China has been vying to expand its influence in Sri Lanka, which sits along one of the busiest shipping routes in what India considers part of its strategic backyard.
“Its completely extraordinary that these appointments were kept secret by the Morrison government from the Australian people,” said current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
“Right now, I don’t even have a pencil for my children to start classes in September,” said Florena Delgado, who teaches first and fifth grades in Caracas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the country from New Delhi’s 17th century Mughal-era Red Fort, saying the world was looking for it to help resolve global issues.
A rash of the stores has taken over one of the top shopping streets in the British capital. The question confounding officials: Where did they come from?
The exercises are intended as a “resolute response and solemn deterrent against collusion and provocation between the U.S. and Taiwan,” Beijing's defense ministry said.
A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a bus parked near Jerusalem’s Western Wall leaving eight injured including five Americans. According to Israeli media, four of the five injured Americans came from the same New York family. After an hours-long manhunt, the shooter turned himself in; one of his relatives has also been arrested. The terror attack comes just a week after the Israelis and Palestinians agreed to a ceasefire. Today, the leader of Hamas, a Palestinian militant group praised the bus shooting.