Sri Lanka strongman Gotabaya Rajapaksa set to become president after rival concedes...

With half the votes counted from Saturday’s election, Rajapaksa led with 50.7 percent, while his main rival Sajith Premadasa had 43.8 percent, the election commission said. Rajapaksa’s party claimed victory.

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