International Affairs

Japanese Ambassador Sugiyama Akira on Tuesday presented anti-terrorism surveillance and investigation vehicles to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat Office.

Protesters in Myanmar on Monday denounced the military government’s decision to extend ousted leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s detention until Wednesday.

A new trial is to test how well the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine works in children.

JOHANNESBURG - Africa’s viral epicenter, South Africa, confirmed Tuesday that it is jettisoning plans to use the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and will switch to a different one. That announcement came a day after the vaccine, which is the leading choice for the developing world, was cleared for emergency use authorization from the World Health Organization.

The Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Bagley had wide ranging discussions with Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday evening, Daily Mirror learns.

The Sri Lanka-China friendship National Nephrology Hospital is to be opened soon to the general public.

Rohingya refugees are fleeing India or going underground amid fears that the government will arrest them for unauthorized entry into the country.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his Government has always taken care of the welfare and aspirations of Sri Lankan Tamils and the issue of Tamil rights has consistently been taken up with Sri Lankan leaders.

The Government of Japan provided a total sum of $ 620,379 (approx. Rs. 115 million) to Skavita Humanitarian Assistance and Relief Project (SHARP) for humanitarian demining activities in northern Sri Lanka.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says services at the Consulate General office in Milan, Italy could be obtained by reserving a prior time slot online.

BBC: Coca-Cola is to test a paper bottle as part of a longer-term bid to eliminate plastic from its packaging entirely.

TAIPEI - China’s central bank has partnered with SWIFT, the European-based global system for financial messaging and cross-border payments, to set up a joint venture — a move that observers say shows China’s ambitions to take the digital version of its currency, the yuan, global.

In response to concerns raised by India about a Chinese company involved in some power projects in the North, the Chinese embassy said yesterday (15) it was purely a commercial activity undertaken through an open international bidding process.

The World Health Organization says debilitating post-COVID-19 symptoms in patients will have an impact on global health because of the magnitude of the pandemic.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday all hypotheses regarding the origins of COVID-19 remain open, following his discussions with investigative team members about the findings during their visit to China.

AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, a move that will boost global supplies in the coming weeks.

BEIJING - The European Union on Saturday called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television channel imposed in apparent retaliation for Britain's pulling of the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN.

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