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Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. A political vacuum continues in Sri Lanka with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters angry over the country's deep economic woes. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Before he fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday amid a crushing economic crisis, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the last of six members of the country's most influential family still clinging to power. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Sri Lanka™s opposition leader, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to œlisten to the people who are struggling through the island nation™s worst economic crisis and to hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters.In an interview with The Associated Press from his office in the capital, Sajith Premadasa said that if he wins the election in parliament, he would ensure that œan elective dictatorship never, ever occurs in Sri Lanka. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Indian and Canadian diplomats didn't directly address their countries' row over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader, but they obliquely underscored some key talking points as they addressed world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that the world must not “countenance that political convenience determines responses to terrorism, extremism and violence.” Canadian U.N. Ambassador Robert Rae, by turn, insisted that “we cannot bend the rules of state-to-state relations for political expediency." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sri Lankans celebrate as they react to early reports of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Embattled Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from demonstrators furious over the island nation™s economic collapse. He finally emailed his resignation Thursday, a day later than promised, according to an official. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Army soldiers stand guard at prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters retreated from government buildings they seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday, establishing a tenuous calm in a country in both economic meltdown and political limbo.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A man looks at the website of policybazaar website at a local insurance company office in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. A cybersecurity firm told the major Indian online insurance brokerage last month that critical vulnerabilities in the company™s internet-facing network could expose sensitive personal and financial data from its 11 million customers. CyberX9 followed the standard ethical-hacker playbook, giving the brokerage time to patch the flaws and inform authorities. A week later, publicly traded Policybazaar said it had been illegally breached but œno significant customer data was exposed. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) A woman shows her account at policybazaar app on her phone in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. A cybersecurity firm told the major Indian online insurance brokerage last month that critical vulnerabilities in the company™s internet-facing network could expose sensitive personal and financial data from its 11 million customers. CyberX9 followed the standard ethical-hacker playbook, giving the brokerage time to patch the flaws and inform authorities. A week later, publicly traded Policybazaar said it had been illegally breached but œno significant customer data was exposed. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Premadasa, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to œlisten to the people who are struggling through the island nation™s worst economic crisis and to hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Premadasa, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to œlisten to the people who are struggling through the island nation™s worst economic crisis and to hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, greets Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya during the oath-taking ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests over the country's economic collapse forced him from office. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana speaks during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Abeywardana says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned and Parliament will convene to choose a new leader after massive protests took over government buildings to force him out of office. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Sri Lanka™s president fled the country Wednesday, plunging a nation already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife left aboard an air force plane bound for the Maldives, and he made his prime minister the acting president in his absence. That appeared to only further roil passions in the island nation, which has been gripped for months by an economic meltdown that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani attends the "Invest Karnataka 2016 - Global Investors Meet" in Bangalore, India, Feb. 3, 2016. The embattled Indian billionaire called off his flagship company's $2.5 billion share share late Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, after a tumultuous week saw his conglomerate shed tens of billions of dollars in market value after claims of fraud from a U.S.-based short-selling firm. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File) NEW DELHI (AP) ” Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani called off his flagship company's $2.5 billion share share late Wednesday after a tumultuous week saw his conglomerate shed tens of billions of dollars in market value after claims of fraud from a U.S.-based short-selling firm. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEW DELHI (AP) ” Embattled Indian billionaire Gautam Adani called off his flagship company's $2.5 billion share share late Wednesday after a tumultuous week saw his conglomerate shed tens of billions of dollars in market value after claims of fraud from a U.S.-based short-selling firm. Citing a volatile market and an unprecedented situation, the Adani Group said in a statement it decided not to go ahead with its share sale ” which was preliminarily sold out as of Tuesday ” and will return the proceeds from the offering. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Sri Lanka™s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country™s economic crisis, has returned to the country after seven weeks. Rajapaksa flew into Colombo™s Bandaranaike international airport around midnight Friday from Bangkok via Singapore. On being welcomed by lawmakers in his party, Rajapaksa left the airport in a motorcade heavily guarded by armed soldiers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Protesters retreated from government buildings Thursday in Sri Lanka, restoring a tenuous calm to the economically crippled country, and the embattled president at last emailed the resignation that demonstrators have sought for months.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from protesters enraged by the island nation™s economic collapse. He emailed his resignation a day later than promised, according to an official. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEW DELHI (AP) ” At least 60 people died and many are feared injured after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river Sunday evening in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said.Authorities said the 19th-century, colonial-era bridge over the Machchu river in the state™s Morbi district collapsed because it could not handle the weight of the large crowd, as the Hindu festival season drew hundreds of people to the recently opened tourist attraction. The bridge had been closed for renovation for almost six months and was reopened just four days ago. