With their luggage missing, the youngsters entered the competition without their UAE jerseys - but what they didn't lack was the motivation to perform for the country
Sri Lanka's president-elect vowed on Wednesday to take tough action against anyone resorting to what he called the undemocratic means that led to his predecessor's ouster.
Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will not bow to violence after winning a parliamentary vote to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week.
"If you try to topple the government, occupy the president's office and the prime minister's office, that is not democracy, it is against the law," Wickremesinghe said after praying at a Buddhist temple in capital Colombo.
"We will deal with them firmly according to the law. We will not allow a minority of protesters to suppress the aspirations of the silent majority clamouring for a change in the political system."
Shortly after his election, he met with elite police and army units guarding the national parliament to thank them for defending key state symbols, his office said.
The overrunning of the presidential palace earlier this month by protesters against Rajapaksa's handling of the economy saw him flee the premises and then the country. He sent in his resignation from Singapore.
Wickremesinghe is widely seen as a proxy of the once powerful Rajapaksa family, but he denied that he was friends with them.
"I am not a friend of the Rajapaksas," he told reporters at the Gangaramaya temple. "I am a friend of the people."
The new leader earlier invited all political parties in parliament to join him in addressing the country's unprecedented economic crisis that has led to severe shortages of essentials such as food, fuel and medicines.
With their luggage missing, the youngsters entered the competition without their UAE jerseys - but what they didn't lack was the motivation to perform for the country
Apex court asked the lawyers to provide a copy of the apology advertisements without enlarging them, emphasising they should not need a microscope to read it
The yellow metal is supported by a revival in demand from Chinese consumers and healthy purchasing activity by central banks, expert says
The Lives and Livelihoods Fund is the largest multilateral fund of its kind in the Middle East
Stock market opened with modest gain on Wednesday marking third consecutive session in the upward gain
Union warned it could order several days of strike action over a busy May holiday weekend if its demands are not met
Humidity is set to rise during the night and into Thursday morning
Text messages, social media posts, chatroom messages, altered images, and videos are just a few avenues through which cyberbullying can occur