IMF and the government announced on Monday that the IMF board had approved the seventh and eighth assessments of Pakistan’s bailout programme. This will allow more than $1.1 billion to flow into the cash-strapped economy. The IMF agreed to extend the programme for one more year and increase funding by 720 million SDRs, which…
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Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister of Pakistan, said on Tuesday that General Qamar Javed Bajwa should not stay in office until the next round of elections. The leader of the PTI said that his only idea was to put off naming the army chief until…
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The official funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will take place on Tuesday. Tens of thousands of people, including people from more than 217 countries, territories, and international organisations, are expected to attend. After Shinzo Abe was killed on July 8, new police security rules were put in place. The service will…
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Magdalena Andersson, the leader of Sweden’s Social Democratic Party, resigned on Thursday after a right-wing coalition that included a nationalist, anti-immigration party won a narrow majority in parliament. Andersson met with Andreas Norlen, the leader of Sweden’s 349-member Riksdag, to tell him that she was leaving. Andersson will stay in his caretaking role until…
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Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister of Pakistan, said on Tuesday that General Qamar Javed Bajwa should not stay in office until the next round of elections. The leader of the PTI said that his only idea was to put off naming the army chief until…
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On Tuesday, the mayor of Paris said that the lights on the Eiffel Tower would soon be turned off more than an hour earlier at night. This is to save electricity as the European energy crisis gets worse because of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. As with the rest of France and Europe,…
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To help the cash-strapped country deal with the climate disaster, an emergency plan costing USD 160 million was launched. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to Pakistan next week for a show of support as the country and its millions of inhabitants deal with the aftermath of “epochal” amounts of rain and flooding. Secretary-General…
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A government report coming out on Wednesday says that in 2021, the U.S. life expectancy will drop for the second year in a row, by almost a year from 2020. Estimates show that the COVID-19 epidemic has cut the average life expectancy of Americans by almost three years in the first two years. The…
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IMF and the government announced on Monday that the IMF board had approved the seventh and eighth assessments of Pakistan’s bailout programme. This will allow more than $1.1 billion to flow into the cash-strapped economy. The IMF agreed to extend the programme for one more year and increase funding by 720 million SDRs, which…
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