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Meet the oldest-active cricket club in the US that has thrived in NYC for over 150 years

Today, the club boasts over 50 members hailing from India, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Ireland, England, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and the USA.

Luxury health resorts are pushing back against Ozempic mania

A look at five properties unafraid to help guests drop pounds, lose fat, whittle waistlines tighten tushes — no prescription peptides required.

Inside 55+ days of hell for Baltimore bridge vessel's crew members forced to stay aboard without cellphones

The 21 crew members stuck on the ship that caused the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse are reportedly having a “tough” time after not being able to leave the vessel for...

Race car in Sri Lanka veers into crowd, killing 7 people and injuring 20, officials say

A race car veered off the track during a competition in Sri Lanka on Sunday and rammed into a crowd of spectators and race officials, killing seven people and injuring...

Sri Lanka tourists narrowly escape elephant that broke into their van, stole sandwich in wild video

It’s not every day that you meet an elephant – and when you do, you don’t expect it to break into your van.

Doctors remove ‘world’s largest' kidney stone that's the size of a grapefruit

Doctors in Sri Lanka set a new Guinness World Record when they removed the world’s largest kidney stone from a retired soldier earlier this month.

Miss Sri Lanka New York blasts rumors about wild brawl after beauty pageant

The newly crowned Miss Sri Lanka New York said the contestants had "absolutely nothing to do with" the chaotic brawl at the pageant’s after-party.

Brawl erupts after NYC's first Miss Sri Lanka pageant

Things got ugly after a Staten Island beauty pageant when a caught-on-video brawl erupted between well-dressed partygoers.

Letters to the Editor — July 24, 2022

New York Post readers sound off about Trump vs. Biden in 2024, Rich Lowry’s column on Sri Lanka, Lenore Skenazy’s column on more freedom for kids and New York’s landlord-law...

Sri Lanka’s newly elected president sworn into office

But he easily won the secret ballot of lawmakers Wednesday to finish the term of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country after protesters stormed his residence last week...

Across the world, environmentalists leave only misery in their wake

The greens are rapidly making up ground on the socialists as the modern world’s foremost economic and social saboteurs.

Sri Lanka acting president declares emergency amid protests

The acting President of Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency amid ongoing protests.

Green food fight over farms will end in disaster

Just in time for the Ukraine war to hammer global supply, the insane green crusade is choosing its next target: food. 

Wickremesinghe becomes interim Sri Lankan president

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president.

Sri Lankan president flees country amid protests over economic crisis

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards fled the country Tuesday, days after protesters stormed his home and office amid a months-long economic crisis.

Tone-deaf, entitled Jill Biden and more commentary

Foreign desk: Behind Sri Lanka’s Protests The ouster of Sri Lanka’s president indicts the “conceits of the global elites more broadly,” argues Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill, calling into question both “climate-change...

Sri Lanka to get new president next week amid political and economic meltdown

Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new president on July 20 after protesters stormed the residences of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the prime minister, who have both offered to quit.

Sri Lanka president agrees to resign after protesters storm capital, official residences

Sri Lanka's president offered his resignation Saturday as protestors overran the capital and stormed the presidential palace and the private residence of the country's prime minister.

Home of Sri Lanka's prime minister set on fire by protesters after he agreed to resign

Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he was stepping aside to make way for an all-party government to take over the country in the wake of the protests over fuel and food...

Sri Lanka protesters, angered by economic meltdown, storm president's house

Military personnel and police at both locations were unable to hold back the crowd, as they chanted slogans asking President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down.