Sri Lankan asylum seeker who claimed he is gay faces being deported after judge rules he lied about being a drag queen

found 2025 › Feb › 11 (Tue) @ 16:41 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The 34-year-old also insisted he was gay and had attended gay nightclubs as part of his bid to avoid returning to the island country where same-sex acts are illegal.

‘Total chaos’: Monkey blamed for nationwide power cut in Sri Lanka

found 2025 › Feb › 10 (Mon) @ 10:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Energy minister says monkey ‘came into contact with grid transformer’, causing hours-long outage in sweltering heat

A countrywide power outage in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that clambered i…

Sri Lanka v Australia: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live

found 2025 › Feb › 08 (Sat) @ 07:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Updates from the third day of the match in Galle
Any thoughts? Email James

Gone! Steve Smith’s fantastic innings comes to an end and it takes a lovely ball to get rid of him. Pitching on off stump and …

Sri Lanka v Australia: second men’s cricket Test, day two – live

found 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 06:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Updates from the second day of the match in Galle
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94th over: Sri Lanka 245-9 (Kusal 73, Kumara 2) Kusal slog sweeps Kuhnemann for a couple at …

Sri Lanka v Australia: second men’s cricket Test, day one – live

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 07:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Updates from the opening day of the match in Galle
Cooper Connolly makes Test debut for Australia
India v England: first ODI – live | And mail James

2nd over: Sri Lanka 5-0 (Nissanka 4, Karunaratne 1) M…

British travel influencer, 24, died on 'holiday of a lifetime' in Sri Lanka after hostel staff 'fumigated room next door for bed bugs but failed to seal it off properly'

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 17:03 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ebony McIntosh, 24, from Derby, was just four days into her dream trip to the tropical island when she was rushed to hospital on Saturday along with other guests.

Tragedy as British travel influencer suddenly dies on 'holiday of a lifetime' in Sri Lanka after mystery illness sweeps through backpackers hostel

found 2025 › Feb › 05 (Wed) @ 12:14 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Ebony McIntosh, 24, from Derby, was just four days into her dream trip to the tropical island when she was rushed to hospital on Saturday along with other guests.

Usman Khawaja backs cricket journalist Peter Lalor after axing over Gaza social media posts

found 2025 › Feb › 04 (Tue) @ 07:19 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Veteran Peter Lalor taken off air by SEN during first Test in Sri Lanka
‘Standing up for the people of Gaza is not antisemitic,’ says Khawaja

The Australian opener Usman Khawaja has said the cricket wr…

Sri Lanka v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day three – live

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 06:27 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Updates from the third day of the first Test in Galle
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20th over: Sri Lanka 66-3 (Chandimal 26, Mendis 15) Usman Khawaja didn’t field yesterday due to cramp. Fair enough too af…

Sri Lanka v Australia: first men’s cricket Test, day two – live

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 12:08 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Updates from the second day of the first Test in Galle
Inglis hits century on debut as Khawaja makes double-ton
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84th over: Australia 334-2 (Khawaja 149, Smith 106) Peiris to Kh…