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Friday, 28 May 2021 - 8:21 The Sri Lanka Postal Department has announced that pensions, farmers and fishermens pensions, elders allowances as well as those who have not received public assistance will be paid by the post offices today and tomorrow. Accordingly, those who wish to receive these allowances will be able to come to the Post Offices and obtain the relevant allowance using their Pension Identity Card, Fisheries Pension Identity Card, Identity Card issued for the payment of Elders and ...

Chinas securities regulator approves crude- and palm-oil trading Xinhua 29 May 2021, 03:18 GMT+10 BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) has given the green light to the trading of crude oil and palm oil options and approved the introduction of overseas investors in the trading, according to a CSRC announcement on Friday. Crude-oil trading will launch on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange starting from June 21. Palm-oil trading, in turn, will laun...

"Two-state solution" the only way forward in Middle East: Chinese envoy Xinhua 28 May 2021, 22:18 GMT+10 BEIJING, May 28 (Xinhua) -- A special Chinese envoy Thursday published an article on the situation between Palestine and Israel, calling for a resolution to the conflict as soon as possible and urging relevant parties to push forward the "two-state solution." Zhai Jun, the special envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue, published the article titled "Two-state solution is o...

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How Biden Should Handle Israel, Hamas and Iran | Opinion Pastor John Hagee , Founder and chairman, Christians United for Israel On 5/20/21 at 6:00 AM EDT To the great consternation of Palestinian human rights activists and the innocent Palestinian people living under Hamas rule in Gaza, terrorists, Europeans and the media are spreading a false narrative about the current conflict between Israel and Hamas. Bassam Eid, a well-respected Palestinian activist living in Jerusalem, ...

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 - 9:28 The two day debate on the Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill begins in Parliament today. The vote will be taken on the second day of the debate tomorrow at 4 pm. A special cabinet meeting was held yesterday afternoon to discuss the relevant bill. This was through zoom technology. The Speaker informed Parliament yesterday of the Supreme Court determination with regard to the bill. Full text of the SC determination The government said it would accept the Sup...

In the Middle East, Give War a Chance | Opinion Abraham Miller , Distinguished fellow, Haym Salomon Center On 5/19/21 at 6:30 AM EDT Only when it involves Jews can a simple real estate dispute precipitate a war and be turned into a symbol of ethnic cleansing. The property in the Jerusalem neighborhood long named after Simeon the Righteous was purchased by Jews in 1870. In 1948, Jordans military took over that part of eastern Jerusalem, ethnically cleansed the Jews and resettl...

Irish health department hit with ransomware attack Xinhua 18 May 2021, 04:32 GMT+10 Irelands Department of Health has been under a ransomware attack similar to that recently launched on the HSE. The NCSC said in a statement that it became aware on Thursday of an attempted cyber attack on the Department of . The NCSC is supporting the Department of Health in its response to this attempted cyber attack. DUBLIN, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Irelands Department of Health has been under a ransomware attack si...

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Palestinian Miscalculations Have Led to a New War | Opinion Shoshana Bryen , Senior Director, Jewish Policy Center On 5/12/21 at 6:30 AM EDT Things tend to run together in the Middle East. Right now, Sheikh Jarrah, Palestinian elections, the Hamas-Fatah civil war, the Abraham Accords, U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Iran sanctions, Jerusalem Day, the Meron tragedy, Israels electoral issues and American money and diplomacy are all tangled. If you arent ...