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Premadasa, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to œlisten to the people who are struggling through the island nation™s worst economic crisis and to hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Premadasa, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to œlisten to the people who are struggling through the island nation™s worst economic crisis and to hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Sri Lanka™s former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country™s economic crisis, has returned to the country after seven weeks. Rajapaksa flew into Colombo™s Bandaranaike international airport around midnight Friday from Bangkok via Singapore. On July 13, the ousted leader, his wife and two bodyguards left aboard an air force plane for the Maldives, before traveling to Singapore from where he officially resigned. He flew to Thailand two weeks later. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Premadasa, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to œlisten to the people who are struggling through the island nation™s worst economic crisis and to hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Premadasa, who is seeking the presidency next week, vowed Friday to œlisten to the people who are struggling through the island nation™s worst economic crisis and to hold accountable the president who fled under pressure from protesters. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Family members receive the body of a victim of Sunday's plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. At least 69 of the 72 people aboard were killed, and officials believe the three missing are also dead. Rescuers combed through the debris, scattered down a 300-meter-deep (984-foot-deep) gorge, for them. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung) A man cries as he waits to receive the body of a victim of a plane crash, at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A police officer and a private security guard ask journalists to leave from the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Officials from India's Income Tax department began conducting searches Tuesday at the BBC's offices in the capital, New Delhi, three of the broadcaster's staff members told the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) Media personnel report standing outside a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Officials from India's Income Tax department began conducting searches Tuesday at the BBC's offices in the capital, New Delhi, three of the broadcaster's staff members told the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Sri Lanka™s president fled the country Wednesday, plunging a nation already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife left aboard an air force plane bound for the Maldives, and he made his prime minister the acting president in his absence. That appeared to only further roil passions in the island nation, which has been gripped for months by an economic meltdown that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sri Lankans celebrate as they react to early reports of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Embattled Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from demonstrators furious over the island nation™s economic collapse. He finally emailed his resignation Thursday, a day later than promised, according to an official. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Sri Lankan celebrate as they react to early reports of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Embattled Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from demonstrators furious over the island nation's economic collapse. He finally emailed his resignation Thursday, a day later than promised, according to an official. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sri Lankans celebrate as they react to early reports of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Embattled Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from demonstrators furious over the island nation™s economic collapse. He finally emailed his resignation Thursday, a day later than promised, according to an official. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Sri Lankan celebrate as they react to early reports of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Embattled Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from demonstrators furious over the island nation's economic collapse. He finally emailed his resignation Thursday, a day later than promised, according to an official. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE- Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani attends the "Invest Karnataka 2016 - Global Investors Meet" in Bangalore, India, Feb. 3, 2016. Asia™s richest man, Gautam Adani, made his vast fortune betting on coal as an energy hungry India grew swiftly after liberalizing its economy in the 1990s.He's now set his sights on becoming world's biggest renewable energy player, by 2030, adroitly aligning his investments with the government™s own priorities. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File) FILE- Adani group Chairman Gautam Adani speaks during the inauguration of the 9th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, India, Jan. 18, 2019. Asia™s richest man, Gautam Adani, made his vast fortune betting on coal as an energy hungry India grew swiftly after liberalizing its economy in the 1990s.He's now set his sights on becoming world's biggest renewable energy player, by 2030, adroitly aligning his investments with the government™s own priorities. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A police officer and a private security guard ask journalists to leave from the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Officials from India's Income Tax department began conducting searches Tuesday at the BBC's offices in the capital, New Delhi, three of the broadcaster's staff members told the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) Media personnel report standing outside a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Officials from India's Income Tax department began conducting searches Tuesday at the BBC's offices in the capital, New Delhi, three of the broadcaster's staff members told the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A man looks at the website of policybazaar website at a local insurance company office in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. A cybersecurity firm told the major Indian online insurance brokerage last month that critical vulnerabilities in the company™s internet-facing network could expose sensitive personal and financial data from its 11 million customers. CyberX9 followed the standard ethical-hacker playbook, giving the brokerage time to patch the flaws and inform authorities. A week later, publicly traded Policybazaar said it had been illegally breached but œno significant customer data was exposed. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) A woman shows her account at policybazaar app on her phone in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. A cybersecurity firm told the major Indian online insurance brokerage last month that critical vulnerabilities in the company™s internet-facing network could expose sensitive personal and financial data from its 11 million customers. CyberX9 followed the standard ethical-hacker playbook, giving the brokerage time to patch the flaws and inform authorities. A week later, publicly traded Policybazaar said it had been illegally breached but œno significant customer data was exposed. