tags - Sinar Daily

Disenchantment with Joe Biden runs deep inside his own camp, with a New York Times poll released Monday showing that 64 percent of Democratic voters would prefer another candidate in 2024.

Acute shortages of food and fuel, alongside lengthy electricity blackouts, have led to months of widespread anti-government demonstrations calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks alongside US President Joe Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris at an event celebrating Jackson's confirmation to the US Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 8. Photo: AFP FILE PIX

Moody’s Analytics says runaway inflation or decrease in value of money and increase in cost of living are at the heart of monetary tightening moves, while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is smashing the global economy’s already snarled supply chains.

Police officers inspect a road in Rambukkana on April 20, 2022, a day after police killed an anti-government demonstrator while dispersing a protest against the high fuel prices and to demand President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation over the worsening economic crisis.- AFP

Photo Source: Thomas Fann