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Violent clashes erupt as Sri Lanka plunges into crisis after PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid economic crisis

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2022

As per reports, Rajapaksa sent his resignation to his younger brother President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. While the government has appealed to its citizens to help in the crisis, many Sri Lankans also want the President to resign.

News Reports

Russian space chief threatens Elon Musk with consequences for supporting the Nazi Azov Battalion with his Starlink internet equipment

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2022

Russian space chief has threatened Elon Musk of consequences for helping Ukraine armed forces and Nazi Azov Battalion with internet connectivity via his company Starlink.

World

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau visits Ukraine a week after Russia allegedly captured Canadian Lieutenant-General in Ukraine

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2022

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has arrived in Ukraine to meet Ukrainian President Zelensky in the middle of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

Opinions

How Sadanand Dhume passed off a Turkish ethno-supremacist as just another international figure

Abhishek Banerjee - 8 May, 2022

Ozil is not your average “international figure” as Dhume and some others would like us to believe. This is a man infamous for being a supporter of Erdogan. The same Erdogan who is on warpath against India over Kashmir.

News Reports

Chinese workers and citizens in Pakistan feel insecure as they lose confidence in Pakistani security systems

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2022

Reportedly, many Chinese workers went back to their motherland after the Karachi University attack and it was being seen as equivalent to an exodus.

News Reports

As Pfizer releases more than 80000 pages on its Covid-19 vaccine, claims about it flood social media: Here are the facts

Raju Das - 7 May, 2022

Claims and facts about the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after the company released over 80000 pages on the vaccine

News Reports

Mac store owner describes encounter with drunk Hunter Biden: Here is why he ‘washed his hands’ after checking laptop with password ‘anlfck69’

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2022

John Paul Mac Isaac's upcoming book - "American Injustice: My Battle to Expose the Truth," which narrates what transpired on the night Isaac met Hunter Biden in April 2019.

World

Taliban supreme leader issues decree making ‘head-to-toe’ burqa mandatory for women

OpIndia Staff - 7 May, 2022

The latest decree will make the lives of the women even worse in Afghanistan under Taliban as they will be required to wear the all-covering chador at all times in public.

News Reports