REUTERS: Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic defeated American Steve Johnson 6-4 7-6(4) in a hard-fought match under the lights. The 31-year-old Serb is searching for his first Cincinnati Masters title after five finals. Swiss Stan Wawrinka dug deep and ultimately prevailed 6-2 4-6 6-3 against t...

REUTERS: China expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition on Tuesday to the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019 which includes negative content on China. China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the statement after U.S. President Donald Trump signe...

REUTERS: A number of people were injured after a car collided with security barriers outside London's parliament building on Tuesday (August 14) and a man who drove the vehicle was arrested, police said. "The male driver of the car was detained by officers at the scene. A number of pedestrians ha...

Colombo (News1st) - News 1st reported on Monday (Aug. 13th) how Indian clinical waste had washed up on the Puttalam shore. Clinical waste could be seen on a 10km stretch of the oast from Udappuwa to Thoduwawa. The Marine Environment Protection Authority and several other institutions inspected th...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The Department of Forest Conservation plans on planting around 2 million saplings within the year. Director general of the Department, Anura Hathurusinghe noted that they have undertaken this plan in accordance with the President's instructions. Hathurusinghe also noted th...