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Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government can help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government would help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government would help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

Sri Lankan lawmakers finished voting in parliament on Wednesday to choose the next president from among three contenders, hoping the new leader would pull the island out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in parliament on Wednesday to choose the next president from three contenders amid tight security, hoping the new leader would pull the island out of a crippling economic and political crisis.

Sri Lanka's parliament will choose between three candidates for president on Wednesday, hoping the new leader will be able to pull the island out of its worst economic and political crisis since independence in 1948.

A planned semiconductor factory in upstate New York will likely be delayed if a bill to bolster the U.S. computer chip industry fails to pass in the coming weeks, the chief executive of GlobalFoundries said Tuesday.

Moscow's military "tasks" in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, as the Kremlin's forces shelled eastern and southern Ukraine.

Russian forces shelled eastern and southern Ukraine on Wednesday after Washington said it saw signs Moscow was preparing to formally annex territory it has seized during nearly five months of war.

Across the United States, Americans have been enduring, in some cases, dangerously high heat that meteorologists say will last into next week.

Argentina's peso surpassed the psychological barrier of 300 pesos per U.S.

Sri Lanka parliament to vote to replace president who fled abroad

C'est dans le Delaware que s'est ouvert mardi le premier acte judiciaire du litige opposant Elon Musk ? Twitter. Mais pourquoi ce petit Etat de l'Est am?ricain se retrouve-t-il au coeur d'une saga portant sur des milliards de dollars ?

Russia is laying the groundwork for the annexation of Ukrainian territory and is installing illegitimate proxy officials in areas there under its control as it seeks to exert total control over its gains in the east, the White House said on Tuesday.

Russia is laying the groundwork for the annexation of Ukrainian territory and is installing illegitimate proxy officials in areas there under its control as it seeks to exert total control over its gains in the east, the White House said on Tuesday.

An Indiana doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim threatened to sue Indiana's attorney general for defamation on Tuesday, filing a claim alleging that he made "false and misleading" statements about her handling of the case.

Some Canadian businesses are reconsidering their expansion plans after the central bank's surprise full percentage point interest rate hike last week, and instead are sharpening their focus on protecting profits, analysts say.

Profit growth at U.S. car dealers is likely to lose momentum in the second quarter, as the auto industry struggles to ramp up production due to parts shortage, while inflation-fueled price hikes keep buyers out of the market.

Azerbaijan starts return of people to recaptured areas

British financial regulators will have to promote the global competitiveness of the country's financial sector, though a plan for more government oversight of their work has been put on hold for now, finance minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday recommended use of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 18 and above.

Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday voted unanimously to recommend use of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 18 and above.

Brutal heatwaves are gripping both Europe and the United States this week and are forecast to dump searing heat on much of China into late August.

Europe is in the grip of a record-breaking heatwave and wildfires are raging across the Mediterranean. Here's how climate change drives these events.

The evolution of penguins from their flying seabird ancestors into the flightless denizens of marine environments from frigid Antarctica to the tropical Galapagos Islands is among the wonders of the animal kingdom.

A budding courtship between Russia and Iran is an unwelcome development for the West that the United States will watch with concern, but it falls well short of a geopolitical game changer.

Zambia's creditors are expected to commit to debt relief needed to unlock $1.4 billion from the IMF on Wednesday or Thursday, two sources familiar with the situation said, as the country and its lenders seek to end a drawn-out restructuring process.

Zambia's creditors are to commit to debt relief needed to unlock $1.4 billion from the IMF in the next day or two, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, as the country and its lenders seek to end a drawn-out restructuring process.

A Delaware judge on Tuesday set an October trial for Elon Musk's dispute with Twitter Inc over his $44 billion acquisition which the billionaire is trying to scuttle.