PM doubles down on expiring COVID-19 subsidies, saying companies provide sick leave; accepts assurances Solomon Islands won’t host Chinese military base. Follow updates here.
Sri Lankan lawmakers will elect a new president within seven days, the parliament speaker said after he confirmed that embattled leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa had officially resigned.
The resignation and the selection of a new president could mark a turning point for the bankrupt country, which is negotiating a bailout with the International Monetary Fund and seeking dollars to pay for essential imports. Following a brief stop in the Indian Ocean archipelago, Rajapaksa on Thursday arrived in Singapore in what the city-state’s foreign ministry said was a private visit.
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