Lanarkshire MSP learns of challenges faced by hospice during pandemic

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal had tendered in his resignation to the President on Monday (4)In a tweet he said, he decided to resign following the resignation of all the Cabinet Ministers on Sunday (3).සියලු ඇමතිවරු ඉල්ලා අස්වීම් ලිපි බාරදී ඇති මේ අවස්ථාවේදී, මා සේවය කළ ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකු අධිපති තනතුරෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වීමේ ලිපිය මා විසින් අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිතුමාට යොමුකොට ඇත.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Protests have erupted across Sri Lanka since the weekend against the government’s failure to properly manage the economy and over the shortage of essentials.These protestors have been demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa leave and that his government also resign.On Monday (4), Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had offered to award ministerial positions to all political parties, urging them to come together to solve the crisis that has plagued the nation.His offer came a day after one of his former ministers, Wimal Weerawansa, proposed to form an all-party interim government to solve the crisis.On Sunday (3), one of the main political parties in the ruling coalition, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party warned that if a caretaker government is not appointed, all SLFP MPs would resign from their posts and remain independent in Parliament.However, late Sunday (3) night, Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers resigned en masse after protests over the government’s handling of the worst economic crisis in decades.Massive nationwide protests were planned via social media with ZERO political affiliation or support, and the government on Saturday (2) imposed a social media blackout that was lifted on Sunday (3) evening.However, the Public Emergency proclamation made by the President is still in effect.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa even issued an extraordinary gazette declaring that no person shall be on any public road, railway, public park, public recreation ground, or other public ground or the seashore in such areas, during the period of the curfew.However, protestors defied the curfew and took the streets on Sunday (3) to voice their anger and frustrations.Sunday (3) saw massive protests in several parts of the

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has appointed a new Cabinet of Ministers following the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers on Sunday (3) night.Minister of External Affairs : Professor G. L.

EasyJet has cancelled around 100 flights on Monday – including 62 from the UK – due to high levels of staff absence due to Covid.The budget airline claimed it had tried to offset the issue by using standby crew, but had to “make some cancellations in advance”.It comes as demand for airline travel skyrockets due to the beginning of the Easter school holidays.EasyJet claimed the cancellations only made up a small percentage of its Monday Schedule of around 1,645 flights.An EasyJet spokesperson, said: "Unfortunately it has been necessary to make some additional cancellations for today and tomorrow.“We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause."An EasyJet spokesperson confirmed that affected customers have been contacted.They have the option to either rebook an alternative flight or take a voucher or refund.The website adds: "If your flight is cancelled, there are several options available to you, which you can request quickly and easily by logging into Manage Bookings here on our website or via our easyJet App:EasyJet is one of Europes largest airline carriers.Airports are also struggling with staffing leading to long security and check-in queues.Passengers at Manchester Airport claims that long queues at check-in and security have caused some holidaymakers to miss their flight – and there have been long waits at the baggage reclaims carousels.Yesterday, traveller Donna Mayfield told the BBC that the experience was “horrendous” and another claimed to have seen both holidaymakers and staff members “in tears”.Manchester Airport apologised and noted that people’s experiences fell “below the standard” they aim for.A spokesperson commented: “Our whole industry is facing staff shortages and recruitment challenges at present,

As universal testing ended throughout the weekend, the NHS has updated its list of official Covid symptoms.

World leaders say it’s evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity: civilians were seemingly found bound and executed. Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister calls it a deliberate massacre, saying that Russia is trying to “eliminate as many Ukrainians as they can.” The horrific scene is drawing broad worldwide condemnation.

Airline EasyJet said it had been forced to cancel some flights to and from Britain after a new surge of Covid-19 left it facing higher than normal staff sickness levels.

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has appointed a new Cabinet of Ministers following the resignation of the Cabinet of Ministers on Sunday (3) night.Minister of External Affairs : Professor G. L.

COLOMBO (News 1st); President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has invited all political parties to join forces to find solutions to the current national crisis.In a statement, the President’s Media Division said that the present crisis has arisen due to economic and global concerns, and it is paramount to search for solutions within the democratic process of the country.The statement said that the President had invited all political parties to accept ministerial portfolios and work together to solve the national crisis.

Lateral Flow Tests are the quickest and easier way to test yourself for Covid-19 in the UK but the majority of universal free Covid testing was scrapped at the beginning of April.

wrote that it took her a while to get her thoughts together before sharing. "I love #WillSmith very much. @chrisrock didn’t deserve to be hit. Period," she wrote. "My heart aches for what has happened.

