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The US government aims to launch its Indo-Pacific Economic Engagement Initiative around the time of President Joe Biden’s visit to Japan later in May, Japan’s envoy to the United States Koji Tomita said on Monday. “I expect the visit to also coincide with the official launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework initiative,” Tomita said during […]
The President of Sri Lanka is resigning, the Speaker of Parliament said
Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Getty/Kyodo) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has stepped down after fleeing to Singapore in the face of mass protests, the country’s parliament speaker said on Friday. Spokesman Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana said he accepted Rajapaksa’s resignation amid the country’s worst economic crisis since independence. Local media reported on Thursday that Rajapaksa had offered his […]