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Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives, protesters storm the prime minister’s office

President Rajapaksa flees hours before the planned resignation Protesters are demanding the removal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Wickremesinghe declares an emergency, retreats shortly after COLOMBO, July 13 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the Maldives on Wednesday amid a popular uprising sparked by an economic collapse, which apparently ended nearly two decades …

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Live updates: Sri Lankan president flees, deepening leadership crisis

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in Colombo in February. Credit … Dinuka Liyanawatte / Reuters COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday after months of protests demanding he leave the post that culminated in protesters storming his official residence. Rajapaksa took off on an Air Force plane …

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The president of Sri Lanka is leaving the country after mass protests forced him to resign

Rajapaksa and his wife flew to Male, Maldives, on an AN32 troop transport plane from the Sri Lankan Air Force, the official said. Local air traffic control rejected the request to land the plane until the intervention of Maldives Parliament Speaker Majlis and former President Mohamed Nasheed, according to the official. CNN has contacted Nasheed …

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The protests interrupt the tenth stage of the Tour de France before Court Nielsen comes to victory

Senior Tour de France officials dragged climate change protesters into a ditch during the tenth stage of this year’s race from Morzine to the Megeve plateau. Despite being chained to their necks, a small group of young protesters were dragged off the race route by tourist officers. About 36 kilometers from the finish, on a …

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