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Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 11 December, as protesting farmers descend upon Westminster. Hundreds are expected to bring their tractors to the ...
In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States and Mexico, and a cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
Protests and food riots have occurred in more severely affected countries such as Iran, [1] Sri Lanka, [2] Sudan, [3] and Iraq. [32] There have also been riots and other forms of unrest due to food prices rising in Albania , [ 15 ] Kenya , [ 16 ] Indonesia , [ 33 ] Peru , [ 17 ] Ecuador , [ 34 ] Panama , [ 35 ] Argentina , [ 36 ] Tunisia , and ...
On the NFU battle bus as farmers take their fight over Labour’s tax raid to MPs. Farming body estimates 70,000 farms to be affected. Tuesday 19 November 2024 23:27, Athena Stavrou. The Country ...
Defra’s response to latest protest today. Wednesday 11 December 2024 09:40, Alex Ross. The protest comes as the Government publishes a report on Wednesday analysing the state of UK food security.
Between 2008 and 2009, major protests against the Sri Lankan civil war (often referred to as the Tamil protests by Western news media) took place in several countries around the world, urging national and world leaders and organisations to take action on bringing a unanimous cease fire to the Sri Lankan Civil War, which had taken place for twenty-six years. [1]
The protest comes as the Government faced intense criticism over the inheritance relief changes from farming leaders, tax experts and opposition MPs inside the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday.