Protesters force Sri Lankan President to announce resignation
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has succumbed to a people’s revolution and agreed to step down next week. The announcement by the country’s parliamentary speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana came hours after protesters stormed the President’s official residence to vent their anger over Sri Lanka’s severe economic crisis. Protesters later broke into Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe residence in the capital, Colombo …