International Affairs

Countries are inching toward greater gender equality, but women around the world continue to face laws and regulations that restrict their economic opportunity, with the COVID-19 pandemic creating new challenges to their health, safety, and economic security, a new World Bank report says.

WASHINGTON - Former U.S. President Donald Trump is set Sunday to stake his claim as the dominant Republican in the country, trying to win back party control of Congress next year and possibly run again for the presidency in 2024.

If regulators give the go-ahead as expected in the next few days, there will be three vaccines available in the United States to prevent COVID-19.

The World Health Organization said new coronavirus cases increased globally for the first time in seven weeks, and officials expressed concern that cases could again rise significantly.

A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel Sunday endorsed the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, voting overwhelmingly to recommend the shot for adults older than 18.

Myanmar’s U.N. envoy appealed to the international community Friday to reject a military coup in his country and “use any means necessary” to protect the people.

The European Union’s executive arm said Monday it will propose rules for a passport to allow those who have been vaccinated or recently tested for COVID-19 to travel for work or tourism throughout the region.

ඉන්දියාවේ පෞද්ගලික රෝහල්වලදී ද එක් මාත්‍රාවකට ඉන්දියානු රුපියල් 250/= කට කොවිඩ් -19 එන්නත ලබාගත හැකි බව ඉන්දියානු සෞඛ්‍ය අමාත්‍යාංශය ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කර තිබේ.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took it to Twitter to thank the Sri Lankan leadership to finally allowing the burial of Muslim COVD-19 victims.

ලෙබනනයේ සිටින ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ශ්‍රමිකයන් නැවත මව්බිමට රැගෙන යාම සඳහා කිසියම් පිරිසක් විසින් සංවිධානාත්මකව මුදල් ජාවාරමක නිරතවන බවට තම තානාපති කාර්යාලයට පැමිණිලි ලැබෙන බව ලෙබනන් හි ශ්‍රී ලංකා තානාපති කාර්යාලය නිවේදනය කරනවා.

Seeking India’s “proactive” support at the UN Human Rights Council, where a resolution on Sri Lanka will be soon put to vote, the Secretary to Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “India cannot abandon us”.

The international lobbying spree by the government gathered momentum yesterday with 21 countries speaking in favour of Sri Lanka and 15 against during an Interactive Dialogue at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Daily Mirror learns.

ඉන්දීය අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය නරේන්ද්‍ර මෝදි අද පෙරවරුවේ දිල්ලියේ පිහිටි ඒම්ස් රෝහලේදී කොරෝනා ප්‍රතිශක්තිකරණ එන්නත ලබාගෙන තිබේ.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration formally authorized the use of the Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine Saturday, clearing the way for shots to go into arms as early as Monday.

While advocating that delivering on the legitimate aspirations of the Tamil community is in the best interests of Sri Lanka, India calls upon Sri Lanka to take necessary steps for addressing such aspirations, including through the process of reconciliation and full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.

Chinese Permanent Representative in Geneva Ambassador CHEN Xu on Thursday extended China’s strong support to Sri Lanka in his official statement in the interactive dialogue on the OHCHR Report on Sri Lanka during the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council.

Sri Lanka was to inform in writing to the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday about its decision to allow the burial of Muslim Covid-19 victims, Daily Mirror learns.

Months of lockdowns and pandemic restrictions are taking their toll on Europeans, with many chafing at the prolonged limitations on public life. With vaccine distribution now starting to pick up after a sluggish start in most countries, calls are mounting for an easing of restrictions.