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Sri Lanka leader flees as protesters storm home
Sri Lanka leader flees as protesters storm home
by  AFP

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, stormed and overran the compound. The colonial-era state mansion is one of Sri Lanka's key symbols of state power and officials said Rajapaksa's departure raised questions as to whether he intended to remain in office.

'Relentless' Russian shelling in east Ukraine as US promises new aid
'Relentless' Russian shelling in east Ukraine as US promises new aid
by  AFP

Russian troops pursued their "relentless" shelling of Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Saturday, as the United States promised new military aid to Kyiv including powerful rocket launchers. "The entire frontline is under relentless shelling," the head of the Donetsk military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said in a Telegram message on Friday night.

Indonesian farmers pay price of foot and mouth outbreak before Eid sacrifice
Indonesian farmers pay price of foot and mouth outbreak before Eid sacrifice
by  AFP

Indonesian farmer Okky Pratama usually sells dozens of cattle for Eid al-Adha, making his biggest earnings around the Islamic day of sacrifice, but this year he has sold just five. Suharyanto said small farmers whose cattle were culled will receive up to 10 million rupiah ($666) in compensation -- well short of the thousands of dollars farmers earned from Eid sales last year.

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