An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team has concluded discussions with Sri Lankan authorities on the country’s seventh review under its Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement and the 2026 Article IV Consultation,
Pakistan is emerging as an unexpected diplomatic player in efforts to de-escalate the ongoing war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran, positioning itself as a potential mediator at a time when
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Leonid Radvinsky, the Ukrainian-American entrepreneur who turned OnlyFans into a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 43 after a prolonged battle with cancer. His death, confirmed by parent company Fenix
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Senior US lawmakers have called for an immediate suspension of export licences allowing Nvidia to ship advanced artificial intelligence chips overseas, following revelations of a major smuggling operation routing sensitive technology to
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SoftBank is preparing to commit an additional $30 billion to OpenAI, pushing its self-imposed borrowing limits and heightening investor unease over its exposure to artificial intelligence. According to the Financial Times, the
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Italians have rejected Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s proposal to reform the judiciary, delivering a setback to her government less than a year before the next national election. Final Interior Ministry results show
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A Democratic-backed proposal aimed at fast-tracking separate funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) failed in the U.S. Senate on Saturday, deepening the country’s airport security crisis. The measure, which sought to
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The “Our America” flotilla pressed forward on Monday, carrying more than 30 tons of humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba, highlighting growing international concern over the humanitarian crisis fueled by U.S. economic
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Khiam, the last Shiite-majority town on the road leading to northeastern Lebanon, has once again become a flashpoint in a long-running conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. For its residents, many of whom
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Nestlé, the world’s largest bottled water company, is on trial in eastern France over allegations that it illegally dumped hundreds of thousands of cubic meters of plastic bottles, contaminating soils and water
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The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran has sent jet fuel prices soaring to unprecedented levels, doubling the cost of sorties and transforming the economics of the Israeli Air Force’s operations. With
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China plans to increase the amount of capital approved domestic investors can channel into overseas assets, signaling a significant loosening of its long-standing restrictions on cross-border capital flows. Authorities are preparing a
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country has enough energy supplies to meet domestic demand despite the escalating conflict in Iran, warning that the Middle East war poses unprecedented challenges for
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Global bond markets have experienced a dramatic selloff in March, losing more than $2.5 trillion in value as the escalating conflict between the United States and Iran fuels fears of stagflation, according
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President Donald Trump claimed yesterday that Washington and Tehran have engaged in “very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East,” signaling a
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President Donald Trump has announced a five‑day pause on planned strikes targeting Iranian energy facilities. The White House described the decision as a move following “productive and constructive conversations” with Iranian representatives,
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