International Affairs

Nurse Kathe Olmstead prepares a shot as the world's biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway, July 27, 2020, in Binghamton, New York.

At least 10 people have died after drinking alcohol-based sanitiser after liquor shops were closed in a village in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

GENEVA (Reuters): The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned against complacency about new coronavirus transmission in the northern hemisphere summer, saying that this virus did not behave like influenza that tended to follow seasonal trends.

නව්‍ය කොරෝනා වෛරසය පාලනය කිරීම සඳහා ලබන ඔක්තෝම්බර් මාසයේදී නව එන්නතක් හදුන්වාදී, දැවැන්ත එන්නත්කරණ ව්‍යාපාරයක් කි‍්‍රයාත්මක කිරීමට රුසියාව සූදානම් වනවා.

Hong Kong’s top leader, Carrie Lam, announced Friday that the city’s September legislative election would be postponed for a year, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The decision dealt a blow to the pro-democracy camp, which was widely expected to score a victory in the election.

Sri Lanka is to send a high-level team for the Russian Army-2020 defense forum next month, Defence Ministry confirmed.

Defence Secretary Maj. Gen. (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne said historical relationship between China and Sri Lanka had been growing on the mutual trust built on pillars of political, economic, cultural, educational and most importantly in defence over the years.

China says it is trying its best to help Sri Lanka overcome the coronavirus pandemic and would continue supporting the island country.

කොරෝනා වෛරසයේ ව්‍යාප්තිය තවදුරටත් සිදු වුවද වාර්ෂික හජ් වන්දනාව අද සිට ආරම්භ කිරීමට සෞදි අරාබිය පියවර ගෙන තිබෙනවා. කෙසේවෙතත් මක්කමදී හජ් වන්දනාවද ආරම්භ වූයේ දැඩි සෞඛ්‍ය මාර්ගෝපදේශ යටතේවීමද විශේෂත්වයක්.

At least 86 people have died in recent days as a result of drinking illegally-made alcohol, officials in the northern Indian state of Punjab say.

Kuwait has included Sri Lanka in the list of countries whose nationals won’t be allowed to enter the State. Others on the list include Bangladesh, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Iran and Nepal. Kuwait’s cabinet yesterday said it will allow citizens and residents to travel to and from the country, starting 1 August.

The ongoing Indian aided Work Plan related Sri Lanka Agricultural Research and Education has been extended till December 2020, Indian High Commission announced.

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa on Saturday surpassed 500,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing more than 50% of all reported coronavirus infections in Africa's 54 countries.

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump says he does not want to wait “weeks, months or even years” for the results of this November’s election because of problems he predicts will occur with mailed-in ballots.

ISLAMABAD - The United Nations has commended Pakistan’s gains in the fight against the coronavirus but warned complacency during the coming Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha could lead to a new surge in cases.

India and Sri Lanka have resolved to address security concerns to ensure peace and security in the region.

A leading diaspora group has called on the Tamil community to protect the hard-won gains of the past.

WASHINGTON - The United States and Australia said Tuesday they will expand military cooperation as tensions soar with China, presenting a common front between the allies.