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Year: 2022

Sri Lanka’s former President has stepped down — but larger problems loom for the crisis-hit country

By Jessie Yeung, Iqbal Athas and Kunal Sehgal, CNN Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country earlier this week, has formally resigned, the parliamentary speaker confirmed Friday, capping off a chaotic 72-hours in the crisis-hit nation that saw protesters storm the capital. The President’s departure from office marks a major victory for the

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‘People are afraid.’ Buffalo supermarket reopens as fear and trauma still grip community

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Garnell Whitfield is still suffering the trauma of losing his mother to racist violence at a Buffalo supermarket. Whitfield said the mass shootings that followed and Republican lawmakers’ refusal to support significantly stricter gun laws have made it even harder to cope. He also worries many elected officials and religious

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