Sri Lanka updates: Protesters meet after Wickremesinghe victory

Sri Lanka's parliament has elected Prime Minister and Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe new president [File: Eranga Jayawardena/The Associated Press]

Sri Lanka’s parliamentarians have elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the island nation’s eighth president.
Legislators voted in a secret ballot on Wednesday on who would lead the country out of a deep political and economic crisis.