International Affairs

The World Health Organization (WHO) has pledged to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to Sri Lanka.

After nearly 50 years in public office, and a lifetime of presidential ambitions, Joe Biden has captured the White House.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden continues to build on the razor-thin leads he gained early Friday over Republican President Donald Trump in the states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, where vote counting continues. While those races are still too close call, Biden is strongly positioned to win the U.S. presidential election.

කොවිඩ් ආසාදිතයින් ඉක්මනින් හඳුනාගැනීම සඳහා භාවිත කළ හැකි “ක්ෂණික ප්‍රතිදේහජනක පරීක්ෂණ කට්ටල” ලක්ෂයක් ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය විසින් මෙරටට පරිත්‍යාග කර ඇත.

කොවිඩ් වසංගතය පාලනය සඳහා ඇඳිරි නීතිය ප්‍රකාශයට පත්කොට දින 10කට වඩා නගර වසා දැමීම නොකළ යුතු බව ලෝක සෞඛ්‍ය සංවිධානය රජයට දැනුම් දී තිබේ.

The poor air quality in New Delhi hit new lows Thursday when its residents woke up to an air quality index rating of 452, marking the most toxic day of the year, according to data from the Central Pollution Control Board.

NEW DELHI - Local residents of her ancestral village blew up firecrackers, her maternal uncle fielded endless calls from reporters in his New Delhi home, while ordinary Indians were elated that Kamala Harris, who is of part Indian origin, has beaten high odds to make history in the United States as the projected vice president.

අමෙරිකානු ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ ඡන්ද ගණනය කිරීමේ කටයුතු තවමත් සිදු වනවා.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. presidential election remained unsettled Thursday, with Democratic challenger Joe Biden nearing an Electoral College majority and President Donald Trump demanding that the vote count be stopped. Republicans are filing lawsuits alleging vote tabulation irregularities.

WASHINGTON - Democrat Joe Biden, the projected winner of the long and contentious U.S. presidential election over Republican President Donald Trump, moved quickly Sunday to start preparations to take over the U.S. government when he is inaugurated January 20 and reverse some key Trump policies.

Today, Customs will return 17 containers filled with garbage to the United Kingdom, which had been illegally imported to Sri Lanka, an official said yesterday.

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමා සහ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රංශ තානාපති අතර අධ්‍යාපන ශිෂ්‍යත්ව, ආයෝජන සහ හම්බන්තොට වරාය පිළිබඳ සාකච්ඡාවක්

While congratulating US President elect Joe Biden, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he looks forward to working closely with Biden to strengthen bilateral relations between both countries.

The British High Commission in Colombo hosted a virtual showcase of Sri Lankan trade and investment opportunities this week, showcasing opportunities and experiences from UK businesses in the country.

WASHINGTON - The winner of the U.S. presidential election remained in doubt Wednesday, with the outcome hinging on a handful of states where a flood of mail-in ballots sparked by the coronavirus pandemic remained to be counted.

Joe Biden has said he wants to restore the soul of the United States, vowing "not to divide but unify" the country, in his first speech as president-elect.

A lockdown in Denmark began Friday as officials ordered millions of minks - farmed for their fur - to be destroyed after a mutated variation of COVID-19 was discovered on more than 200 farms in the region.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan urged Western nations Wednesday to desist from using freedom of speech as an "instrument" to hurt the feelings of Muslims, warning it will lead to more radicalization and violence.