COVID tests have been conducted in the country so far, including 3,14,823 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, as per the ministry.

cat again.While living in Edmonton, their Siamese cat Kiki got out and never came home.“She’s always been such a great cat. She just wants you to pet her, anyone whose met her knows that you don’t want to lose this cat,” Antev said.For months, after the eight-year-old cat escaped, Antev said she and her and her family worked hard to try and find her.They put up signs, door-knocked, and handed out posters in their neighbourhood with zero success.“We put out food for her, we put out a trap, but we never caught anything — not her or anything else.”Almost a year after Kiki went missing, Antev and her family moved to Ontario.“We kind of almost gave up hope that we would find her at that point, we also had a lot of coyotes that lived in the neighborhood and we were really scared about that.”After the move, Antev said her husband tried to get her to change her phone number to an Ontario area code.Since it was the number listed on Kiki’s microchip however, she refused — holding out hope that one day Kiki would be found.Meanwhile, the missing cat had made her way to Hana Kadri’s home in Rapperswill — a new neighbourhood in the Castledowns area of northwest Edmonton, that’s less than a 10-minute drive away from where she went missing.After she saw the small cat on her backyard cameras, Kadri started leaving out food.“I was home so I would see her come eat, and she would come three times a day for food, so I posted on a local Facebook page to see if she belonged to anyone,” said Kadri.With the help of a neighbour, Kadri trapped Kiki and she was taken to the vet — where her microchip was scanned, and Antev was called.“Five years later I got a call from the vet saying ‘we have Kiki,’” she said.“I just started sobbing.

Grammys.The 64th Grammy Awards saw A-list musicians from a wide range of genres and countries hit the red carpet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday.From classic black-tie attire to bold statement pieces and unusual designs, many Hollywood celebrities caught the eyes of viewers, though not always for the right reasons.This year, the colour pink was everywhere on the carpet. From massive, frilly ballgowns to structured pantsuits, hot pink was the colour of choice for both men and women.Shiny and sheer fabrics reigned supreme as well, featured in designs from slip dresses to pastel-coloured men’s suits, elevating the 2022 Grammy’s fashion to the next, modern level.

Throughout the war, the Ukrainian military has been supported by the Territorial Defence Forces. More than 100,000 Ukrainian civilians who have volunteered to help with the fight In the Ukrainian capital have been busy digging trenches to help defend against the Russian advance.

The talks with the Pontiff concluded with an apology for the harms caused by church-run residential schools and a commitment to come to Canada. One of the delegates had hoped to highlight the problem of violence against missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two spirit people.

As his troops face stiff resistance in Ukraine, new intelligence suggests Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed about the invasion, because his advisers are scared to tell him the truth.

COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent, the ministry said.

Today we are reporting 10,205 community cases, 734 hospitalisations and 9 deaths.

CLEVELAND, OHIO: Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates during the fourth quarter against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) ((Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images))CLEVELAND - Joel Embiid had 44 points and 17 rebounds, James Harden recorded his second triple-double with Philadelphia and the 76ers locked up a playoff spot with a 112-108 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night.Embiid was questionable coming into the game with a sore ankle.

Bucha show an approximately 45-foot-long trench dug into the grounds of a church where a mass grave has been identified, a private U.S. company said on Sunday.

Justin and Hailey Bieber stepped out on Sunday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for the 64th annual GRAMMY Awards. The spouses only had eyes for each other as they walked the red carpet together, even sharing a kiss at one point.For the special event, Hailey opted for a cream strapless gown, and Justin sported an oversized grey suit, which he paired with a white T-shirt. The latter Bieber accessorized his look with a pink beanie, black sunglasses and platform shoes.The 28-year-old singer is nominated for a total of eight awards this year, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of the Year for his hit, «Peaches.» Prior to this year's show, Justin has won two GRAMMYs out of a total of 14 nominations.

EasyJet have caused travel chaos by cancelling around 100 flights scheduled for today (Monday April 4) due to Covid. The budget airline have made "some cancellations in advance" following an outbreak of the virus among staff, and have had to call on standby staff to prevent more.

Burger King logo is seen near the restaurant in Krakow, Poland on March 18, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A number of Burger King customers are taking the fast food chain to court, alleging "consumer fraud" as related to the company's sandwich ads.In a 26-page class-action complaint filed in the U.S.

Here are instructions from the IRS to file a 2018 tax return:Tax year 2018 returns must be filed with the IRS center listed on the last page of the current Form 1040 instructions PDF. Current and prior year tax forms (such as the tax year 2018 Form 1040, 1040-A and 1040-EZ) and instructions are available on the IRS.gov Forms and Publications page or by calling toll-free 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).

