Pressure is mounting on Sri Lanka’s president to allow parliament to decide between two men claiming to be the country’s lawful prime minister, amid warnings that the constitutional dispute could lead to a “bloodbath”. President Maithripala Sirisena announced on live TV on Friday that Ranil Wickremesinghe, with whom he had governed in a fragile coalition since 2015, had been dismissed. In… Read more »
Mumbai has set a ban on plastic in the recent years but unfortunately, these rules are not as strictly enforced as they should be. A feared group by the name of the “blue squad” sets out on the streets of markets to thoroughly check shops for plastic bags, utensils, plates and cups of a certain size. Dressed in blue vests,… Read more »
Shopkeepers and vendors fear a hefty fine from inspectors who are tasked with keeping the Indian city free of plastic bags Mumbai’s ‘blue squad’ enforce the ban on plastic bags. Photograph: Amrit Dhillon At 10am on a muggy October morning, Crawford Market, one of Mumbai’s oldest, is stirring into life. In a first floor office inside the complex, the feared… Read more »
Relatives help with identification as rescuers say they don’t expect to find survivors from flight JT610 Authorities are conducting a round-the-clock search after the Indonesian Lion Air plane crashed off Jakarta on Monday. Photograph: Xinhua/Barcroft Images A round-the-clock search is underway for the bodies of the 189 passengers onboard Lion Air flight JT 610, which crashed into the sea off Jakarta on… Read more »
Improved train services mean it’s easier than ever to explore Sri Lanka but campaigners warn a surge in tourism could ruin its natural beauty Passenger train crossing the nine arches viaduct near Ella, Sri Lanka. Photograph: Alamy Almost 10 years after the end of its civil war, Sri Lanka has been named the best country in the world to visit… Read more »
China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest quarterly pace since the global financial crisis, with regulators moving quickly to calm nervous investors as a campaign to tackle debt risks and the trade war with the United States began to bite.
An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank on Monday soon after taking off from the capital, Jakarta. All passengers and crew are feared dead, according to the country’s rescue agency.
The Afghan government has just had an election for the first time since the end of the Taliban Rule when the United States invaded the State in 2001. The election is for the Afghanistan parliament which is composed of two houses. The upper house has veto power over the larger lower house. It is similar to the United State’s Congress… Read more »
The article that I want to talk about describes the treatment of a group of girls in a school in India. When I was reading the article, I honestly became disappointed in human beings. Not only is sexual harassment terrible and disgusting at any age, but the fact that it is occuring in schools with 12 and 14 year olds… Read more »
In contrast to what I learned about India’s sexual harassment last week, it has moved to a more positive and productive light. Last week other groups had referenced the brutality towards women and girls resulting from standing up against sexual harassment and abuse. I found it unfathomable that the girls were beaten by the accused boys and their families! Now,… Read more »