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Global conflicts push Sri Lanka's economy to the brink

Sri Lanka was careening from crisis to crisis, then came the Mideast war. People say they've got no buffer left.

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Diaa Hadid
Diaa Hadid covers South Asia with a focus on India from NPR's bureau in Mumbai. It's a position she began in October 2023. She arrived there after spending six years in NPR's Islamabad bureau, where she covered Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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