Category: General Interest
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Trump may avoid second shut down
President Donald Trump is eyeing a path to avoid another government shutdown where he would reluctantly accept the congressional border-security deal and attempt to tap other funds for his wall. A government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass or the President fails to sign..
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Trump unhappy with border wall deal
Unfazed by a congressional deal giving him only $1.3 billion for a barrier on the US-Mexico border, President Donald Trump is saying that he has found twenty times as much for overall border security “from other sources.” The Mexico–United States barrier, sometimes colloquially called the ….
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13th IMF bailout for Pakistan
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met IMF chief Christine Lagarde to discuss conditions of a bailout package for Pakistan. It has to deal with current account deficit and IMF reform demands which can hurt its growth prospects. The IMF is an international organisation of 189 countries working on monetary cooperation and international…
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Ethics inquiry against Trudeau
Canada’s parliamentary ethics commissioner said that he would look into allegations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau improperly pressured his former attorney general to call off a criminal case against a major engineering company based in Montreal. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional…
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Orban’s new tax break
In a bid to counter a falling population and labour shortages without accepting immigrants, prime minister Viktor Orban announced that Hungarian women who have four children or more will be exempt from income tax for life. Hungary is a country in Central Europe , spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin…
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Thailand’s new PM?
The royal family has been deeply connected to Thailand’s leadership for decades, often shaping it from behind the scenes. However, senior members of the palace have remained out of formal political roles, making Princess Ubolratana’s nomination a stark break with tradition. Thailand is a country at the center of the Southeast ….
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Australia to meet Paris climate targets
Australia is on track to meet its carbon emissions target under the Paris Climate accord five years earlier than expected. The country is installing renewable energy & closing down ageing coal plants for electricity. The Paris Agreement is within the United Nations Framework Convention on…
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New oil fields in South Africa discovered
French oil and gas major Total said it had made a significant gas condensate discovery after drilling its Brulpadda prospects on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, offshore South Africa. South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi)…
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Trump’s finance and foreign relations to be investigated
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced on Wednesday that a committee would investigate “beyond Russia” whether personal interest was at the core of Presidents Donald Trump’s executive decisions. The United States House Permanent…
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Russian economy outgrows projections
Russia’s economy expanded 2.3 per cent last year, growing more quickly than the government and the IMF had predicted, according to state statistics. It has outpaced the growth rates of the EU, the US and the individual economies of France, UK and Italy for FY 2018-19. Russia has an upper-middle income mixed and transition economy…