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March 22, 2025 12:04 PM
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In Namibia, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been sworn in as the country’s first female president. The 72-year-old leader won the presidential election in November last year with 58 percent of the vote. Nandi-Ndaitwah succeeds Nangolo Mbumba, who served as interim president following the death of ...
March 22, 2025 11:13 AM
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US President Donald Trump has announced that aviation giant Boeing will build the next-generation fighter jet F-47 for the American Air Force. Talking to media in the presence of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Oval office last night, President Trump said, F-47s will be the most ...
March 22, 2025 11:10 AM
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Flights at the United Kingdom’s Heathrow Airport have resumed after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe’s busiest airport for the day, throwing the plans of tens of thousands of travellers into chaos. The fire at an electrical substation disrupted power at the Heathrow Airport...
March 22, 2025 9:47 AM
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that US President Donald Trump will ultimately respect Canada's sovereignty and be ready for comprehensive trade talks because Americans are going to suffer from Trump administration trade war. Mr Carney said talks with President Trump will not hap...
March 21, 2025 8:55 PM
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The Sudanese army has recaptured the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, in a highly symbolic battlefield victory over the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the country’s catastrophic civil war. An officer wearing a captain’s epaulettes announced the takeover of the palace in a vi...
March 21, 2025 8:54 PM
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Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz has escalated tensions in the ongoing Gaza conflict, ordering the military to "seize more ground" in Gaza and threatening partial annexation unless Hamas releases the remaining hostages held in the Palestinian territory, according to Agence France-Presse. The ...
March 21, 2025 9:10 PM
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The fire near Heathrow Airport in London that knocked out power to one of the world's busiest airports is now under control. The London Fire Brigade has informed this. The closure of the airport would last until midnight. Hundreds of thousands of passengers faced flight cancellations after a fire kn...
March 21, 2025 7:44 PM
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In Sri Lanka, the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre held a festival of Carnatic music, the Tyagaraja Aradhana, at Saraswati Hall in Colombo. The festival is an annual aradhana of Telugu saint composer Tyagaraja. Saint Tyagaraja attained Jeeva Samadhi in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. The aradhana...
March 21, 2025 4:47 PM
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Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has revealed that 107 registered political parties and 49 independent groups have submitted their nominations. The acceptance of nominations for the 2025 local government election concluded yesterday. Approximately 8,500 individuals across 340 councils are set to be e...
March 21, 2025 2:44 PM
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The Sri Lankan government has amended key import regulations to facilitate the release of vehicles held at Sri Lanka Customs. A special Gazette notification, issued by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake as Finance Minister yesterday, simplifies procedures. The amendments address concerns raised by...
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