The Coronavirus is wreaking havoc on the global economy with an estimated cost of up to $8.8tn. Japan, the world's third-biggest economy has shrunk at an annual pace of 3.4% in the first three months of 2020 and has fallen into recession for the first time since 2015. Japan did not go into ful...

The U.S. Space Force's mysterious X-37B space plane successfully launched on its sixth mystery mission from Florida yesterday (May 17). Riding atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, the clandestine craft blasted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The o...

COLOMBO (News 1st): More than 100 countries, including 50 African nations and all European Union member states, are backing a resolution calling for an independent probe into the Coronavirus pandemic. At least 116 countries have now signed up as co-sponsors of the draft motion calling for an inve...

Colombo (News 1st);  The petitions filed challenging the decision taken to hold the General Election on the 20th of June and intermediary petitions will be called up against at the Supreme Court tomorrow morning. Seven Fundamental Rights Petitions filed by several individuals challenging the deci...

Seven Fundamental Rights Petitions filed by several individuals challenging the decision taken by the Elections Commission to hold the General Election on the 20th of June is to be called up to today, to decide whether or not to take them up for consideration. The five-judge bench comprises of Ch...