Sri Lanka Crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe Returns As PM, Protests Continue

Sri Lanka's veteran political leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed the next Prime Minister of the crisis-hit island nation by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

from NDTV News - Special https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ranil-wickremesinghe-appointed-sri-lankas-new-prime-minister-2969938

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