IMF approves $206 mn aid to Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah
The International Monetary Fund said Friday that its board has approved $206 million in emergency…
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US halts green card lottery after MIT professor, Brown University killings
The Trump administration will suspend a green card lottery that allowed a man believed to…
Stocks advance as markets cheer weak inflation
Stock markets pushed higher on Friday as expectations for lower US interest rates continued to…
Three killed in Taipei metro attacks, suspect dead
Attacks at metro stations in Taipei on Friday involving smoke bombs and stabbings killed at…
Seven Colombian soldiers killed in guerrilla attack: army
Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group attacked a military base near Venezuela with drones and explosives, killing…
US Fed official says no urgency to cut rates, flags distorted data
A key US Federal Reserve official said Friday that he sees no need to rush…
Rome to charge visitors for access to Trevi Fountain
Tourists will have to pay a two-euro entrance fee to get close to Rome’s famous…
Poland president accuses Ukraine of not appreciating war support
Poland’s nationalist President Karol Nawrocki told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday that Ukrainians…
Russian journalist proposes to girlfriend during Putin’s TV marathon
Under the glittering lights of the Eiffel Tower, during a romantic walk on a tropical…
Stocks advance with focus on central banks, tech
Global stock markets mostly advanced on Friday as traders reacted to central bank activity and…