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Men on a scooter ride past the burnt buses near Sri Lanka's former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's official residence 'Temple Trees', a day after they were torched by protesters in Colombo on May 10, 2022. Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images
Sri Lanka’s misery should serve as a warning to the rest of the world in dealing with the global food and fuel crisis, the United Nations said on July 7.
The cash-strapped country declared bankruptcy on Tuesday after months of severe fuel and food crisis. Sri Lanka has run out of gasoline, while millions of its people are in need of life-saving aid.