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Disaster tourism: Blackouts, shortages hit Sri Lanka recovery hopes
Tourism was crucial to the civil war-battered economy—its pandemic-enforced closure underlies the foreign exchange shortage that is the root cause of the current economic crisis
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'Hybrid immunity' gives best Covid-19 protection: Studies
After two years of a pandemic that has seen nearly 500 million people infected and billions vaccinated, the studies highlighted the importance of getting jabbed for those who have natural immunity after recovering from the disease
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UN starts task force to hold companies accountable to their climate targets
The UN group will draw up standards for measuring the credibility of claims by non-state groups—including cities and companies—that they are cutting the carbon emissions driving devastating climate change
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Sri Lanka steps up security as anger over crisis boils over
Hundreds of protesters tried to storm the president's home in a night of violence and anger at a dire economic crisis, as the South Asian nation reels from severe shortages of essentials, sharp price rises and crippling power cuts in its most painful downturn since independence in 1948
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Russia regrouping for 'powerful strikes', Zelensky warns
Russia meanwhile threatened to turn off its gas taps to Europe if payments are not made in rubles, as US President Joe Biden ordered a record release of strategic oil reserves to ease soaring US prices
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Explainer: What to know about aphasia, Bruce Willis' diagnosis
The news that film star Bruce Willis has retired from acting due to aphasia has shone a spotlight on the poorly understood communication disorder
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'Finally we can protect women': Japan's HPV vaccine battle
The percentage of teenage girls getting the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been close to zero since the country's 2013 decision not to promote the jab as panic erupted over alleged side effects amid misinformation and weak policy
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Russia economy to contract 10%, Ukraine's 20% due to war: EBRD
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused "the greatest supply shock" in 50 years, the European development bank said Thursday while predicting how the war will hammer both economies
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Axis Bank to buy out Citi India's consumer banking business for $1.6 bln
Deal will help Axis close the gap with peers HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, but the bank will face a steep challenge of retaining talent and clients in a tough business environment
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Sri Lankans stand, sweat and seethe as economy grinds to a halt
A critical lack of foreign currency has left the island nation unable to pay for vital imports, leading to dire shortages in everything from life-saving medicines to cement
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Palace of Versailles reopens room where French democracy was founded
The room was made in 1686 for Louis XIV to play Jeu de Paume—also known as "real tennis", an early version of the modern game. But more than a century later, it became the unlikely venue for a key moment of the French Revolution