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The Central Environment Authority (CEA) will conduct an island-wide new creation competition under the theme “The importance of protecting the land and ocean environment” to coincide with World Environment Day on June 5.
Alliance of Independent Trade Unions and Mass Organisations commenced their May Day rally from the Lake House roundabout yesterday. Picture by Rukmal Gamage
Six months after finally giving birth to her first child, following a years-long struggle to conceive, Chrissy Walters was told her daughter would likely grow up without her.
The first batch of 350 Sri Lankan Hajj pilgrims left for Jeddah on Friday from the Bandaranaike International Airport by Saudi Arabian Airlines.
Seven-year-old swimmer Ishank from Ranchi has achieved a rare feat by crossing a challenging sea route between Sri Lanka and India, setting a new world record at a very young age.
President Donald Trump has told Congress that US hostilities with Iran have "terminated" owing to an ongoing ceasefire as he argued that he did not need lawmakers' authorisation for the conflict.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani took advantage of his taxpayer-funded housing to film a slick campaign video for a lefty candidate in a contentious New York congressional race — sparking backlash from critics who said it could run afoul of conflict of interest laws.
Semi-final poised at 7-7 after attritional 14th frame
Leo, who has criticized Trump’s hardline immigration policy, selected Evelio Menjivar-Ayala as state’s new bishop
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has also rewritten rules on international film eligibility
A yearslong retail scam targeting high-end designer goods unraveled after a suspicious return at a Los Angeles-area mall — leading to the arrest of two local residents accused of costing Nordstrom hundreds of thousands.
The United States on Friday sanctioned multiple entities and individuals it said were involved in trading Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including a China-based oil terminal operator and a Chinese national.
The United States on Friday sanctioned multiple entities and individuals it said were involved in trading Iranian petroleum and petroleum products, including a China-based oil terminal operator and a Chinese national.
Even to members of his own family, Sajid Akram was an unusually secretive man.
London: A divisive claim about police brutality has deepened Britain’s public row on antisemitism and forced the nation’s Greens leader to apologise for maligning police just days away from national elections.
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Nithya Raman is on the offensive — going after the Los Angeles Police Protective League for targeting her with attack ads — and blasting Mayor Karen Bass for police funding.
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Sloths were set to be displayed at controversial new theme park but report revealed mammals died in warehouse
Marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has been stranded since the US blockade began two weeks ago. (Reuters)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A body found in Tampa Bay has been identified as the second missing University of South Florida doctoral student from Bangladesh, a sheriff said Friday. He described their killings as “a monstrous crime.”
Anwar Gargash, the powerful diplomatic adviser to the UAE's president said this week that tensions with Iran had reached a "watershed moment" for Gulf security. (Reuters: Hamad I Mohammed)
Craig Baills didn’t wait until he got home from work to tell his son the bad news.
Sue Gibson, a horse breeder and the ex-wife of mining magnate Steve Wyatt, has put her Southern Highlands estate on the market with a price guide of $11 million to $12 million.
For two men whose companies promise to remake civilisation, the opening day was strangely pedestrian. The microphones in a federal courtroom in downtown Oakland kept cutting out. A presentation slide vanished from the screens. “We can’t hear you,” Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said, before drily observing that the fe…
Property prices have jumped in regional Victoria, defying Melbourne’s slowdown as home buyers and investors search for more affordable options.
With Sydney’s property market at “peak fear” and buyers in high-priced lifestyle coastal markets also catching the jitters, NSW’s less sexy inland regions have come to the fore, flaunting spectacular house price growth.
Air Canada changed my flights last year which meant I ended up spending a 24-hour layover in Vancouver. Therefore, I wanted to know whether my baggage would come with me through border control upon arrival, or go on to my final destination of Calgary.
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Brooke Hogan shut down “mean and hateful” romance rumors between her and her HGTV co-star Scott McGillivray.
Police say New IRA may have been behind attack on Dunmurry station as suspect due in court
Donald Trump has said that he is “not satisfied” with Iran’s latest peace proposal to end the war which has killed thousands and triggered a global energy crisis.
The Berlin youth wing of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has suggested abolishing marriage in Germany in favor of cohabiting partnerships.
China’s ambassador to the UN said on Friday that the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was "wreaking havoc" on global oil markets and the wider economy, as the Iran war continues to disrupt energy flows.
A container ship approaches the port of Santos in Brazil, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
A Syrian Shiite cleric was killed in an explosion on Friday near the Sayyida Zaynab shrine in southern Damascus.
Large crowds have turned out to see King Charles III at a ceremonial welcome in Bermuda.
State’s governor has ordered congressional primary halted until state can redraw districts and dilute Black vote
In 2006, weeks after a monthlong missile war with Hezbollah had shut down much of northern Israel, Warren Buffett flew to Tel Aviv and acquired an 80% stake in Iscar, a precision metalworking business in Tefen.
Iran told Saudi Arabia and Oman that it planned to “heavily target” the UAE in response to the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic, in an apparent move to drive a wedge between Abu Dhabi and its Gulf neighbours, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal published on Thursday.
Taron Egerton and Charlize Theron face off in Apex. (Supplied: Netflix)
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he was unhappy with a new proposal from Iran for peace talks with the United States, and threatened to "blast them to hell" if they failed to strike a deal.
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, takes a question at a news conference Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Two Drug Enforcement Administration whistleblowers are demanding a $50 million reward on behalf of sources who helped provide information critical to the capture and extradition of ex-Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
Gas prices in Los Angeles County have surged further into nightmare territory, topping costs per gallon not seen in nearly three years.
A dire struggle over money ended violently when a gunman pumped bullets into a 31-year-old man in front of a Brooklyn home Monday morning, video shows.
A struggling Napa Valley wine brand got a royal revival this week after one of its Chardonnays was poured for King Charles III and Queen Camilla during a lavish state dinner at the White House.
Our Arabic word of the week, kohl, refers to a fine, dark powder applied around the eyes – but its meaning stretches far beyond an eyeliner. It carries with it a long history of beauty, protection and cultural continuity across the Arab world.