For readers of our European edition this week, the cover focuses on the heatwave and wildfires that have been ravaging the continent. Elsewhere, the spotlight shines on Sri Lanka’s popular protest movement and the expected election of a new president.
Less than 10 years ago, Sri Lanka was spoken of glowingly by global economists as the next “Asian Tiger”. Such forecasts seemed otherworldly this week as MPs elected a new president, in response to street protests that had forced the previous incumbent, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to flee the country and resign (in that order).
