COLOMBO (News 1st) - A large sum of cash and jewellery have been stolen from several safes at a state bank in Thalawa Anuradhapura. Police media spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara stated that the thieves had entered the bank by breaching the back door. They had then cut open several safes to steal ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - 31 people were injured after an elephant ran amok during a perahera in Kahawatta. According to police the injured are currently receiving treatment at the Kahawatta and Rathnapura Hospitals. Reports stated that those injured are not in a serious condition. The group of cas...

Reuters - The Electoral authority in Oaxaca suspended the election in San Pedro Ozumacin, Oaxaca after two voting stations got burnt on Sunday (July 01), local media reported. According to local media, a voting station could not be installed at Huajapan de Leon, another Oaxacan community. In Guer...

Reuters - Three-time NBA champion LeBron James has agreed to a four-year $154 million contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, his agency said on Sunday (July 1). The 33-year-old forward leaves the Cleveland Cavaliers to join an iconic franchise that has won 16 NBA titles but is rebuilding after postin...

It was only a few years ago, that the founder and chief executive of the U.S. ice cream brand Halo Top, Justin Woolverton resorted to pleading with the supermarkets in the US for the sale of his reduced-calorie ice cream tubs. Halo Top saw a continuously threatening flat-lined sales preview when ...