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FAO seeks US$ 16.5 million to restore livelihoods cyclone hit Sri Lanka’
Colombo, January 15 (FAO) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Headquarters in Rome issued an appeal calling for international assistance of USD 16.5 million to support the early recovery of livelihoods and food security for farming, livestock-keeping and fishing communities...
Greenland, Trump and the fault lines of power
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, January 15 – Recent public remarks by US President Donald Trump once again brought Greenland into global headlines as a territory of strategic interest to the United States. Although widely treated as rhetorical provocation, these comments echoed Trump’s explicit...
International ramifications of the Iranian economic crisis
By P.M.Amza/DailyFT Colombo, January 15 -The current unrest in Iran marks one of the most serious challenges faced by the Islamic Republic since the early decades of its post-revolutionary history. What began as protests driven by economic hardship has steadily evolved into a wider confrontation...
India’s trade deficit with its FTA partners was actually widening
By Veena Venugopal/Financial Times New Delhi, January 13 – Donald Trump has announced a 25 per cent tariff on countries that do business with Iran, a move that could hit India hard as a key trading partner to the Islamic republic. The White House declined...
Elders dying after a fall is a WHO-flagged major issue
By P.K.Balachandran/Counterpoint Colombo, January 14 – According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2021, falls were the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide. Each year an estimated 684 000 individuals had died from falls globally of which over 80% were in low...
Security considerations in Trump’s demand for Greenland
By P. K. Balachandran/Eurasia Review Colombo, January 13 – US President Donald Trump has said that the US will take over Greenland whether the Greenlanders and the Danes, who have sovereignty over the island, like it or not. Trump’s case is that American control over...
Iran is on the boil – Survival of the Islamic regime is in question following US intervention in Venezuela
By P K Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, January 13 – Iran is on the boil, with the masses across cities protesting an unprecedented 42% inflation. An average Iranian would need US$ 500 dollars a month to make both ends meet, but he has only US$ 125....
Preventing de-dollarization, Trump’s aim in Venezuela and the world too
De-dollarization will be an uphill task as it is progressing globally
Qatar’s growing role as global mediator ‘deeply necessary’, says Ex-Finnish President Ms.Tarja Halonen
By Fazeena Saleem/The Peninsula Doha, Qatar, December 24 – Former President of Finland and member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation, H E Tarja Halonen, has praised Qatar’s growing role as a global mediator, describing its efforts as both “difficult” and deeply...
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