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Pakistan to share budget details with IMF to unlock funds, finance minister says

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday the country will share its upcoming budget details with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to unlock stalled funds.

May 29, 2023 7:37 am
 

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Britain says border e-gates back in service after outage sparked delays

Britain’s automated border control gates have returned to normal operation, the Home Office said on Saturday, after a nationwide system issue caused major delays.

May 28, 2023 4:04 pm
 

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China's Wuhan finance regulator urges hundreds of firms to repay debt, local media report

The financial regulator of China’s Wuhan city publicly exposed 259 firms with debt to the government and urged them to immediately pay up, local media reported on Saturday.

May 28, 2023 3:03 pm
 

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Erdogan positioned to extend rule in Turkey runoff election

Turks vote on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and intensify Turkey’s increasingly authoritarian path, muscular foreign policy and unorthodox economic governance.

May 28, 2023 2:53 pm
 

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Biden, McCarthy have tentative US debt ceiling deal

U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a months-long stalemate.

May 28, 2023 1:36 pm
 

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Avalanche kills 11 members of nomadic tribe in northern Pakistan

At least 11 people died after an avalanche hit members of a nomadic tribe as they crossed a mountainous area in northern Pakistan, the country’s disaster management agency said on Saturday.

May 28, 2023 8:04 am
 

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Russian forces intercept two British Storm Shadow missiles, defence ministry says

Russian forces intercepted two long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles supplied to Ukraine by Britain, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday.

May 28, 2023 7:02 am
 

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Separatists in Indonesia's Papua threaten to shoot NZ hostage if denied talks

Rebels in Indonesia’s Papua region threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if countries do not comply with their demand to start independence talks within two months, a new video released by the group on Friday showed.

May 27, 2023 4:21 pm
 

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Sudan army calls on ex-soldiers to re-enlist, sporadic fighting persists

Sudan’s army called on Friday for reservists and retired soldiers to re-enlist amid a deadly conflict with a rival paramilitary and asked the United Nations to change its envoy to the country.

May 27, 2023 3:19 pm
 

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Failure to back Ukraine would send signal to China about taking Taiwan, Sen. Graham says

If the United States fails to back Ukraine enough in the war against Russia, that would send a signal to China that it could take Taiwan, a senior Senator said on a visit to Kyiv on Friday.

May 27, 2023 12:02 pm
 

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South Korea detains passenger after Asiana plane door opened mid-air

South Korean police on Friday detained a man who opened a door of an Asiana Airlines (020560.KS) plane minutes before it was due to land in the city of Daegu, causing panic among the passengers, officials said.

May 27, 2023 11:01 am
 

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More time for debt-ceiling deal as U.S. pushes back possible default date

Democratic and Republican negotiators on Friday got more time to reach a deal to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the government was likely to run out of money to pay its bills on June 5, giving four days more breathing room than her prior forecast.

May 27, 2023 10:34 am

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