Lawmakers in Sri Lanka elected Ranil Wickremesinghe, a former prime minister and veteran politician, as their new president today. As The World’s Carolyn Beeler reports from the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, the choice comes with the risk of restarting unrest in the South Asian nation, which has fallen into economic collapse.
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