Cultural artifacts are handed back to Indonesia during a ceremony in Leiden, Netherlands, Monday, July 10, 2023. The Netherlands and Indonesia on Monday have hailed the return of hundreds of cultural artifacts taken, sometimes by force, during colonial times as a major step forward in restitution efforts worldwide. Aleksandar Furtula/AP
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Why a Chinese ship's arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West
People welcoming China’s ship Yuan Wang 5 wave Chinese and Sri Lankan flags at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota International Port in Sri Lanka, Aug. 16. Ajith Perera/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ajith Perera/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images People welcoming China’s ship Yuan Wang 5 wave
In Sri Lanka, inflation means food shortages, blackouts — and days-long lines for gas
Police officers stand guard as people wait in queue to buy petrol at a fuel station, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 17, 2022. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption toggle caption Rafiq Maqbool/AP Police officers stand guard as people wait in queue to buy petrol at a fuel station, in Colombo, Sri
Sri Lanka Baila Star Sunil Perera is Dead at 68
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In the end, it was only appropriate that Sunil Perera, who had entertained generations of Sri Lankans on the radio and on the dance floor with his distinctive, Latin-fused tunes, would go out singing. On his deathbed at a hospital in the capital city of Colombo,