(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – William Lai Ching-te from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has won Taiwan’s presidential election, despite China’s warnings not to vote for him.
"Taiwan ruling party’s Lai wins presidential election"Category: WORLD
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – A pair of “alien mummies” that mysteriously turned up at the airport in Peru’s capital last October have entirely Earthly origins, according to a scientific analysis revealed on Friday.
"Scientists assert ‘alien mummies’ in Peru are really dolls made from Earthly bones"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – President Joe Biden said Thursday that a series of strikes in Yemen targeting Iran-backed Houthi rebels was meant to demonstrate that the U.S. and its allies “will not tolerate” the militant group’s ceaseless attacks on the Red Sea.
"US, British militaries launch massive retaliatory strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – Emmanuel Macron appointed 34-year-old Education Minister Gabriel Attal as his new prime minister on Tuesday, as the French President seeks to breathe new life into his second mandate ahead of European parliament elections.
"Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest PM as Macron seeks reset"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) –Israel has killed top Hezbollah commander Wissam al-Tawil in an air strike in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese armed group says.
"Hezbollah says Israel kills top commander amid fears of Gaza war escalation"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – At least 25 people are dead and six injured after a minibus carrying tourists from a coastal trip collided with a truck in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, local authorities said on Monday.
"Tourist bus crashes in Brazil, killing 25"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, on Tuesday (Jan.09), India’s National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported.
"Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 jolts Indonesia’s Talaud Islands"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) –The Islamic State group (IS) has said it carried out a bomb attack in Iran on crowds marking the anniversary of spymaster Qasem Soleimani’s assassination by the US.
"IS claims responsibility for deadly Iran bombings that killed 84"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) –Russia has used ballistic missiles and launchers supplied by North Korea in its war on Ukraine, the US has said.
"Ukraine war: US says Russia using North Korea ballistic missiles"
(LANKAPUVATH | COLOMBO) – A woman was arrested after allegedly slashing and stabbing other passengers with a blade on a train on Tokyo’s Yamanote loop line on Wednesday night, police said.
"Four injured in stabbing incident on Tokyo train, woman arrested"