Ranil Wickremesinghe takes oath as new PM of crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Ranil Wickremesinghe, an opposition lawmaker, has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid political and economic crisis in the country. This comes days after former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa quit his post and went to an undisclosed location with his family amid protests in the island nation.