US surpasses three million cases
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - More than three million people in the US have now tested positive for Covid-19, according to ... Read More
Ivory Coast PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies after cabinet meeting
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Ivory Coast's PM Amadou Gon Coulibaly has died after falling ill at a ministerial meeting. The ... Read More
Melania Trump sculpture in Slovenia set on fire on US Independence Day
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A quirky wooden sculpture of US First Lady Melania Trump is reported to have been set ... Read More
National security law: Australia suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Australia has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to fears over a new ... Read More
Oxfam warns Covid hunger could kill more than virus
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Oxfam has warned that, by the end of the year, "12,000 people per day could die ... Read More