Will Sri Lanka debt deal solve its economic woes?

Published: July 2, 2024, 11:09 a.m.

From the BBC World Service: Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe is presenting lawmakers with a deal made by creditors after the country’s 2022 financial crisis,\xa0but the government is facing criticism over the agreement. Also: Samsung workers in South Korea are planning a strike. Then, David Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly \u2014\xa0the maker of popular weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound \u2014 says more needs to be done on global drug counterfeiting.