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Plenty of fish but no catch as Sri Lanka economic crisis bites
Around the local estuary, idle crew members wait listlessly for news of a fresh diesel shipment
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UK warns against post-Ukraine reset with Putin
British PM Johnson calls crisis a 'turning point for the world'
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Overshadowed by Ukraine war, Yemen on brink as pledges fall short
UN's World Food Programme has said levels of hunger risk becoming catastrophic as Ukraine crisis pushes up food prices
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India's Hindu nationalist BJP leads in disinformation race
The five votes held over several weeks starting February 10 set the stage for the next general election in 2024
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Australia fully re-opens borders after two-year Covid-19 closure
A Qantas flight from Los Angeles was the first to touch down in Sydney at 6:20 am
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Pakistan proud of pig-to-human heart transplant pioneer
In Karachi, the surgeon's fellow alumni feel their former colleague may now be destined for even greater glory
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Apple puts India iPhone plant 'on probation' after mass food poisoning
Some 250 women working at factory in Tamil Nadu were treated for food poisoning, 159 of whom were hospitalised
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Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka as default fears mount
Decision comes after country reports 1.5% contraction in third quarter of 2021
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Taliban prepare new Afghan budget without foreign aid
We are trying to finance it from our domestic revenues and we believe we can, says finance ministry
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Bravery awards for New Zealand mosque attack heroes
The 2019 attack on Christchurch mosques had claimed the lives of 51 worshippers









