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The Ministry of Finance officially started negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission on Monday, officially starting the third round of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme and the
U.S. President Donald Trump called his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, before another round of negotiations on Thursday (February 26, 2026) to end the invasion by Russia; both presidents announced on
The world-renowned Louvre museum in France is on the verge of a change in leadership after the resignation of its president, Laurence des Cars, on Tuesday, and there is even
On 25th February, the Integrated Operations Coordination Centre said that 17 suspected terrorists were “neutralised” and 33 criminals and their accomplices were also arrested in anti-terrorist and anti-crime raids that
Six individuals who are privy to negotiations say Iran is near making a deal with China to buy anti-ship cruise missiles, even as America sends a large naval force off
The government and the Fund said a team from the International Monetary Fund is in Kenya to discuss a new loan programme. Since the earlier lending programme of $3.6 billion
A global agreement with Iran intended to make the world secure from the proliferation of atomic weapons has come to a formal end, as Tehran declared the closure of the
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has resolved to award the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025 to Maria Corina Machado. She is being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her relentless
Emmanuel Macron has called in executives of some of his political parties in his office to demand they exhibit a sense of collective responsibility as he tries to find a
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has criticised the EU as committing “an obvious double standard” by upholding a minerals agreement with Rwanda to provide Europe’s high-tech industries while imposing
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi as its new president on 4th October setting the stage for her to become the nation’s first female
Burkina Faso reports it has turned down an offer from the administration of President Donald Trump to accept deportees from the US. The West African nation was asked if
The Ukrainian armed forces attacked a large Russian ammunition factory, oil terminal and weapons store on 6th October with long-range drones, officials reported. Kyiv dealt Moscow’s war machine another setback
Taiwan will step up the construction of a “Taiwan Shield” or “T-Dome” air defense system amid China’s military threat, its president said on 10th October. President Lai Ching-te also vowed
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has encouraged the history of North Korea’s ruling party as a great one in a speech prior to the 80th anniversary of its founding,
The U.S. military is coordinating plans to send up to 200 U.S. soldiers to Israel to augment stabilization in Gaza and the delivery of humanitarian aid and security support into
The clash between the Russian and Ukrainian sides is still fierce, and the Ukrainian side is still conducting specific missions aimed at hitting the Russian side. On 5th October, the
Five people have died and tens of thousands have lost electricity in Ukraine following heavy Russian missile and drone attacks overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has reported. Four members
After leftist activists suspected arson at a power station on Wednesday cut off tens of thousands of households in southwestern Berlin, the area was reconnected to the electricity grid on
According to a press release issued by the Nicosia Municipality, Nicosia has gained a significant international award, and it has been named as the European Best Destination in 2026 by
The event to open the doors of the richly decorated bronze doors of the basilica, and then to conduct the mass was the last part of a Catholic holy year
Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh has given consent in principle to the writing of a scientific dossier on the pho (rice noodle soup) and water puppetry as an intangible
The snowfall in France and the Netherlands on 5th January interrupted air, road, and rail traffic, with hundreds of flights being cancelled in the national capitals, trains in Amsterdam had
The call has been made to relevant government agencies and corporate organisations to come up with more funding aid to make the Miri Arts Festival (MAF) sustainable and grow into
The EU acted on 7th October to double tariffs on foreign steel – following the book of US President Donald Trump – to protect the bloc’s ailing sector from a
The financial guarantees EU members will presumably need to offer in the event of a reparation loan to Ukraine should not be included in the deficit and debt targets of
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on 9th October that Washington purchased Argentine pesos and concluded a $20 billion economic support program to assist in supporting the South American country’s
President Donald Trump announced on 10th October that he would implement new 100% tariffs on imports from China starting next month in response to what he called “aggressive” moves by
BHP is spending more than A$840 million in a chain of growth-facilitating projects at Olympic Dam, to deepen the pillars of underground mining productivity and keep constructing its world-class copper
Brazil’s lower house has passed an exemption of as much as 5,000 reais ($940) a month in income from taxation, double the current rate and an objective of President Luiz
The West African country of Burkina Faso has announced that a plot to assassinate the military leader of the country, Capt Ibrahim Traore, has been averted. The military officer overthrown
Major stock indices and oil prices increased on 5th January. Energy stocks rose, and investors responded calmly to the potential consequences of a U.S. attack that apprehended the Venezuelan president
Rebels allied to the Islamic State murdered at least 15 individuals in three villages in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in the Lubero territory on 2nd January, continuing the
US $4.6 billion (RM18.65billion) of electronics component investments in India have been given clearance as the Narendra Modi government tries to establish local supply chains and compete with China. Under
On 2nd January, a powerful earthquake hit southern Mexico, damaging roads and hospitals and temporarily halting the first press conference of the new year during which President Claudia Sheinbaum was
On 31st December, the Saudi Arabia National Debt Management center announced that it had completed the process of arranging a $13 billion, seven-year syndicated loan to fund power, water, and
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