International Affairs

Testing is under way for modified versions of COVID-19 vaccines that aim to deal with coronavirus variants.

Dailymail: Priti Patel has been ordered by a secretive tribunal to review the ban on one of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken on phone with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today and discussed issue of cooperation, Indian media reported.

වයස අවුරුදු 12ට අඩු දරුවන් සඳහා කොවිඩ් 19 එන්නතෙහි කාර්යක්ෂමතාව සහ ආරක්ෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් සායනික පරීක්ෂාවක් එක්සත් ජනපදයේ ජෛව තාක්‍ෂණ සමාගමක් වන මොඩර්නා (Moderna)සමාගම ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව විදෙස් මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කරයි.

RIYADH: The Sri Lankan Government has agreed to the request of the Muslim World League (MWL) — in accordance with Islamic procedures — to stop cremating the bodies of Muslims who have died of COVID-19.

Leaked documents obtained by VOA reveal China asked Myanmar’s military government late last month to tighten pipeline security during ongoing anti-coup protests, suggesting growing tension in what seemed to be a cozy relationship between the neighboring nations.

The United Kingdom (UK) has made fresh attempts to secure India’s support for a critical resolution against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.

AstraZeneca said Sunday a review of its data found no evidence that its vaccine against the coronavirus causes blood clots, the same day that Ireland and the Netherlands joined a growing list of countries that are suspending use of the shot.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Since the Myanmar military overthrew the country’s democratically elected government on February 1, thousands of coup protesters have resisted the junta daily, despite the increasing bloodshed.

PARIS - Europe's medical regulator, the European Medicines Agency, will announce Thursday its findings on the safety of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine as more European Union countries suspend its use over fears it might be linked to blood clots. Critics say governments are putting politics over science.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party suffered significant losses in two key states holding regional elections Sunday.

The Foreign Ministry yesterday said Government concerns over the sale of the national flag being sold as a doormat on Amazon have been conveyed to both the Sri Lankan Embassy in China and the Chinese Embassy in Colombo.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told a U.N. Women’s conference Tuesday that when women are denied equal rights, it makes it much harder for democracies to thrive.

The Core Group on Sri Lanka has submitted the final draft of the resolution on Sri Lanka to the United Nations Human Rights Council at the ongoing 46th regular session.

State Minister of Money, Capital Markets and State Enterprise Reforms Ajith Nivard Cabraal yesterday said he found the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) reaction to Sri Lanka getting a $ 1.5 billion swap from China “surprising”, and reiterated the Government could maintain a sound macroeconomic framework without support from the multilateral lender.

India is reported to have conveyed that it will not do any injustice to Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), a top source said yesterday.

The advertisement on the sale of non slip doormats with the print of Sri Lanka's national flag has been removed from the Amazon site after the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Beijing informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on the matter.

The UNHRC draft resolution on Sri Lanka in its third revision contains a strengthened paragraph on the implementation of the 13th Amendment and sets the stage for the country’s human rights record to be in the international spotlight every six months.