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Sri Lanka won't succumb to pressure after UNHRC Resolution: President Rajapaksa
In a statement released by his office on Monday, President Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka will face the challenge without fear and that it will not succumb to pressure in response to a UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Resolution passed last week, which would allow the body to investigate incidents during the three-decade-long civil war.
Moscow continues work to coordinate Putin-Macron-Merkel talks
"We continue coordination with Berlin and Paris," TASS News Agency quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying to reporters on Monday after German government spokesman Steffen Seibert had earlier said that there had been no video conference between Putin, Macron and Merkel on March 29.
Pakistan: After PM Imran Khan, President Arif Alvi tests positive for Covid-19
In a tweet on Monday evening, the President wrote: "I have tested positive for Covid-19... Had 1st dose of vaccine, but antibodies start developing after 2nd dose that was due in a week. Please continue to be careful." Also taking to Twitter, the President's wife Samina Alvi, who had also received the jab on March 16 along with her husband, confirmed that she has tested negative and quarantining.
Massive container ship freed from Suez Canal
The Panama-flagged ship, Ever Given, had veered off its course in a single-lane stretch of the canal during a sandstorm, reports dpa news agency. Dredgers and tug boats had been working around the clock to free the massive 400-metre-long-vessel. The high tide on Sunday night helped to free the ship, the service provider indicated.
Indonesia church blasts kill 2 suicide bombers
The number of injured people from the blast rose to 19. The explosion took place earlier in the day at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedralcomplex in South Sulawesi's Makassar city, when it was about to start the third mass congregation.
Myanmar violence outrageous, US working on sanctions: Joe Biden
The situation in Myanmar, which has seen almost daily protests since a military coup in February, was "terrible," Biden said. Asked whether the US would respond with sanctions, Biden said "we're working on that now."
321 vessels jammed around Suez Canal
224,000-ton Panama-flagged ship, Ever Given, was grounded on Tuesday in the canal after losing the ability to steer amid high winds and a sandstorm, which led the SCA to announce on Thursday temporary suspension of navigation in the man-made waterway.
China's new 5-yr wine tariffs not ok: Australian PM Scott Morrison
Beijing and Canberra have been locked in a trade dispute that escalated last year and saw China hit wine, beef, barley and coal with trade tariffs and customs delays. Morrison pointed to Australia's stance against the treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority in China as a reason for the latest move, in comments reported by Australian news agency AAP.
2 dead in US shootings
While one person was shot dead in a crossfire with police at the oceanfront, the second was pronounced dead in "a separate shooting incident" that needs further investigation, Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate told reporters.
PM Modi, Sheikh Hasina visit 'Bangabandhu-Bapu' digital exhibition
After Bangladesh, the exhibition, which was virtually inaugurated by Hasina and Modi during a virtual summit on December 17, 2020, will move to the UN for display and later it will culminate in Kolkata in 2022. Photographs on the atrocity, rape and barbaric torture on Bangladeshi women by the Pakistan Army during the country's 1971 Liberation War in 1971 are also on display.
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