IMF AND WORLD BANK MUST HELP COUNTRIES ON THE BRINK

Sun 28 August 2022: The IMF and the World Bank nudged the relatively closed countries towards greater capital account liberalisation over the last few decades, sometimes pushing them using stern conditionality. Now, when higher interest rates in advanced economies are sucking capital out of developing economies, these influential International Financial Institutions (IFIs) have a responsibility to act. […]

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6 MORE GRAIN SHIPS LEAVE UKRAINIAN PORTS UNDER ISTANBUL DEAL

Sun 28 August 2022: Six more ships have left Ukrainian ports under the Istanbul grain export deal, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Sunday, Anadolu reports. Shipments from Ukrainian ports are continuing, said a ministry statement, adding: “Six more ships loaded with grain departed from Ukrainian ports this morning.” In July, Türkiye, the UN, Russia, and […]

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2100 WILL BRING “EXTREME HEAT” TO MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD: STUDY

Sun 28 August 2022: Most parts of the world will be in the grip of “extreme heat” by 2100, according to a latest research paper. Estimates show the tropics and subtropics, including the Indian subcontinent, large parts of Arabian Peninsula and sub-Saharan Africa, will experience dangerously hot temperatures most days of the year by the end of this century, said […]

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COLOMBIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH RELEASES LIST OF 26 ALLEGED PEDOPHILE PRIESTS

Sun 28 August 2022: On Saturday, August 28, local media in Colombia reported that the Church had disclosed the names of 26 priests who were under investigation for alleged child sex abuse. In response to a court decision in favor of Juan Pablo Barrientos, the Archdiocese of Medellin made public the list of those accused […]

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SHELLFIRE RESOUNDS AROUND NUCLEAR PLANT IN UKRAINE’S ZAPORIZHZHIA

Sun 28 August 2022: Shellfire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine fuelled fears of major disaster as both sides kept blaming the other, while Russian forces targeted towns on the far side of the river from Europe’s largest atomic plant. The nuclear plant, which is Europe’s largest, has been under Russian control […]

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ENVIRONMENTALISTS SLAM BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR DUMPING UNTREATED SEWAGE INTO RIVERS, SEA

Sat 27 August 2022: Britain’s environment minister on Saturday defended government plans to address sewage releases into rivers and the sea after opposition parties and environmentalists criticized the measures as insufficient and costly for consumers. Recent sewage spills into popular river and sea bathing areas have caused widespread public horror, prompting activists to raise a […]

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