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London: Charles III was formally proclaimed king at an elaborate ceremony at St James' Palace by an Accession Council on Saturday.Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now Charles III, the BBC quoted the proclamation as saying.The proclamation was made...

Nairobi: Governors of most of Kenya's 47 counties have declared a war on corruption in the country.Thirty of the newly elected governors are first-timers on the job.Many of them have hit the ground running since they were sworn...

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told officials to immediately revise circulars that impede the implementation of development projects involving Indian investments.The Daily Mirror reported on Saturday that the President chaired a discussion on Friday to examine...

Colombo: The Norwegian embassy in Sri Lanka is to be closed by the middle of next year as part of Oslo's structural changes in its network of diplomatic missions abroad.The Norwegian Foreign Ministry said the move involves strengthening several...

Copenhagen: Denmark's popular Queen Margrethe II is now Europe's longest-serving monarch and also its only reigning queen after the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.Hailed for unifying and modernizing the Danish monarchy in her 50 years on the...

Ramallah: At least 37 Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses told the media.The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that among the injured were...

Colombo: China's state-run media is increasingly trying to influence Sri Lanka and its people, a US State Department-funded study says.In a new report, ‘Beijing’s Global Media Influence: Authoritarian Expansion and the Power of Democratic Resilience’, Freedom House said...

Chengdu: A total of 88 people have been killed and 30 remain missing after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said on Friday.The rescue headquarters said that among the deaths,...

London: World leaders and dignitaries have paid tributes to Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away at the age of 96.They have honoured her deep sense of duty and her resilience, as well as her sense of humour and...

Pyongyang: Leader Kim Jong-un says North Korea’s nuclear status is now ‘irreversible’, with the military being allowed to ‘automatically’ use atomic weapons.North Korea passed a law enshrining the right to “automatically” use preemptive nuclear strikes to protect itself,...