Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka almost out of fuel, with no fresh supplies in sight
Bankrupt nation’s energy minister apologises to motorists but unable to say when petrol and diesel imports wil…
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Exploited in a crisis: why are Sri Lankans getting on boats bound for Australia?
Poor and vulnerable people fleeing Sri Lanka are being met by Australian boat turnbacks and ‘enhanced assessme…
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‘I must stay strong’: hardship for workers fleeing Sri Lanka’s broken economy
For many, leaving their country and their family behind to earn money overseas is the only optionSuvendra Mary…
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Sri Lanka’s prime minister says economy has ‘completely collapsed’
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s comments come as island faces its worst crisis in recent memory, though PM didn’t cite …
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‘We want justice, not fuel’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils on north-south divide
In the middle of a crippling economic crisis, demonstrating is a luxury the country’s Tamil minority cannot af…
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Sri Lankan troops open fire to contain unrest over fuel shortages
Seven wounded after motorists protest petrol shortage as government declares two-week school shutdown to conse…
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Sri Lanka government workers get Fridays off to grow food ahead of shortages
Public sector employees also encouraged to find work overseas and send money home amid unprecedented economic …
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‘People are going to die’: crisis-hit Sri Lanka runs out of medicine
Economic crisis is becoming health crisis as the country is unable to afford to import essential suppliesChand…
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China funnels its overseas aid money into political leaders’ home provinces
Schools, stadiums or airports help the presidents of countries that receive cash from Beijing tighten their gr…
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‘They could not save their baby’: the human cost of Sri Lanka’s fuel crisis
As country’s situation worsens, supplies have dried up – leaving drivers queuing overnight and unable to make …
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Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos islands go on hunger strike
The 42 hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by Briti…
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Sri Lanka defaults on debts for first time
Economists fear Sri Lanka could be first of several, with IMF in talks with Egypt, Tunisia and PakistanSri Lan…
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Sri Lanka’s new PM warns ‘most difficult months of our lives’ ahead
Ranil Wickremesinghe says country’s finances ‘extremely precarious’ in first address since appointmentSri Lank…
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Sri Lankan president ‘Gota’ clings on to power despite violent protests and new PM
Further intense unrest puts more pressure on the presidency of Gotabaya RajapaksaThey have called it “Gota Go …
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Sri Lanka president brings back five-time former PM in effort to ease crisis
Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed to lead ‘unity government’ after days of deadly violenceSri Lanka’s beleaguered…