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Sri Lanka limits Parliament sessions due to fuel crisis

Colombo, July 3 (UNI) Parliament sessions in Sri Lanka has been limited to three days this week due to the ongoing energy crisis in the island nation, media reports said on Sunday.
Daily Mirror reported citing Parliament media unit as saying that the Essential Public Services Act will be approved by Parliament without debate on Wednesday.
The House was expected to take up an adjournment debate on the current situation of the country that will be moved by the opposition on the same day, the report said.
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Washington, Jan 13 (UNI) US President Joe Biden has held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., during which they discussed trilateral maritime security, economic cooperation and China's alleged "dangerous and unlawful behavior" in the South China Sea, the White House said.

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Death toll rises to 11 in SW Pak coal mine collapse

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13 Jan 2025 | 11:44 AM

Islamabad, Jan. 13 (UNI) The death toll in coal mine collapse in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province has risen to 11, as rescuers retrieved more bodies of the trapped miners, the chief mines inspector of the province said on Sunday.

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13 Jan 2025 | 11:36 AM

Ottawa, Jan 13 (UNI) Canada will send 60 firefighters at the request of the United States to help extinguish the fires in California, Canadian Minister of Emergency Preparedness Harjit Sajjan said.

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224 cholera cases recorded in Angola with 18 deaths

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Luanda, Jan. 13 (UNI) Angola has registered 224 cholera cases as of 6 p.m. local time (1700 GMT) on Sunday, reported the Ministry of Health.

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Smuggler killed in clash with Jordanian border guards

13 Jan 2025 | 8:23 AM

Amman, Jan. 13 (UNI) The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said on Sunday that the border guards clashed at dawn with armed smugglers attempting to cross the kingdom's northern border, resulting in the death of one smuggler.

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