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Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as Sri Lanka president

MPs picked him as successor to ousted Gotabaya Rajapaksa, blamed for the nation’s economic crisis

Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government can help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

President Biden has taken executive steps to address climate change, which he described as an existential threat to the nation and the world.

And fears that Shanghai could be caught in a new Covid lockdown.

50 minutes

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Thu 21 Jul 2022 04:06GMT

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  • Thu 21 Jul 2022 04:06GMT