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sri Lankans celebrate as they react to early reports of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Embattled Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from demonstrators furious over the island nation™s economic collapse. He finally emailed his resignation Thursday, a day later than promised, according to an official. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Sri Lankan celebrate as they react to early reports of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Embattled Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from demonstrators furious over the island nation's economic collapse. He finally emailed his resignation Thursday, a day later than promised, according to an official. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Protesters, one carrying national flag, storm the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Rajapaksa fled on a military jet on Wednesday after angry protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas. Wickremesinghe quickly declared a nationwide state of emergency to counter swelling protests over the country's economic and political collapse. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters shout slogans before storming the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Sri Lanka™s president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office. (AP Photo/ Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A man cries as he waits to receive the body of a victim of a plane crash, at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung) A woman wails as she waits to receive the body of a relative, victim of a plane crash, at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe, right, greets Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya during the oath-taking ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests over the country's economic collapse forced him from office. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana speaks during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022. Abeywardana says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned and Parliament will convene to choose a new leader after massive protests took over government buildings to force him out of office. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) Search and rescue work is going on as a cable suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Narendra Modi appealed for peace during a Parliament debate Thursday, after opposition lawmakers had called for a no-confidence vote, accusing the prime minister of staying silent as a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in months of ethnic violence. Modi raised the conflict in Manipur state some 90 minutes into his speech in response to the no-confidence motion — and only as opposition lawmakers staged a walk-out in frustration. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) Search and rescue work is going on as a cable suspension bridge collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Sri Lanka's ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who returned home after seven weeks in exile following protests over economic hardships, could face legal action over forced disappearances of activists now that he has been stripped of constitutional immunity, a lawyer said Saturday. Rajapaksa flew to Colombo around midnight Friday from Thailand and was escorted under military guard to his new home in the capital. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BANGKOK (AP) ” U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrived Thursday in Thailand, where she plans to affirm America's commitment to Southeast Asia and drive home the message that the region can count on the United States. Harris' visit for a two-day Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit comes just after U.S. President Joe Biden attended a Southeast Asian summit in Cambodia and Group of 20 meetings in Indonesia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Empty vessels are tied up in a line to secure positions of a queue for buying kerosine oil outside a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan children play during a power cut in their neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Protesters, one carrying national flag, storm the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Rajapaksa fled on a military jet on Wednesday after angry protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas. Wickremesinghe quickly declared a nationwide state of emergency to counter swelling protests over the country's economic and political collapse. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters shout slogans before storming the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Sri Lanka™s president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office. (AP Photo/ Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at the inauguration of the revamped Central Vista Avenue at the India Gate in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Modi urged the country to shed its colonial ties in a ceremony to rename Rajpath, a boulevard that was once called Kingsway after King George V, Modi called it a "symbol of slavery" under the British Raj. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) FILE - Britain's Prince Charles, right, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the Science Museum in London, April 18, 2018. India, once the largest of Britain™s colonies that endured two centuries of imperial rule has moved on. Queen Elizabeth II™s death provoked sympathies from some while for a few others, it jogged memories of a bloody history under the British crown. Among most regular Indians, the news was met with an indifferent shrug. (Hannah McKay/Pool Photo via AP, File) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Gautam Adani speaks during the inauguration of Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor summit in Gandhinagar, India, Jan. 12, 2011. Embattled Indian billionaire Adani called off his flagship company's $2.5 billion share sale late Wednesday, Feb. 1. 2023, after a tumultuous week saw his conglomerate shed tens of billions of dollars in market value after claims of fraud from a U.S.-based short-selling firm. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) An autorickshaw driver waits for passengers in front of an Adani gas customer care centre in Ahmedabad, India, Feb. 2, 2023. Shares in Adani Enterprises tumbled 26% Thursday, while stock in six other Adani companies fell 5%-10%. Adani slid from being the world™s third richest man to the 13th as his fortune sank to $72 billion, according to Bloomberg™s Billionaire Index. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A police commando stands guard at the cabinet hall of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters began to retreat from government buildings they had seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday, establishing a tenuous calm in a country in both economic meltdown and political limbo. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters roll a carpet at the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. With the country sinking into political chaos, Rajapaksa and his wife fled to the Maldives on Wednesday aboard an air force jet. He made the prime minister acting president in his absence ” a move that further roiled passions among a public that blames Rajapaksa for an economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of food and fuel. