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Sri Lanka widens import ban as economic crisis persists
Sri Lanka widens import ban as economic crisis persists
World
by  AFP

Sri Lanka tightened import restrictions Wednesday with a ban on more than 300 additional items, as an economic crisis that has created months of shortages and toppled a president refuses to abate. The new bans come despite the central bank announcing last week that the foreign exchange shortage was easing thanks to better inflows.

Thai court to rule on embattled PM's fate
Thai court to rule on embattled PM's fate
World
by  AFP

Thailand's Constitutional Court is expected to announce on Wednesday whether it will consider a legal challenge that could see Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha thrown out of office. If the court agrees to hear the case, Prayut could be suspended and an acting prime minister appointed.

All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon
All systems go for Artemis 1 mission to Moon
World
by  AFP

Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the Artemis program is poised to take up the baton of lunar exploration with a test launch on Monday of NASA's most powerful rocket ever. A complete failure would be devastating for a program that is costing $4.1 billion per launch and is already running years behind schedule.

Hubble-bubble trouble: Hookah ban leaves Malians divided
Hubble-bubble trouble: Hookah ban leaves Malians divided
Africa
by  AFP

"Shisha-abana," exclaims Bilal, a grocer in Mali's capital Bamako, in the national language Bambara: "Shisha is finished." But it is also a secular nation that tolerates alcohol, even if consumption is limited to certain public places and most shops and restaurants do not serve it.