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Woman appointed PM

COLOMBO, Sept 24 (AFP): Sri Lanka's new leftist president appointed his cabinet Tuesday ahead of an expected snap parliamentary election as he prepares to renegotiate the bankrupt island nation's unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout programme.Self-avowed Marxist Dissanayake of the People's Liberation Front (JVP) was sworn into office on Monday after...

Graft trial of Singapore ex-minister begins

SINGAPORE, Sept 24 (AFP): The rare graft trial of a former Singaporean minister began on Tuesday, the first involving a political office holder for more than four decades in a nation often cited as one of the world's least corrupt.Ex-transport minister S. Iswaran, known for helping bring Formula 1 to...

Fear, tension in Lebanon under deadly Israeli air raids

BEIRUT, Sept 24 (BBC/AFP): Across southern Lebanon, families scrambled together belongings and headed north in cars and trucks and on motorcycles as the Israeli military struck targets it said were linked to the Lebanese Shia armed group Hezbollah.Some residents reported receiving warnings in the form of text messages and voice...

Iran's president to meet Putin next month

TEHRAN, Sept 24 (AFP): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will hold talks with Vladimir Putin during a visit to Russia next month to attend the BRICS summit, a government spokeswoman said Tuesday.The visit to the BRICS summit in the Volga valley city of Kazan from October 22 to 24 will be...

India confirms first mpox case in current outbreak

NEW DELHI, Sept 24 (BBC): India has reported its first case with the new mpox strain that has triggered a public health emergency alert by the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reports.Called clade 1b, the new variant is highly-transmissible and has been linked to the mpox outbreak in Africa. According...

Pope offers refuge to jailed Suu Kyi

VATICAN CITY, Sept 24 (AFP): Pope Francis has offered to give refuge on Vatican territory to Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Italian media said on Tuesday."I asked for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and I met her son in Rome. I have proposed to the...

Tropical storm John hits Mexico's Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY, Sept 24 (AFP): A tropical storm that slammed into Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a major hurricane weakened Tuesday, but forecasters warned of strong rains and flash floods inundating the coast for the next few days."Slow-moving John will bring very heavy rainfall to coastal portions of southwest Mexico...