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Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as Sri Lanka’s next president
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRanil Wickremesinghe has been elected Sri Lanka’s new president after a parliament vote count on...
Sri Lanka president gets long-sought win, faces challenges
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSix times Sri Lanka's prime minister, President Ranil Wickremesinghe had long aspired to the...
Wickremesinghe, a wily political survivor, elected Sri Lanka's president
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -Ranil Wickremesinghe, a lawyer who served as Sri Lanka's prime minister a record...
Unpopular Sri Lankan prime minister is elected president, risking new turmoil
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRanil Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister of Sri Lanka, was elected president by lawmakers...
Sri Lankan prime minister sworn in as president after predecessor's resignation
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPrime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, greets Sri Lanka's chief justice during Wickremesinghe's...
After their president flees, Sri Lankans turn their anger on the prime minister
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPolice deploy tear gas as protesters storm the Sri Lankan prime minister's office in Colombo after...
Sri Lankan leaders agree to resign after protesters storm president's home, office
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lankan protesters demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil...
Sri Lanka's new president to appoint ally of ousted Rajapaksa as PM - sources
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCOLOMBO (Reuters) -New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted...
Protesters sombre after Wickremesinghe's win in Sri Lanka, but some vow to fight on
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSri Lanka's imposing presidential secretariat which was stormed by a sea of protesters in early...
Political vacuum besets Sri Lanka after toppling of president and prime minister
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProtesters look around and pose for photographs inside the Sri Lankan president's official residence...