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Resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Sri Lankan president confirmed
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Sri Lanka's Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has formally announced Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as the country's president. Rajapaksa left the country on July 13 amid a severe economic crisis that sparked severe protests. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was named acting president. CGTN correspondent Ravinder Bawa has the latest in Colombo.

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