EU mission hails Sri Lanka’s 2024 presidential election as milestone in democracy The 2024 presidential election marked a significant milestone in Sri Lanka’s democratic journey and a renewal of political normalcy after a period of unprecedented turmoil, the European Union Election ... 01/17/2025 - 11:23 am | View Link
The leader of Sri Lanka navigates the China-India rivalry on a visit to Beijing Sri Lanka’s Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has held talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, one month after visiting India on his first overseas trip since winning election in ... 01/14/2025 - 11:49 pm | View Link
Israel job quota for SL terminated Foreign Employment Bureau chief Koshala Wickremasinha said yesterday that Sri Lanka lost the 10,000 job quota offered by Israel in the agriculture sector there due to the dispatching of unqualified ... 01/13/2025 - 5:06 pm | View Link
Steve Smith Vows To Complete Major Career Milestone Against Sri Lanka Which He Missed By 1 Run In Border-Gavaskar Trophy Steve Smith will lead Australia in the upcoming Sri Lanka series. The Aussies have already qualified for the World Test Championship 2025 final ... 01/9/2025 - 10:03 pm | View Link
Exploring VIBRANT Sri Lanka for the First Time (Colombo, Kandy & Ella) Sri Lanka is NOT what I expected! I'm so glad I got to spend an amazing few days exploring the southern half of this island paradise, visiting Colombo, Kandy and Ella. Here's a look at what I got up ... 01/6/2025 - 9:19 pm | View Link
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. EST today (5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. PST). After that, the Moon moves from Virgo into Libra.
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On Jan. 18, 1996, Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson after less than two years of marriage.
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Donald Trump is the biggest crybaby in the world. He now wants to punish Comcast because Seth Meyers made fun of him.
Imagine being one of those who voted for Trump because of “free speech”?♂️
— Republicans Against Trumpism (@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social) January 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Completely appropriate response, Seth:
SETH MEYERS: It has come to my attention that sometimes people who do not care for me get stuck watching my show.
At her Friday confirmation hearing as Trump’s pick for DHS secretary, Gov. Kristi Noem made rambling remarks suggesting she has good working relationships with her state’s tribes:
NOEM: I offered to train federal law enforcement officers, BIA officers, but also their tribal police in South Dakota, at no cost to our tribes.
Someone remind this pair of clowns that Trump and Melania didn't have the courtesy to attend Biden's inauguration. Watters was already being roasted for the hypocrisy after comments he made on his show this Wednesday about Michelle Obama refusing to attend Orange Julius' inauguration.
This Thursday Watters brought on Trumper Kid Rock to pile on and complain about how disrespectful the angry Black woman was being for not attending:
WATTERS: So is this your first inauguration?
ROCK: No.
Unsurprisingly, a corrupted politician will meet with another corrupted politician—birds of a feather and all of that. But thirsty grifter NYC Mayor Eric Adams might be hoping for a pardon from the convicted felon since he is facing a five-count federal indictment. And Adams is traveling to Mar-a-Lago at the taxpayers' expense.
Donald has previously expressed interest in pardoning Adams.