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The Foreign Ministry said it was the 18th time that President Joe Biden’s administration had announced arms sales to the island. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States has approved the proposed sale of spare parts for fighter jets and radar systems as well as communications equipment to Taiwan, in deals valued at $385 […]
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Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka at the IMF speaks during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 23, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the third review of Sri Lanka’s $2.9 billion bailout on Saturday (November 23, 2024) but warned that the […]
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A view of the closing session at the United Nations COP16 nature summit in Cali, Colombia, November 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A UN nature summit agreed in Colombia on Saturday (November 2, 2024) on the creation of a fund to share the profits of digitally sequenced genetic data taken from animals and plants […]
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A view of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. File | Photo Credit: AP A Pakistan Parliamentary panel has approved a controversial Bill to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court from 17 to 25 despite its disapproval by the Opposition lawmakers who termed it an attempt to manipulate the judiciary. ‘The Supreme Court […]
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An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic works in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany. File photograph | Photo Credit: LUKAS BARTH The World Health Organization said on Monday, October 14 that it had approved Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, an age group considered […]
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