In recent days, police reported attacks in San Juan including the throwing of a war grenade into a nightclub, which with another nearby grenade attack left at least 15 injured.

Lawmakers voted in a new president on July 20 after his predecessor, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled a popular uprising against months of acute shortages of fuel, food and medicine.

Britain, which can struggle to maintain key transport services in extreme heat or the snow, has been put on a state of 'national emergency' as temperatures look to surpass the previous record of 38.7C recorded in 2019.

Wickremesinghe is one of the top contenders to take on the presidency full-time but protesters also want him gone, leading to the prospect of further unrest should he be elected.

The emergency gives sweeping powers to security forces to arrest and detain suspects for long periods without judicial supervision.

Police reported 62 people killed on Saturday alone, and another 14 on Friday.

The state of emergency, which allows officials to bypass bureaucracy and impose rules via decrees, was established on Jan 31, 2020.

He says the deaths of more than 900,000 Americans from Covid-19 emphasises the need to respond to the pandemic with 'the full capacity' of the federal government.

From more Covid-19 challenges to raging floods, MalaysiaNow captures some key events and moments that occurred throughout the year.

But he says it is still too early to announce the coalition's candidates.

He says this is to return the mandate to the people in the formation of a new state government.

This is the first state budget to be announced without being tabled in the state assembly, due to the ongoing state of emergency.