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(Colombo) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday agreed to step down next week, hours after he was forced to flee his crowded residence after mass protests in Colombo sparked by the catastrophic crisis that has gripped the country. Posted at 7:05 AM Updated at 2:04 PM. Amal Jiasingi France media agency “To ensure a peaceful transition, the president said he will step down on July 13,” Parliament Speaker Mahinda Abiordana said on television. Photo DINUKA LIYANAWATTE, Reuters archive Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Two of the president’s relatives resigned without delay: the head of the press service Sudewa Hitarachi…

A man with a knife injured four people in a famous hospital in Shanghai on Saturday, before security forces shot him and injured him after they managed to subdue him, police said. Police received requests for help from Ruijin Hospital, located in the center of China’s economic capital, at the end of the morning, and immediately dispatched agents. “Police quickly arrived at the scene and found a man holding a group of people hostage on the seventh floor of the hospital,” the police said in a statement. “When the suspect attempted to attack the hostages and the officers, the police…

(Washington) The US Tax Administration announced, Thursday, that it has requested an independent investigation into the extremely rare review of two of Donald Trump’s staunch enemies. Posted on July 7 Frankie Taggart France media agency James Comey, director of the FBI until his dismissal by Trump in 2017, and Andrew McCabe, James Comey’s deputy and interim surrogate, underwent a very thorough scrutiny of their tax returns when the Republican billionaire was still in the White House. Photo by Alex Brandon, linked press archives Andrew McCabe, former assistant to James Comey Only a few thousand Americans have to pass this scrutiny…

A plane made an emergency landing on a highway in western North Carolina on Thursday. The camera installed on the plane captured the entire scene of the unprecedented event. The pilot in question, Vincent Fraser, had difficulties with the aircraft, so he had no choice but to perform the difficult maneuver. The man got his pilot’s license last October and only had 100 hours of flying experience under his belt. At the time of the events, Vincent was with his father-in-law watching from the air his property located on the edge of Lake Fontana. The pilot explains how he reacted…

The US Tax Administration announced Thursday that it has requested an independent investigation into the extremely rare review of two of Donald Trump’s staunch enemies. James Comey, director of the FBI until his removal by Trump in 2017, and Andrew McCabe, James Comey’s deputy and interim successor, had a very thorough scrutiny of their tax returns when the Republican billionaire was still in the White House. . Only a few thousand Americans have to pass this scrutiny each year and are supposed to be chosen completely at random. How these two men, both enemies of the former president due to…

Paleontologists announced Thursday that they have discovered the remains of a new giant dinosaur in Argentina, distinguished by its massive head and small arms. Named Meraxes gigas – after a dragon in the Game of Thrones series – this carnivorous predator was discovered during four years of excavations in northern Argentine Patagonia. The skull was first found in 2012. “We won the lottery, and we discovered it on the first morning” of the excavation, explained Peter Makovicki of the University of Minnesota in the US. The skull measured more than 1.20 meters, and the animal more than ten meters, weighing…

Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Karachi) A baby goat with unusually long ears has become the social media star in Pakistan, with its owner claiming it has broken a record that may not exist. Posted at 9:52 Simba now lives a spoiled life in Karachi, where he was born last month. Since his birth is particularly long, his ears have grown even more since then, reaching 54 centimeters. Educator Muhammed Hassan Narijo says he contacted Guinness World Records to see if his son could succeed. Although the “longest ear of a goat” category does not currently appear on…

The White House announced Wednesday that Joe Biden’s director of communications, an early supporter of the US president, is leaving his post soon, in a marked four-month departure from the perilous midterm elections. • Read also: Biden is giving himself some rest in Ohio, surrounded by the working class he loves • Read also: Biden exchanges with wife of basketball star Britney Grenier, who is detained in Russia The US executive said Kingbein of Joe Biden’s campaign, who was then director of communications for Democratic President Kate Bedingfield, would leave the White House at the end of July “to spend…

The White House announced Wednesday that Joe Biden’s director of communications, an early supporter of the US president, is leaving his post soon, in a marked four-month departure from the perilous midterm elections. • Read also: Biden is giving himself some rest in Ohio, surrounded by the working class he loves • Read also: Biden exchanges with wife of basketball star Britney Grenier, who is detained in Russia • Read also: The release of Britney Greiner, imprisoned in Russia, is a “priority” for Biden The US executive said the Kingpin campaign led by Joe Biden, and then-Democratic president’s communications director,…

A dog reported missing has finally found its owner… after eight years on the run! It all started in early 2014, when bull Betsy DeHaan moved too far from her family home in Fort Myers, Florida. A few hours after the dog’s disappearance, the Betsy family begins a search for Harley’s place in the woods, to no avail. Then the Dahan family began installing posters with the inscription “The Lost Puppy” in the streets of the residential neighborhood. screenshot | CNN Despite the dog’s delicate microchip, locating the adventurous animal wasn’t enough. Eight years later, Betsy is no longer a…