Rhea Mogul, Iqbal Athas and Rukshana Rizwie, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph Fri, 05 Jul 2024 12:56:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-logo-nwp-32x32.png Rhea Mogul, Iqbal Athas and Rukshana Rizwie, CNN, Author at newswatchplus.ph https://www.newswatchplus.ph 32 32 Sri Lankan Parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as President https://www.newswatchplus.ph/2022/07/20/sri-lankan-parliament-elects-ranil-wickremesinghe-as-president/ Wed, 20 Jul 2022 17:18:43 +0000 https://newswatchplus-staging.azurewebsites.net/?p= (CNN) — Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a move likely to anger protesters who have been demanding his removal from office for weeks. Wickremesinghe — a six-time former prime minister and key ally of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa — won a

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