The agreement came after six days of meetings between Ukrainian officials and IMF staff in Warsaw, Poland as part of a third review of Ukraine’s $15.6 billion 4-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement with the IMF. The IMF said Ukraine’s progress on the program was “broadly on track”, noting that Kyiv met all structural benchmarks […]
Russia’s Defence Ministry said 248 military personnel had been handed over by Ukraine. Kyiv said it had brought home 230 people – 224 soldiers and six civilians – in what it said was the largest documented swap of troops so far. The UAE’s foreign ministry acknowledged its role, saying in a statement that the swap […]
Pakistan’s diplomatic skills will be tested this week when the European countries will put to vote a resolution against Russia at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In March, Islamabad abstained from voting against Russia, something that drew a strong reaction from the United States and other western countries. Pakistan joined China, India and many […]
Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian troops leaving a counteroffensive by his country, which has made big gains in the east and south, was “a good decision.” In a video released by his office, Zelenskyy said this just hours after Moscow said it was pulling back troops from part of the Kharkiv region, […]
Ukraine says it has retaken more than 1,000 sq km (385 sq miles) of territory in its south and east from Russia in the last week. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the area had been “liberated” as part of a counter-offensive since 1 September. More than 20 villages in the Kharkiv region have also been recaptured, […]
Russia appears to be on the defensive as Ukraine slowly but surely gains ground. Russian forces lost territory on all fronts during the 28th week of the war, as a counteroffensive spread from the southern Kherson region to the eastern and northern fronts of the country, demonstrating Ukraine’s ongoing ability to seize the initiative. North […]
As Pakistan’s inflation, which just hit a 47-year-high in August at over 27 per cent, is on an upward curve, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned against protests and instability in the country. Socio-political pressures are expected to remain high and could also weigh on policy and reform implementation, IMF says As Pakistan’s inflation, […]
Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant was cut off from the country’s electricity grid; setting off a mass power outage in the adjacent area after fires damaged its last functioning transmission line; Ukraine’s nuclear power company said Thursday. Nuclear power incident rekindled concerns about safety at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), the biggest nuclear energy […]
Half of China’s vast territory is now experiencing drought, including parts of the frigid Tibetan Plateau, official data showed- with more high temperatures forecast Thursday for hundreds of millions of people enduring the country’s hottest summer on record. The world’s second-largest economy has been hit by record heat, flash floods and droughts phenomena that scientists […]
Several batches of ice cream produced in north China tested positive for coronavirus, authorities. Several thousand suspected products have seized and people who may have encountered released products traced. The contaminated ice cream manufactured by Tianjin Daqiaodao Food Company. The north Tianjin municipality has sealed and contained the company’s products after three samples tested positive […]
