Sri Lanka will issue a US$ 500 million international sovereign bond next year to roll over a maturing bond issued in 2009, a top central bank official has told Reuters on Monday.

Zambian President Michael Sata has died in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, reported The Hindu quoting three private Zambian media outlets to have said on Wednesday.

An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in Virginia. No injuries were reported following the first catastrophic launch in NASA’s commercial spaceflight effort, The Hindu reported.