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Sri Lanka crisis gives India chance to gain sway vs China

Sri Lanka’s strategic location on Indian Ocean shipping lanes has long attracted outsized interest in the small island nation from regional giants China and India.

Sri Lanka sends 2 ministers to Russia for oil amid crisis

Sri Lanka is sending two ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel — one of the necessities nearly exhausted as a result of the Indian Ocean nation’s economic collapse.

Today in History for June 27th

Highlights of this day in history: U.S. air and naval forces ordered into the Korean War; John Dean testifies about the Nixon White House's 'enemies list'; Stonewall riots spark the modern gay rights movement; Actor Jack Lemmon dies. (June 27)

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Senior US officials visit Sri Lanka to help resolve crisis

Senior U.S. officials are in Sri Lanka seeking ways to help the island nation cope with an unprecedented economic crisis and severe shortages of essential supplies.

Sri Lankan prime minister says that the nation's economy has collapsed

Sri Lanka's debt-laden economy has "collapsed" after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity, the prime minister told lawmakers Wednesday.

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Indian officials in Sri Lanka for talks on ailing economy

Senior Indian officials are in Sri Lanka for talks on how to help the island nation weather an unprecedented economic crisis.

EXPLAINER: Why Sri Lanka's economy collapsed and what's next

Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the island nation's debt-laden economy has “collapsed” as it runs out of money to pay for food and fuel.

Sri Lanka’s economy has ‘completely collapsed,’ prime minister says

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe spoke to Parliament after weeks of economic and political turmoil.

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Sri Lankan prime minister: Island's economy 'has collapsed'

Sri Lanka’s debt-laden economy has “collapsed” after months of shortages of food, fuel and electricity.

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Sri Lankan students demand government resign over crisis

Thousands of students from state universities have marched in Sri Lanka’s capital to demand the president and prime minister resign over an economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential supplies and disrupted people’s livelihoods and education.

The AP Interview: Sri Lanka PM says he's open to Russian oil

Sri Lanka’s prime minister says he may be compelled to buy more oil from Russia as he hunts desperately for fuel to keep the country running.

Sri Lankan PM requests patience as UN calls for relief funds

Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the United Nations has arranged a worldwide appeal to help the island nation cope with critical shortages of food, fuel and medicines, but the projected funds barely scratch the surface of the $6 billion it needs to stay afloat over the next six months.

Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy

It has been nearly three weeks since Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as prime minister of Sri Lanka with a daunting mandate to pull the crisis-weary country from the brink of an economic abyss that threatens to tear it apart.

In Sri Lanka, Even the Rajapaksa Heartland Is Broken

The regime’s widely perceived corruption has lost the dynasty the love of its home town.

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Sri Lanka PM invites protesting youth to join governance

Sri Lanka’s prime minister says protesting youth groups will be invited to be part of governance under political reforms he is proposing to solve the country’s political crisis triggered by an economic collapse.

Sri Lanka police tear gas protesters opposed to president

Police have used tear gas and a water canon to disperse demonstrators trying to approach Sri Lanka’s president’s office to demand his resignation over the country’s economic crisis.

Sri Lanka PM stresses urgency for economic reform plan

Sri Lanka’s prime minister says that he will quickly prepare an economic reform program and seek approval from the International Monetary Fund.

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage

Schools are closed and public officials are staying home from work Friday in Sri Lanka.

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Censure vote vs. Sri Lankan leader fails as crisis simmers

Sri Lanka’s governing party has defeated a move in Parliament to urgently debate a motion that would censure President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for the nation’s worst economic crisis.

Rajapaksa swears in 4 Cabinet members amid Sri Lanka crisis

Sri Lanka's president swore in four new Cabinet ministers Saturday in an effort to ensure stability until a full Cabinet is formed in the island nation engulfed in a political and economic crisis.

Sri Lankan protesters dig in as a new prime minister is named

Anti-government demonstrators say they will stay in the streets until President Rajapaksa steps down.

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Wickremesinghe chosen Sri Lanka PM in effort to quell crisis

Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reappointed in an effort to bring stability to the island nation that's engulfed in a political and economic crisis.

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