World News wrap: Sri Lankan woman in Canada becomes world's oldest woman to receive a master's degree

87-year-old Varatha Shanmuganathan from Sri Lanka becomes oldest person to earn Master's Degree at York University - Canada.

Varatha Shanmuganathan from Sri Lanka becomes oldest person to earn Master's Degree at York University - Canada. Image Source: Provided by York University- Canada

Weekly most prominent world news highlights from SBS Sinhala Radio with the senior journalist and a foreign news analyst from AFP News, Mr. Amal Jayasinghe


Highlights

  • A surprising announcement from America and China on joining hands to save global warming
  • Hungry people in Afghanistan tend to sell children
  • Where did the thousands of refugees on the border between Poland and Belarus come from?
  • Sri Lankan woman in Canada becomes world's oldest woman to receive a master's degree

World's prominent news highlights in a few minutes - listen to SBS Si Sinhala Radio's weekly world News wrap on Friday


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