{
  "id": 823272,
  "title": "Inching towards Zimbabwe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/inching-towards-zimbabwe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T23:55:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/inching-towards-zimbabwe/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Friday 14th August, 2026 A meeting between the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake ended inconclusively on Wednesday. The government is determined to proceed with the draft 22nd constitutional amendment (22A) to increase the mandatory retirement ages of the judges of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Court of Appeal […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}