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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September, his political party said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to regain his family’s lost power after a humiliating setback two years ago during an unprecedented economic crisis in the Indian ocean island nation.
A scion of the powerful Rajapaksa clan is running for Sri Lankan president in elections next month, more than two years after his populist uncle led the country to its worst economic crisis ever.
Observers say the proposed law “enforces” for the first time the 2016 arbitral ruling and embeds the term West Philippine Sea, coined by the administration of the late President Benigno Aquino III.
TOKYO -- Sony Group on Wednesday raised its full-year profit forecast as its April-June net profit grew 6.5% on the year, boosted by gains in its entertainment business including games and music, even as the company's president expressed concern over the direction of the U.S. economy.
The Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from competing in a gold medal bout at the Paris Olympics after she failed to make weight by just a few grams, the Indian Olympic Association said on Wednesday.
The microfinance pioneer has been tapped to lead an interim government after the ouster of PM Sheikh Hasina.
According to the activists, cigarettes are the glue that bind societal ties in the archipelago. They are frequently given out during weddings and funerals in Java, and are even included in daily offerings to the Gods in the Hindu-majority island of Bali.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has formally secured the Democratic presidential nomination, setting up a showdown with Republican candidate and former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the race, and only three months remain until the polls open on Nov. 5.