Donald Trump kicked off a fresh legal and political battle Friday by signing executive orders targeting birthright citizenship, a move that will almost certainly face immediate court challenges and sets up a constitutional clash over the 14th Amendment. That news was balanced by a pair of setbacks for the former president: a federal appeals court blocked his $400 million White House ballroom renovation project, and his effort to fire a sitting Federal Reserve governor appears headed for a fight. In a lighter Washington note, Trump's push to modernize Dulles Airport is drawing bipartisan praise for the first tangible infrastructure win of his current term.
Across South Asia, two different kinds of upheaval. Sri Lankan authorities confirmed that unrest at the Kuruwita, Pallansena, and Magazine prisons left three inmates dead and more than 50 injured before security forces regained control. President Dissanayake chaired an emergency review of safety protocols across all 33 prisons. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's textile and apparel sector took a major blow as Hela Apparel Holdings filed for winding up, a collapse that extends to its operations in Kenya and threatens thousands of jobs in an industry already under pressure from global demand shifts. India and Sri Lanka did launch a new textile trade forum this week, but
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දක්ෂිණ අධිවේගී මාර්ගයේ ගැලනිගම ප්රදේශයේ රථ වාහන තදබදයක් ඇතිව තිබෙනවා. සිදුවන නඩත්තු කටයුත්තක් නිසා එක් මංතීරුවක පමණක් වාහන ධාවනය සිදු කිරීම සහ වාහනයක් කාර්මික දෝෂයකට ලක්වීම හේතුවෙන් මෙලෙස රථ වාහන තදබදයක් හටගෙන ඇති බවයි...
Hamas said on August 8 it remained ready to proceed with a US-backed Gaza peace plan and urged pressure on Israel, which insists it did not agree to the latest part of the deal. Hamas informed US President Donald...
Iran said on Saturday that a deal with Oman on control of the Strait of Hormuz was close but would not be enough to free up the waterway, and the United Arab Emirates said Iran had hit another ship there. A U. S...
Every morning, 71-year-old Ren Daqing heads to a community clinic near his home in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, not for medicine, but for exercise. Heart disease once made Ren wary of physical activity. Today,...
The unrest that arose within the Dalupotha Pallansena prison was completely controlled by now, the Prison Department announced. During the incident, all necessary measures were immediately taken to ensure the security...
The Department of Meteorology issues a warning notice on strong winds and rough sea areas. The notice forecasts that strong winds of about 40 to 50 kilometres per hour can occur in the North Central, North Western,...
News Published 59 seconds ago on August 8, 2026 The Petroleum Dealers’ Association says it is scheduled to establish its Western Province branch tomorrow (09). The association said the branch was being established as a...
News Published 1 minute ago on August 8, 2026 The Petroleum Dealers’ Association says it is scheduled to establish its Western Province branch tomorrow (09). The association said the branch was being established as a...
News Published 26 seconds ago on August 8, 2026 The Petroleum Dealers’ Association says it is scheduled to establish its Western Province branch tomorrow (09). The association said the branch was being established as a...
Police Headquarters has taken steps to transfer several senior police officers, subject to the approval of the National Police Commission. Accordingly, Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (SDIG) Kithsiri Jayalath,...
නවතා දමා තිබූ කුවේටය සහ කොළඹ අතර ශ්රී ලංකන් ගුවන් සේවා අද (08) පස්වරුවේ සිට යළි ආරම්භ කරන බව සිවිල් ගුවන් සේවා අධිකාරිය පවසනවා.මැදපෙරදිග අර්බුදකාරී තත්ත්වය නිසා එම ගුවන් ගමන් තාවකාලිකව නවතා දමා තිබුණා. මැදපෙරදිග...
වෛද්යවරයෙකු නොමැති වීම හේතුවෙන් අනුරාධපුර ගම්බිරිගස්වැව ප්රාථමික වෛද්ය සත්කාර ඒකකය වැසී යාමේ අවදානමක් පවතින බව ප්රදේශවාසීන් පවසනවා. වාට්ටු දෙකකින් සහ වෛද්ය නිල නිවසක් ඇතුළු සියලු පහසුකම්වලින් සමන්විත මෙම රෝහලට...
Recently, an internet meme about cuddling with winter melons to cool down during sleep as a cheap alternative to air-conditioners has swept Chinese social media platforms, but experts warn the fruit may come with a risk...
A 49-year-old woman has been arrested in Singapore over her alleged role in promoting an investment scheme linked to the Fun Coffee platform, which authorities said resembles a pyramid-selling scheme. In a media release...
Sixteen people suffered burn injuries during the Torch Festival at a village in Xuanwei, in China’s Yunnan province, on August 6, according to a notice released by the Information Office of the People’s Government of...
Thirteen days after Hannah Stephenson stayed a night in a Travelodge hotel, she is still itching with red lumps over her body - a nightmare she would not wish on her "worst enemy". The 31-year-old from Bassingbourn had...
Brazil's central bank said on Friday that some cryptocurrency transfers will have to be delayed by up to 24 hours under new anti-fraud rules. The central bank said the move reflects the growing use of virtual assets,...
