HK protest song replaces China anthem at match

HONG KONG: The South Korean organisers of a rugby tournament have apologised for playing a song embraced by Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters as China’s national anthem, before the men’s finals between South Korea and Hong Kong in the second leg of the Asian Rugby Seven Series in Incheon on Sunday.

SL prez mentions debt restructuring talks with India COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickre -mesinghe, delivering his 2023 budget speech in parliament in his capacity as the finance minister, on Monday expressed hope that the debt restructuring talks with India and China would be successful as the crisis-hit island nation attempts to close a much-needed bailout package deal with the IMF.

Suspect in deadly Virginia shooting taken into custody OTTAWA: Officials said Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, the suspect in the shooting at the University of Virginia, US, that killed three members of the football team has been taken into custody. Two others were wounded in the shooting, which happened on a bus of students who were returning from a trip.