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IMF urges Sri Lanka to tighten monetary policy, raise tax to address debt woes
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka must tighten monetary policy, raise tax and adopt flexible exchange rates to address its debt crisis,...
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New Zealand commits to three peacekeeping deployments
By By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Tuesday it had extended its commitment to three deployments...
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U.S. looks for closer ties to Brazil at a time of turmoil and war
BRASILIA (Reuters) - U.S. State Department officials held their first high-level talks with the Brazilian government since 2019 on Monday,...
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U.S. asset freezes worsen Afghan women’s suffering – U.N. experts
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States, as well as the Taliban authorities, is contributing to the suffering...
Read moreYemen’s Houthis release crew of seized Emirati cargo vessel -spokesman
(Reuters) -The Houthi movement that controls most of northern Yemen has released the crew of the United Arab Emirates cargo...
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On Ukraine visit, Blinken, Austin pledge return of U.S. diplomats, more security aid
By Simon Lewis SOUTHEASTERN POLAND (Reuters) -Washington's top diplomat and its defense chief used the first official U.S. visit to...
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Jordan’s king agreed with U.S. Biden on need to defuse Jerusalem tension – state media
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) -Jordan's King Abdullah agreed with U.S. President Joe Biden on the need to prevent a...
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Ukraine urges U.N. to be guarantor of safe corridor from Mariupol steel plant
By Max Hunder and Michelle Nichols (Reuters) -Ukraine denied on Monday reaching an agreement with Russia on evacuating civilians from...
Read moreYemen’s Houthis offer to release 200 prisoners before Muslim’s Eid al-Fitr – Al-Masirah TV
(Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement made a new offer to the United Nations that includes the release of 200...
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Ukrainian refugees dream of home in Orthodox Easter celebrations
By Pawel Florkiewicz, Michael Kahn and Riham Alkousaa WARSAW/PRAGUE/BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukrainian refugees filled churches across central Europe on Sunday...
Read moreDeath toll from migrant shipwrecks off Tunisia rises to 17
TUNIS (Reuters) - The death toll from several migrant shipwrecks off the Tunisian coast has risen to 17 people, a...
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U.N. chief Guterres heading to Turkey ahead of Moscow, Kyiv visits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Ankara before heading to Moscow next week to meet Russian...
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Russia renews Mariupol attack, missiles hit Odesa, Ukraine says
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Russia resumed its assault on the last Ukrainian defenders holed up in...
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World Bank readies Sri Lanka aid package, IMF calls loan talks ‘fruitful’
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday it held "fruitful technical discussions" with Sri...
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Argentina will not modify $45 billion debt with IMF -finance minister
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine economy minister Martin Guzman said late on Friday that a $45 billion debt deal with...
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Russia has resumed offensive against Ukrainian forces in Mariupol’s Azovstal -Ukrainian official
KYIV (Reuters) - Russian forces have resumed air strikes on and are trying to storm the Azovstal steel works where...
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U.N. chief to meet Putin and Zelenskiy next week
By Daphne Psaledakis (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Moscow next week to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin...
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Aid groups push to feed Yemen’s hungry millions during Ramadan ceasefire
HAJJAH/AL MAHRA, Yemen (Reuters) - A two-month ceasefire has given aid groups a chance to step up aid to Yemen's...
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World Bank, IMF, WTO leaders urge quick action on action plan to address food security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization and the World Bank on Friday called...
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Nerves fray, frustration grows in Shanghai’s lockdown purgatory
By Brenda Goh and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Stiffening resolve after three weeks of strict lockdown, authorities warned Shanghai's...
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