In politics for decades Sri Lankan parliament elects new president 20/07/2022, 11:17 Ranil Wickremesinghe is one of Sri Lanka’s most experienced politicians. Now he won the island nation’s presidential election and vowed to “lead the country out of crisis.” However,

Sri Lanka’s Parliament has elected Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new head of state. Parliamentary Secretary General Dhammika Dissanayake said in Colombo on Wednesday that he received 134 votes out of a total of 225 MPs. Two MPs abstained,

In the crisis-hit country of Sri Lanka, a large contingent of security forces stormed and dispersed the main anti-government protest camp in the capital, Colombo. When about 1,000 police and army officers were deployed on Friday evening, nine people were

In Delhi’s bustling teahouses, politics in Europe is usually not the topic of conversation. On the other hand, there are constant reports of the war in Ukraine, rising gas prices and pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to denounce Russia.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now almost the natural choice for higher caste Hindu voters. Post-election polls following the state election in Uttar Pradesh in the spring of this year showed that 89%(!) Brahmins, the priestly caste and

Home page political Made: 21/7/2022, 19:37 Split Ethnically belongs to a native of India: Droupadi Murmum. © Manish Swarup/AP/dpa Draupadi Murmu is the new President of India. The Native American and former teacher gets more than half of the state

The President of India is as powerful as Germany, like the Queen or King of Spain. In this position you don’t have to make political decisions – but you do have a say. Ministers can be reprimanded, bosses can be

Magdeburg (dpa/sa) – The number of foreigners having to leave the country has increased slightly in Saxony-Anhalt. According to the center list of foreigners, the current number is around 6,600, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Until the end of November

Lots of political experience, lots of criticism: demonstrators see Sri Lanka’s new President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, as an ally of the runaway president. Sri Lanka’s Parliament has elected Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new head of state. Parliamentary Secretary

Summit in Tehran Russian President Vladimir Putin (left), his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi (center) and Turkey’s head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo: dpa) Russia, Iran, Turkey: At first glance, these three countries seem to have little geopolitical or economic