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A new coronavirus mutant raises concerns in India and beyond.
Scientists become concerned when a second highly contagious omicron mutant produced by the rapidly mutating coronavirus spreads through India and…
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Why Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed, and what’s next for the island nation?
Why Sri Lanka’s economy collapsed, and what’s next for the island nation? President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe…
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Sri Lanka declares a state of emergency after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has departed Sri Lanka aboard a military plane, amid widespread public outrage over the country’s economic problems.…
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Americans are getting tons of new credit cards to keep up with inflation.
Americans opened new credit cards in response to the rise in oil prices and inflation brought on by Russia’s invasion…
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As the economy crumbles, Sri Lankans are once again cooking with firewood.
As a once-relatively rich Sri Lanka confronts a severe economic crisis with shortages of everything from medications to gas, people…
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A Whopping $900B Debt – China’s Once-Profitable High-Speed Railways Now Heading towards a Trillion Dollar Disaster
The long-distance high-speed rail system (HSR) in China is praised as the cornerstone of its efforts to revive the nation’s…
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How an Indian cement maker bought Russian coal using Chinese money
An invoice seen by Reuters and a source indicates that India’s largest private lender, HDFC Bank NSE 0.53 percent, participated…
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The COVID-19 pandemic pushed 93 million more people into extreme poverty in 2020, according to the UN SDGs report.
According to a UN SDGs assessment, the COVID-19 pandemic will cause 93 million additional people to live in extreme poverty…
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What is CAATSA, the US law to sanction transactions with Russia, and how is India impacted?
CAATSA policy intends to punish countries with close relations to Iran, North Korea, and Russia through economic sanctions. Several US…
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Resigns
Following a string of resignations this week from his senior team in opposition to his leadership, Boris Johnson announced that he…
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