Ranil Wickremesinghe being sworn in as the new president of Sri Lanka by the Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the parliament, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo. - Reuters
COLOMBO (AP): Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president Thursday (July 21) to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he will remain in power amid an unprecedented economic crisis.
Sri Lankans have taken to the streets for months to demand their top leaders step down to take responsibility for economic chaos that has left the nation's 22 million people struggling with shortages of essentials, including medicine, fuel and food.
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