US President Donald Trump is facing criticism over his handling of the deaths of four soldiers in Niger earlier this month. He is accused of making insensitive remarks during a phone call to the widow of one of the men. A member of Congress says she heard Trump make the comments. (more…)

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Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that “cavalier” threats to start war on the Korean peninsula are “dangerous and short-sighted”, urging the United States to get all parties to the negotiating table. (more…)

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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipilä agreed that a concrete pilot project would be initiated in the field of wave energy in Sri Lanka. At a meeting held at the residence of the Prime Minister of Finland in Helsinki, Finland yesterday, (more…)

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It is necessary to strengthen the rural culture to build a better country as well as a better generation, President Maithripala Sirisena said. He made these remarks participating in the ceremony to open the newly built two-storeyed classroom building at Lakshauyana Primary School in Polonnaruwa. (more…)

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