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By Alasdair Pal and Devjyot Ghoshal
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Rights group seeks arrest of former Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa in Singapore
By Alasdair Pal and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -A rights group documenting alleged abuses in Sri Lanka has filed a criminal complaint with Singapore's attorney general, seeking the arrest of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for his role in the South Asian nation's decades-long civil war. The International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) said Rajapaksa committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the civil war in 2009 when he was country's defence chief, according to a copy of the complaint seen by Reuters. The South Africa-based ITJP argued that based on universal juris...
Source: swissinfo.ch
Is it safe to travel while BA.5 spreads? Health experts weigh in.
Summer travel is booming, and while most pandemic-era restrictions in airports are gone, the coronavirus has more surprises in store. BA.5, the latest subvariant of omicron, is spreading rapidly, bec...
Source: theday.com
Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives, protesters storm prime minister's office
By Devjyot Ghoshal, Waruna Cudah Nimal Karunatilake and Uditha Jayasinghe
Source: globalbankingandfinance.com
COVID testing requirement to fly to the U.S. will be dropped
The Biden administration announced that it will drop the requirement for travelers coming to the United States by air to test negative for COVID-19 before departure.
Source: wfae.org