Sri Lankan President Has Agreed to Step Down, Officials Say - The New York Times

The news came after thousands of protesters, furious over his government’s inability to address crippling economic turmoil, descended on the capital and stormed his home.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose family has dominated politics in Sri Lanka for much of the past two decades, has agreed to resign after months of protests accusing him of runni… [+3720 chars]

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