Co-host Berta Rojas speaks onstage during the 15th annual Latin GRAMMY Awards premiere ceremony at the Hollywood Theatre at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino on November 20, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/WireImage) CLEVELAND - A Grammy-nominated musician is asking for the public’s help after her guitar was stolen before a recent gig in Cleveland, Ohio, earlier this month. "To the person who just stole my guitar in Cleveland: please, return it back to me," Berta Rojas posted on her Instagram and Twitter pages.

MARK Wright has opened up to his fans about "wanting to feel better" after stepping back from his intensive fitness routine. The former The Only Way Is Essex star - who is a keen sportsman and runs personal training app LiveWright with his brother Josh - gave a health update to his Instagram following on Sunday. Mark, 35, detailed how he'd fallen off the wagon with his diet and exercise in the weeks after surgery to remove a tumour from his armpit.

PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Southwest Philadelphia, authorities say. According to investigators, the incident happened on the 6500 block of Lindbergh Boulevard at 4:52 p.m.Police say a 23-year-old man was shot seven times through the body. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:13 p.m., according to investigators. Police say one arrest has been made and no guns were recovered.

Ukraine on Sunday demanded crippling new sanctions on Russia from major Western powers over a “massacre” in a town near Kyiv as anger grew in Western capitals and Germany said that those responsible for war crimes should pay.Ukraine said on Saturday that its forces had retaken all areas around Kyiv. The mayor of Bucha, a liberated town 37 km (23 miles) northwest of the capital, said that 300 of its residents had been killed by the Russian army.Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for international war crimes investigators to visit the area to collect evidence and said Kyiv believed the killing of civilians was deliberate.

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Sri Lankan Cabinet of Ministers have decided to resign and have submitted their letters of resignation to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. However, Rajapaksa will continue to function as the Prime Minister, said Dinesh Gunwardena who was the Minister of Education until today (3). The Cabinet of Ministers can be viewed here : https://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/index.php/cabinet-ministers/

Ukrainian troops are finding brutalized bodies and widespread destruction in suburbs of the capital as Russian soldiers withdraw and Moscow focuses its attacks elsewhere, including missile strikes Sunday that targeted fuel and ammunition supplies in southern and eastern Ukraine.

Covid strain has been found in the UK – but boffins say it’s too early to say exactly how transmissible it really is.Top scientists at the UK Health Security Agency warned they were studying the new XE variant.They say it is a mutation of the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron strains, meaning it is a “recombinant” as it is a combination of two other viral sources.But experts currently don’t know if it is more transmissible than previous strains that have previously wreaked havoc across the UK.There were 637 cases with the XE strain in England as of March 22, the health agency said.It means it would make up just a small fraction of cases reported with the latest data showing almost 70,000 people in England were positive for the virus on April 2.The health agency said initial growth rates showed that XE was not dissimilar from BA.2, according to Wales Online.It added: "As this estimate has not remained consistent as new data have been added, it cannot yet be interpreted as an estimate of growth advantage for the recombinant."Numbers were too small for the XE recombinant to be analysed by region.”Top government boffin Sir Patrick Vallance admitted the next Covid variant could be worse than Omicron.He said it would be a “mistake” to think the more the virus evolves, the less deadly it would become. Stay in the loop with all the latest news from the Daily Star by signing up to one of our free newsletters here. Although Covid cases may have peaked, there will be more hospitalisations and deaths to come from this current wave, Sir Patrick added.He told MPs that despite the vaccination programmes success at preventing deaths, it was not a "credible" strategy to give people booster jabs every four months.But it isn’t all doom and gloom for

Philadelphia Police Cruiser PHILADELPHIA - A man is in critical condition after being shot multiple times overnight in Southwest Philadelphia, according to Philadelphia police. Police say the incident happened on S Redfield Street at 2:04 a.m.

COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated themselves.The man from the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules, is said to have received up to 90 shots against COVID-19 at vaccination centers in the eastern state of Saxony for months until criminal police caught him earlier this month, the German news agency dpa reported Sunday. N.Y.

PHILADELPHIA - TRENTON, N.J. - Two people were killed and at least four firefighters were injured in a three-alarm fire in Trenton on Saturday. Authorities say the fire broke out around 7 p.m. on the 800 block of Carteret Avenue. The four firefighters who were injured have been listed in stable condition, according to fire officials. According to the Trenton Fire Department, the home sustained massive damage. PHILADELPHIA - Sunday's conditions include morning showers and even flurries for some parts ahead of afternoon storms in the Delaware Valley. The late-afternoon storms will be spotty with some areas seeing hail. FOX 29's Drew Anderson says the storms will wrap up Sunday evening as the wind cranks up a bit making a chilly close to the weekend that only saw highs in the mid-50s. Temperatures in the mid-50s will continue throughout the week. Looking ahead, Monday will be the only dry day of the week with a tease of sun in the morning ahead of clouds. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: David McCormack #33 of the Kansas Jayhawks shoots the ball as Jermaine Samuels #23 of the Villanova Wildcats defends in the second half of the game during the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal.