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A police commando stands guard at the cabinet hall of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters began to retreat from government buildings they had seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday, establishing a tenuous calm in a country in both economic meltdown and political limbo. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters roll a carpet at the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. With the country sinking into political chaos, Rajapaksa and his wife fled to the Maldives on Wednesday aboard an air force jet. He made the prime minister acting president in his absence ” a move that further roiled passions among a public that blames Rajapaksa for an economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of food and fuel. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This grab from video released by Adani Enterprises Ltd. on Thursday, Feb.2, 2023 shows Indian billionaire Gautam Adani addressing investors from an unknown location. Losses for the troubled Adani Group, India's second-largest conglomerate, deepened on Friday as shares in its flagship company tumbled another 25%, extending over a week of declines that have wiped out tens of billions of dollars in market value. (Adani Enterprises Ltd. via AP) Signage of Adani's compressed natural gas station are displayed at company's outlet in Ahmedabad, India, Feb. 2, 2023. Losses for the troubled Adani Group, India's second-largest conglomerate, deepened on Friday as shares in its flagship company tumbled another 25%, extending over a week of declines that have wiped out tens of billions of dollars in market value. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Sri Lanka's prime minister was sworn in Friday as interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country™s economic collapse.Lawmakers were to convene Saturday to choose a new leader who would serve the remainder of Rajapaksa's term, which ends in 2024. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) ” Sri Lanka™s president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife left aboard an air force plane bound for the Maldives ” and he made his prime minister the acting president in his absence. That appeared to only further roil passions in the island nation, which has been gripped for months by an economic meltdown that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A police commando stands guard at the cabinet hall of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters began to retreat from government buildings they had seized and military troops reinforced security at the Parliament on Thursday, establishing a tenuous calm in a country in both economic meltdown and political limbo. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters roll a carpet at the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 14, 2022. With the country sinking into political chaos, Rajapaksa and his wife fled to the Maldives on Wednesday aboard an air force jet. He made the prime minister acting president in his absence ” a move that further roiled passions among a public that blames Rajapaksa for an economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of food and fuel. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A woman wails as she waits to receive the body of a relative, victim of a plane crash, at a hospital in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday as rescue workers resumed the search for six missing people a day after a plane to a tourist town crashed into a gorge while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 66 of the 72 people aboard in the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades. (AP Photo/Yunish Gurung) Nepalese rescue workers inspect wreckage at the site of a plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. Nepal began a national day of mourning Monday, a day after a plane crashed while attempting to land at a newly opened airport, killing at least 68 of the 72 people aboard. Rescue workers rappelled down a 300-meter (984 feet) gorge to continue the search. Two more bodies have been found Monday morning. (AP Photo/Krishna Mani Baral) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

FILE - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leaves after addressing parliament during the ceremonial inauguration of the session, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Jan. 3, 2020. The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, July 13, 2022, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis that triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File) FILE- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa sings the national anthem of Sri Lanka during the country's Independence Day celebration in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 4, 2022. The president of Sri Lanka fled the country early Wednesday, July 13, 2022, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis that triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, file) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEW DELHI (AP) ” Just hours before news of Queen Elizabeth II's death spread, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a fiery speech urging India to shed its colonial ties in a ceremony to rename a boulevard that once honored King George V. Rajpath, formerly called Kingsway, was a œsymbol of slavery under the British Raj, he said. Instead, under the newly named Kartavya Path that leads to the iconic India Gate, œa new history has been created, Modi beamed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEW DELHI (AP) — Relations between Canada and India have sunk to their lowest point in years as the two countries swap accusations and expel each other's diplomats over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader.Experts said it remains to be seen if it will create a lasting rift between the two U.S. allies, but it's nonetheless an awkward situation for Western countries seeking to woo New Delhi as a counterweight to China and win India’s cooperation on the Ukraine war. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A participant runs past signage at the venue of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC summit venue, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center, waves as he arrives to attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting during the APEC summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Diego Azubel/Pool Photo via AP) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Protesters, one carrying national flag, storm the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Rajapaksa fled on a military jet on Wednesday after angry protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas. Wickremesinghe quickly declared a nationwide state of emergency to counter swelling protests over the country's economic and political collapse. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters shout slogans before storming the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Sri Lanka™s president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office. (AP Photo/ Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

NEW DELHI (AP) ” Indian billionaire Gautam Adani grinned as he posed this week for photos with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu after acquiring one of the country's main ports, in Haifa. œI promise you that in the years to come, we will transform the skyline we see around us, said Adani, his manner upbeat even as his business empire was losing billions. Investors have been dumping Adani shares for more than a week after U.S. short-selling firm Hindenburg Research put out a report alleging his businesses have engaged in fraud and stock price manipulation. The Adani group have denied this. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]