Data centre Switch did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the Bloomberg report. Reuters could not independently verify the report. firm Switch filed confidentially for a U. S. initial public...
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche has been confirmed as US attorney general - the nation's top law enforcement official. Blanche won confirmation in a 50-49 vote, with Republican Senators...
Turkiye is restricting commercial ship traffic into the Black Sea, according to sources familiar with the matter, following growing concern from the government after an uptick in Russian and Ukrainian attacks on vessels...
SriLankan Airline flights between Kuwait and Colombo, which were suspended, resume from this afternoon, the Civil Aviation Authority announced. The flights were temporarily suspended due to the Middle Eastern war...
ගෝල්ඩන් ග්ලෝබ් සහ එමී සම්මානලාභී ප්රකට හොලිවුඩ් නිළි සහ 'බිම්බෝම්බ උපදේශක කණ්ඩායමේ' තානාපතිවරියක වන රොසමන්ඩ් පයික් (Rosamund Pike) ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සංචාරයක නිරතව සිටිනවා. පසුගිය වසර 17 තුළ ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ බිම්බෝම්බ...
රටතුළ ජාතික ආරක්ෂාව දැනටමත් උපරිමයෙන් තහවුරු කර ඇති බවත්, වර්ථමානයේ රජයේ අවධානය යොමුව ඇත්තේ මහජන ආරක්ෂාව තහවුරු කිරීම කෙරෙහි බවත් ආරක්ෂක නියෝජ්ය අමාත්ය අරුණ ජයසේකර පවසනවා. බන්ධනාගාර ගැටුම සම්බන්ධව නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යවරයා...
බන්ධනාගාර ඇතුළත ගැටුම් ඇතිකර බලය ලබා ගැනීමට විපක්ෂයට ඉඩ නොතබන බව ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී දේවානන්ද සුරවීර පවසනවා.බන්ධනාගාර ගැටුම් පිළිබඳව මාධ්ය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමින් මන්ත්රීවරයා වැඩිදුරටත් පවසා...
වසරේ මේ දක්වා කාලය තුළ මෙරටින් වාර්තා වූ සමස්ත ඩෙංගු රෝගීන් සංඛ්යාව 89,033ක් බව ජාතික ඩෙංගු මර්දන ඒකකය පවසනවා.මේ මාසයේ මුල් දින 07 තුළ පමණක් රෝගීන් 3686 දෙනෙකු වාර්තා වී ඇති බවයි ජාතික ඩෙංගු මර්දන ඒකකය සඳහන් කළේ.පසුගිය...
Tokyo Cement Group reported a turnover of Rs. 15,836 million and Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 635 million for the first quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared with a turnover of Rs. 12,544 million and PAT of Rs. 668...
Africa’s largest economies are accelerating plans to build more domestic solar manufacturing capacity, a shift industry analysts say reflects both industrial ambition and growing unease over dependence on imports from...
A fire at the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region has been extinguished, local authorities said on Saturday, adding that it had been caused by debris from a Ukrainian drone. Ukraine's general staff...
A Fijian rugby player with a Japanese professional team has died after being taken to hospital with “symptoms consistent with severe heatstroke”, Saimoni Vunilagi’s club said on Aug 8. Second-division side Kyushu KV...
Two drones were spotted above a military base in western Germany late on Thursday, two days after an explosive-laden drone was found near a runway at Leipzig/Halle Airport in the east of the country, authorities said...
National security is secured to the maximum, and the government's attention is currently focused on securing public security, Deputy Minister of Defence Aruna Jayasekara said. The Deputy Minister commented while...
The total number of dengue patients reported in the country during this year so far is 89,033, the National Dengue Control Unit pointed out. Within the first 07 days in August, 3,686 patients were reported, the unit...
දළුපොත පල්ලන්සේන බන්ධනාගාරය තුළ ඇති වූ නොසන්සුන්කාරී තත්ත්වය මේ වන විට සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම පාලනය කර ඇති බව බන්ධනාගාර දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව නිවේදනය කරනවා. එම සිද්ධිය අතරතුර බන්ධනාගාරයේ ආරක්ෂාව තහවුරු කිරීම සඳහා අවශ්ය සියලුම...
තද සුළං සහ රළු මුහුදු ප්රදේශ පිළිබඳව අනතුරු ඇඟවීමේ නිවේදනයක් කාලගුණ විද්යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව විසින් නිකුත් කර තිබෙනවා. උතුරු මැද, වයඹ, සබරගමුව, මධ්යම සහ දකුණු පළාත් සහ ත්රිකුණාමලය දිස්ත්රික්කය සදහා නිකුත් කර ඇති එම...
Trio of Radisson Hotels successfully launched Business Growth Week (BGW) 2026 with a Kick-off session held on Monday, 3rd August 2026, at ON14 Rooftop Bar, Radisson Hotel Colombo. Running from 3rd to 7th August 2026,...
Katseye vocalist Sophia Laforteza has announced she will temporarily step away from the popular girl group over mental health concerns. The departure comes less than six months after fellow bandmate Manon Bannerman said...