ANI that new guidelines may be issued soon. He said the new guidelines may help in reducing the risk of getting infected with non-communicable chronic diseases like diabetes type two, coronary heart disease, heart attacks, stroke and also communicable diseases like COVID-19.

Miley Cyrus has tested positive for COVID-19, but she's not sweating the diagnosis.The «Party in the U.S.A.» singer took to Twitter on Friday and revealed that getting COVID comes with the territory as an artist who travels the world for performances and meeting fans. «Traveling around the world, playin for a 100,000 people a night and meeting hundreds of fans a day the chances of getting COVID are pretty high,» she wrote.

SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - Six people were killed and 10 injured in a mass shooting early Sunday as bars and nightclubs were closing in downtown Sacramento and police in California’s state capital were searching for at least one suspect.Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester said at a news conference that police were patrolling the area at about 2 a.m. when they heard gunfire. When they arrived at the scene, they found a large crowd gathered on the street and six people dead.

People get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Cannes Palace of Festivals and Conferences on January 13, 2021 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images) BERLIN (AP) - A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated themselves.The man from the eastern Germany city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules, is said to have received up to 90 shots against COVID-19 at vaccination centers in the eastern state of Saxony for months until criminal police caught him this month, the German news agency dpa reported Sunday.The suspect was not detained but is under investigation for unauthorized issuance of vaccination cards and document forgery, dpa reported.He was caught at a vaccination center in Eilenburg in Saxony when he showed up for a COVID-19 shot for the second day in a row.

Following weeks of constant bombardment, the outskirts of Kyiv have gone quiet as Ukrainian forces retake territory around the country’s capital. What’s left, though, is utter devastation.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon transportation leaders want to know how hundreds of stuffed animals ended up on the side of a highway, prompting jokes that it was similar to a scene from the movie "Toy Story.""This #ToyStory was found on SB I-5 at #BurnsideBridge," the Oregon Department of Transportation tweeted Wednesday. "We think they may have been on their way to Pizza Planet, but we're not exactly sure how they got there.

TRENTON, N.J. - Two people were killed and at least four firefighters were injured in a three-alarm fire in Trenton on Saturday. Authorities say the fire broke out around 7 p.m.

An Afghan farmer cuts into a poppy bulb to extract the sap, which will be used to make opium, in a field May 6, 2002 in the village of Markhanai in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban announced a ban Sunday on poppy production, even as farmers across the country began harvesting the bright red flower that produces the opium used to make heroin.The order warns farmers that their crops will be burned and they can be jailed if they proceed with the harvest.

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - APRIL 02: Paolo Banchero #5 of the Duke Blue Devils drives against Brady Manek #45 of the North Carolina Tar Heels in the second half of the game during the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal at Caesar NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will join Kansas for the NCAA Championship game after defeating its biggest rival Duke in the Final Four Saturday night.Kansas and Villanova waged a memorable 3-point shooting contest at the Final Four, one of them racing out to a big lead in the opening minutes and the other spending the rest of the night trying in vain to catch up.Probably sounds a little familiar.But in a rematch of a rout by the Wildcats four years ago in San Antonio, it was the Jayhawks joyously walking off the court at the final buzzer Saturday night. David McCormack muscled his way for 25 points, Ochai Agbaji was nearly perfect from the field and finished with 21, and the lone No.

OLIVIA Bowen has revealed painful-looking bruises on her arm as she reveals her blood tests are ongoing "throughout" her pregnancy. The former Love Island star, 28, is expecting her first tot with former co-star and now husband, Alex Bowen, with the couple opting to keep the gender unknown until they arrive.

Vladimir Putin bathes in antler blood because he believes it has health benefits including boosting male potency, reports claim.The Russian president has been a fan of the procedure since the mid-2000s and isn’t the only Kremlin official to enjoy the bizarre ritual.Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin is also said to soak in the rare liquid, which is extracted by painfully hacking off a deer's horns.Defence minister Sergei Shoigu introduced the alternative treatment to Putin who washed in a “bathtub containing an odorant extract from blood-filled deer antlers”.Although there is no evidence for the health benefits, the blood’s alleged impacts also include age reversal, bone and muscle strengthening, and even improvements to eyesight and hearing. It has been a tradition for hundreds of years in Russia and there is also evidence of it taking place in China and Korea.

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