Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country to the Maldives on Wednesday, while hundreds of protesters stormed the prime minister’s compound and clashed with riot police in the streets. Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is now acting as the president in Rajapaksa’s absence, declared a nationwide emergency and clamped a curfew in the city and surrounding areas.
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