Daily Archives: 09/24/2024


Sri Lanka’s new leader appoints cabinet ahead of expected snap polls 

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s new leftist president appointed his Cabinet Tuesday ahead of an expected snap parliamentary election as he prepares to renegotiate the bankrupt island nation’s unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout program.   Self-avowed Marxist Dissanayake of the People’s …


German economy expected to contract again in 2024, say sources 

Berlin — Germany’s leading economic institutes have downgraded their forecast for 2024 and now see Europe’s largest economy shrinking by 0.1%, people familiar with the figures from the autumn joint economic forecast told Reuters on Tuesday.  Germany’s economy was the weakest …