International

Musk to jury: Just Because I Tweet Something, Doesn’t Mean People Believe it 0
- International
- January 21, 2023
Elon Musk, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Inc’s chief executive, testified on Friday that investors do not always react to his Twitter messages as he expects, defending himself in a fraud trial over his 2018 tweet that he had funding to take the electric carmaker private. Musk’s testimony began with questions about his use of Twitter, the social
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Philippines Main Airport Scrambles To Restore Normalcy After Power Cut 0
- International
- January 2, 2023
The Philippines’ main gateway remained on reduced operations on Monday after a New Year power outage that jolted its air traffic control, with authorities scrambling to resume full service after more than 300 flights were disrupted. The ageing Ninoy Aquino international airport was early on Monday handling a maximum 15 arrivals per hour compared to
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PM Wickremesinghe warns the crisis-stricken country that petrol supplies are running out 0
- International
- May 17, 2022
On Monday, Sri Lanka’s new prime minister said the country was down to its last day of petrol, while the country’s power minister warned citizens not to join the long fuel lines that have sparked weeks of anti-government rallies. In a speech to the nation on Thursday, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed Prime Minister on
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India to provide additional $500-mn assistance to Sri Lanka for fuel 0
- International
- April 21, 2022
India will provide an additional $500 million in financial assistance to Sri Lanka for it to buy fuel, Sri Lanka’s foreign minister told reporters on Wednesday, adding Bangladesh was also willing to postpone a $450 million in swap repayments. “Assistance by the IMF will take about six months to come to us and it will come in
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa revokes state of emergency 0
- International
- April 6, 2022
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa late Tuesday night revoked the state of emergency he had declared on April 1 with immediate effect in his island nation. In a gazette notification no 2274/10 issued on Tuesday night, the president said he has withdrawn the emergency rule ordinance which gave security forces sweeping powers to curb any
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Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital, 17 reported hurt 0
- International
- March 10, 2022
A Russian airstrike devastated a maternity hospital Wednesday in the besieged port city of Mariupol amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn. Ukrainian officials said the attack wounded at least 17 people, including women near childbirth. The ground shook more than a mile
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