Pistons legend Isiah Thomas says he was unaware that Michael Jordan had been nurturing a grudge all these years. ( read original story ...)
Jordan School District moves 14 of 15 schools under review to online learning after emergency meeting
Jordan School district voted to move 14 of its 15 schools to remote learning during an emergency meeting on Wednesday following an increase in COVID-19 cases. ( read original story ...)
No lockdown in Cambodia after Hungarian minister visit: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen insisted Thursday his country would not go into lockdown, despite growing coronavirus concerns after senior officials tested positive following a meeting with ... ( read original story ...)
In ruins, Syria marks 50 years of Assad family rule
On Nov. 13, 1970, a young air force officer from the coastal hills of Syria launched a bloodless coup. It was the latest in a succession of military takeovers since independence ... ( read original story ...)
Kazakhstan Has Been Micromanaging Its Currency to Avert Drop
Kazakhstan’s central bank has been interfering in some tenge-dollar trades to prevent the currency from weakening too much amid an oil slump this year. ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka repaid USD 4.2 billion, avoided debt default: PM Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka has repaid USD 4.2 billion in foreign debt and avoided sovereign default, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Thursday while presenting the 2020 budget in Parliament. Rajapaksa, who is ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lankan shares edge lower as materials, financials weigh
Sri Lankan shares edged lower on Thursday as losses in the materials and financials sectors outweighed gains in consumer staples stocks. ( read original story ...)
Indian construction workers contract COVID-19 in Sri Lanka
About 40 Indians, engaged in construction work in Colombo for over a year, have contracted COVID-19 and sent to a Jaffna hospital for treatment, Sri Lankan media reported on Thursday. According to ... ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka restricts movement from Western Province amidst surge in COVID-19 patients
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has called to halt all movement out of the country's Western Province which includes capital Colombo as the number of COVID-19 patients in the province saw a ... ( read original story ...)
‘Countdown to catastrophe’ in Yemen as UN again warns of famine
Yemenis not going hungry, they are being starved,’ says World Food Programme as it again warns of ‘looming famine’. ( read original story ...)