Japan s remote Izu islands south of Tokyo were hit by a small tsunami on Tuesday with no immediate reports of damage, after a magnitude-5.9 earthquake occurred near an unpopulated island farther south in the Pacific Ocean. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (12:02 PM)
The International Monetary Fund welcomed on Monday last week s announcement of an agreement in principle between Sri Lanka and a group of its international bondholders to restructure $12.5 billion in bonds, the fund said, adding it looks forward to working with newly elected president Anura Kumara Dissanayake. MORE..
24 Sep 2024 (9:32 AM)
Sri Lanka s dollar bonds slid as leftist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake s victory at the presidential election put the nation s bailout by the International Monetary Fund and debt deals at peril, the Bloomberg reported. MORE..
23 Sep 2024 (8:42 PM)