IMF funds will help avert a potential default and pave the way for more aid from other institutions, friendly nations. Pakistan has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund, a milestone that would pave the way for the release of an additional $1.2 billion in loans and unlock…
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives in Singapore after fleeing Sri Lanka amid protests over an economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a letter of resignation to the speaker of Sri Lanka’s parliament, a spokesperson for the speaker said, hours after he fled to Singapore. The announcement triggered jubilation in the commercial…
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Heathrow Airport has told airlines to stop selling summer tickets, as the UK’s biggest airport struggles to cope with the rebound in air travel. The airport is limiting the number of passengers who can depart each day over the peak summer months to 100,000, 4,000 fewer than currently scheduled. The…
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Japan has witnessed an extraordinary outpouring of grief and sadness for former prime minister Shinzo Abe who was assassinated in the city of Nara on Friday. The country has seen nothing like it since the death of Emperor Hirohito in 1989. Abe, the country’s longest serving post-war prime minister, inspired…
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Protesters occupying government buildings say they will remain until the president and PM step down. Following months of economic, political, and social turbulence in Sri Lanka, thousands of protesters stormed key government buildings in the capital Colombo on Saturday, including the official residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Protesters later set…
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The price of airline tickets will go up “without doubt” as fuel costs rise, an air industry boss has warned. Oil prices have jumped as economies recover from the Covid pandemic and due to the war in Ukraine. These costs will be passed on to consumers, Willie Walsh, director general…
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New Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina said she “did not know” how to celebrate her “shocking” victory over Ons Jabeur in the final. Rybakina beat the Tunisian third seed 3-6 6-2 6-2 to become Kazakhstan’s first Grand Slam singles champion. The 23-year-old is known for not celebrating victories and simply raised her right…
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This is the horrifying moment former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe was shot dead during a political rally Friday. Eyewitness videos posted online show the 67-year-old political giant calmly giving a campaign speech in the western city of Nara when a cloud of smoke emerges after the boom of an initial shot. Abe and…
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For the past 10 days, India’s leading fact-checker and journalist Mohammed Zubair, who recently spotlighted the ruling party spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial comments against the Prophet Muhammad, has spent most of his time shuttling between prisons and courts. Since his arrest, he has been moved around by the police in…
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Police say suspect bore a grudge against a ‘specific organisation’ and believed Abe was part of it. The suspected killer of Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admitted targeting the politician and said he held a grudge against an organisation he believed Abe was connected to, police have said. Senior…
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