Tag: Political and civil unrest
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning president appoints his Cabinet after a resounding election win
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning president swore in a 21-member Cabinet on Monday after his party secured a two-thirds parliamentary...
A study says the global luxury goods market will shrink in 2025. Trump tariffs could make it worse
MILAN -- Global sales of personal luxury goods are forecast to shrink in 2025 for the first time since the Great Recession, according...
Germany's economy is in trouble. The government's collapse and Trump's return bring more risk
WARSAW, Poland -- WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The collapse of Germany's governing coalition and President-elect Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House...
Indonesia swears in Prabowo Subianto as the country's eighth president
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Prabowo Subianto was inaugurated Sunday as the eighth president of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation,...
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old guard
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the...
Sri Lankans vote in a presidential election that will decide how it recovers from economic crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lankans began voting Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country's recovery from...