China launches final satellite in challenge to GPS
(UTV | COLOMBO) – China has successfully put into orbit the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 navigation system, further advancing the country as a major...
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Seattle to end police-free protest zone after shootings
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Seattle’s mayor has said the city plans to take back a district that is being occupied by armed protesters, after three...
WHO: The greatest threat is lack of solidarity
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said the “greatest threat we face now is not...
Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for Hajj over COVID-19
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Saudi Arabia has banned international visitors from making the Islamic pilgrimage, or Hajj, this year in a bid to control coronavirus....
Trump administration extends visa ban to non-immigrants
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The Trump administration on Monday extended a ban on green cards issued outside the United States until the end of the...
UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic
The UN has condemned continued attacks against Afghan health workers and facilities amid the spread of Covid-19. In a statement, the UN envoy to Afghanistan...
Somali soldiers end protest over unpaid salaries
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Soldiers in the Somali capital Mogadishu have ended their protest over unpaid salaries. They had blocked roads in the city on...
Coronavirus: UN condemns Afghan healthcare attacks amid pandemic
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The UN has condemned continued attacks against Afghan health workers and facilities amid the spread of Covid-19. In a statement, the...
Panama exhumes remains of 19 victims from 1989 US invasion
(UTV | COLOMBO) – The remains of 19 victims of the 1989 US invasion of Panama have been exhumed from a cemetery as part of...
Germany coronavirus: Extra police enforce German tower block quarantine
(UTV | COLOMBO) – Police reinforcements have been sent to maintain a coronavirus quarantine on a tower block in the German city of Goettingen after...