Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa jets to Singapore, emails resignation

City-state says president has been granted entry but not asylum

MUNZA MUSHTAQ, Contributing writer

COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka slipped deeper into a leadership crisis on Thursday, compounding its economic woes, as self-exiled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew to Singapore before tendering his resignation.

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