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Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) leader Arumugam Thondaman, who represented Tamils of Indian origin, passed away on Tuesday and is due to be cremated on Sunday in the central hilly Nuwara Eliya district.

Six of the group, who were held on Tuesday in the Paris region, were also charged with manslaughter after the alleged key figure in a ring of people smugglers was caught.

With the streets empty, the creatures have been spotted hanging out by a shopping centre, scampering through the lobby of a hospital and even feasting on pricey fish stolen from a pond.

The 15-member council informally discussed Hong Kong in a closed virtual meeting after China opposed a US call on Wednesday for a formal open council meeting, arguing that it was not an issue of international peace and security.

For an investigation of police accused of using excessive force published this month, Reuters reviewed hundreds of civil rights lawsuits against police.

The only-ever dismissal of an elected Australian government on the authority of a British monarch created a crisis that spurred many to call for Australia to sever its constitutional ties with Britain.

Hong Kong is highly regarded for its skilled workforce, business-friendly legal system, Western-style free speech and ease of movement. But global companies already were shifting some operations out of Hong Kong due to rising costs and uncertainty after p...

The chief of Joint Staff Department and member of the Central Military Commission was speaking at an event in Beijing's Great Hall of the People marking 15 years of China's Anti-Secession Law.

Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Washington's actions are becoming more and more dangerous and unpredictable.

The US forces may not be deployed the same way if or when the virus surges in a second large wave or even, more likely, a series of smaller bursts.

Le Drian told a French Senate hearing that 'a new cold war' must be avoided.

The authorities have so far conducted 499,399 coronavirus tests, including 8,491 in the last 24 hours, the ministry said. As many as 19,412 patients have recovered so far, it said.

With five months to go for the US presidential elections, Donald Trump and Joe Biden need to prove their readiness in a crisis, take positions on tough issues and speak deftly — all were true in 2008, too.

Textiles such as nonwoven fabric have been in short supply from being diverted to the more lucrative mask business, leaving producers of hygiene products high and dry.

New Zealand lies on the seismically active "Ring of Fire", an arc of volcanoes and ocean trenches girdling much of the Pacific Ocean.

National security adviser Robert O'Brien said Beijing knew what was happening with the virus, which originated in Wuhan, from November but lied to the World Health Organization and prevented outside experts from accessing information.