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Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp
Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp
by  AFP

Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital, evicting activists in a nighttime assault that raised international concern. In a statement, police said: "Police and security forces acted to clear protesters occupying the Presidential Secretariat, the main gate and the surroundings.

Five months on, anger and despair prevail in Donbas
Five months on, anger and despair prevail in Donbas
by  AFP

Fatigue, despair and anger are prevalent in eastern Ukraine after five months of what volunteer humanitarian aid worker Oleksiy Yukov calls "a war without mercy that has gone crazy". A woman in Bakhmut on the frontline points at journalists, her face tense with anger, calling them "harbingers of misfortune" in the ruins of her pharmacy, destroyed by a missile she thinks was Ukrainian.

Asian markets mostly rise after Wall St rally, euro dips
Asian markets mostly rise after Wall St rally, euro dips
by  AFP

Asian markets rose Friday following a third straight rally on Wall Street, as below-par US data eased expectations for a sharper pace of interest rate hikes. Still, Asian markets were on course to end the week on a positive note.

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