Day: December 20, 2024
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman said Friday. Navy spokesman Gayan Wickramasuriya said fishermen had spotted the refugees, including 25 children and 30 women, off Sri Lanka’s northern coast o…
When the next US Congress is sworn in on Jan. 3, House Speaker Mike Johnson must stand for re-election – and it won’t be easy. Assuming no Democrat votes for Johnson, he will have almost no breathing room with which to work https://t.co/ROpvetUAok
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 20, 2024
Top diplomats from the Biden administration are in Damascus to meet new Syrian authorities led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a State Department spokesperson said, the first in-person and official meeting between Washington and Syria’s de-facto new rulers https://t.co/YxhophpqN2
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 20, 2024
Texas and Clemson meet for the first time in the College Football Playoff https://t.co/avQYXZt8rt
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 20, 2024