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Sri Lanka facing humanitarian disaster amid civil unrest as economic crisis deepens

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Protests continued in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on April 6, 2022, as demonstrators called for the resignation of the country’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country’s economic crisis. Dozens of lawmakers walked out of Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition on April 5, leaving his government in a minority. The country’s doctors and clergy also took to the streets,…

Supply chain crisis: US businesses struggling to keep doors open

Across the US and around the world, businesses are struggling to keep their doors open. Prices, pushed up by the pandemic, are being driven higher by supply problems. Now the war in Ukraine has made things worse. Al Jazeera’s @John Hendren reports from Chicago, United States. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera –…

Can the dire economic crisis in Sri Lanka be solved? | Inside Story

Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades. The country’s usable foreign currency reserves have plunged below one billion dollars, limiting its ability to repay loans. Over the weekend, the government imposed a curfew after violent demonstrations broke out. Protesters are angry over unprecedented shortages of food, fuel and medicines. And some are calling for the president to step…

Struggling Sri Lankan fishermen in need of fuel as economic crisis worsens

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Sri Lankan government announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts starting on March 31, 2022. This comes as the country reels under its worst economic outlook since gaining independence in 1948, with rolling blackouts, soaring food prices and fuel shortages the norm. The crisis has left many fishermen moored at harbour, short of fuel and unable…

Ukraine crisis: Are arms sales on the rise? | Counting the Cost

Since the end of World War II, there has been relative peace across much of Europe. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has alerted the continent that its stability is not guaranteed. Many European countries are now reassessing their defence policies and there have even been calls for a European Union army. Several governments have already increased their military budgets – some of them significantly. Germany…

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