Sri Lanka protesters storm president’s residence and office in fury at economic meltdown

[ad_1] Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo stormed the president’s official residence and his secretariat on Saturday, amid months of mounting public anger over the country’s worst economic crisis in seven decades. Some protesters, holding Sri Lankan flags and helmets, broke into the president’s residence, video footage from a local TV news channel showed. Videos posted on social media showed demonstrators moving around inside the palace and swimming in the outdoor pool.…

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Sri Lanka arrests 67 suspected to be heading to Australia

[ad_1] COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s navy said Tuesday that it has arrested 67 people who it believes were trying to travel by sea to Australia illegally. The navy said in a statement that 12 men were arrested first near the port town of Trincomalee, 260 kilometres (160 miles) northeast of the capital Colombo on Monday and, upon questioning them, intercepted 55 more people travelling in a fishing vessel. It said the persons were…

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