Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as the interim president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid significant political turmoil and protests against economic mismanagement.
In History, Today on July 17
Today we explore events from the year 709 to the year 2022. Events span the globe, from the countries of Byzantine Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey), Turkey, Spanish Morocco, Ireland, England, Indonesia, Italy, France, Iraq, Spain, Sri Lanka, United States, Nigeria, Ukraine, Brazil, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, Scotland.