IMF agrees to $2.9 billion bailout for Sri Lanka
Months of acute food, fuel and medicine shortages, extended blackouts and runaway inflation have plagued the country after it ran out of dollars to finance even the most essential…
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Rosmah out on bail: Little sympathy for ex-Malaysia PM’s wife after reports of luxurious lifestyle
Details of her high-end lifestyle have been documented in the media for years, and used by critics to accuse her and Najib of being out of touch with the common folk and their…
China’s Xi appears to have unprecedented 3rd term in his grasp, sources say
Xi exchanged opinions in August with incumbent party leaders and elders on this matter.
Former Malaysian PM’s wife Rosmah Mansor found guilty of corruption
Besides the verdict today Rosmah also faces 17 money laundering and tax evasion charges amounting to RM 7.1 million in a separate ongoing trial.
Former VP Leni Robredo gets Harvard Kennedy School invite
As a Hauser Leader, she will have a series of engagements with students and other members of the Harvard community.
UN issues $160 million flash appeal to help Pakistan cope with catastrophic floods
The aid, covering the initial six months of the crisis response, will also help to avoid outbreaks of cholera, and to provide food aid to mothers and their young children.
South Korea’s 2023 budget includes support for soldiers, young parents
The budget bill also includes debt-rescheduling programs for small merchants, who have been hit by the pandemic, and care services for the disabled.
IMF approves revival of Pakistan’s EFF programme, to release $1.17 billion loan tranche
The IMF will now immediately disburse about $1.2 billion to Pakistan and may provide up to $4 billion over the remainder of the current fiscal year, which began on July 1.
Suspended Prayut says to continue as defence minister
The controversy over Prayut's term limit is the latest episode in nearly two decades of intermittent political turmoil.
Japan’s National Police Agency head tenders resignation over Abe’s fatal shooting
The police authority has been under criticism over the handling of Abe’s security on the day of the shooting, and the resignation is effectively to take responsibility of the…