WASHINGTON, March 31 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Friday its board had approved a four-year, $15.6 billion loan program for Ukraine as part of a $115 billion in broader international support to help the country meet urgent financing needs as it struggles. The 13 month Russian invasion. The decision paves the way … Read more
TORONTO, March 31 (Reuters) – The number of babies born with syphilis in Canada is rising at a much faster rate than in the United States or Europe, a rise public health experts say is due to rising methamphetamine use and lack of access to the public health system for Aboriginal people. While syphilis has … Read more
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – China on Thursday called U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s remarks “irresponsible” and “unreasonable” on Thursday after Yellen said Beijing’s lending activities left developing countries “prisoners of debt”. Yellen said Wednesday that she was concerned about some of China’s activities around the world, particularly its lending to developing countries. She told … Read more
TOKYO, March 31 (Reuters) – The Japanese government on Friday announced plans to restrict exports of 23 types of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, aligning its trade controls on the technology with U.S. pressure to limit the ability of China to manufacture advanced chips. The trade and industry minister said in a press release that he would … Read more
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 30 (Reuters) – Protesters flooded the Tennessee State House on Thursday demanding lawmakers toughen gun laws following a school shooting in Nashville that killed six people, including three 9-year-old children. More than a thousand people joined the protest organized by local mothers, filling the building’s rotunda and forcing highway patrol officers to … Read more
ANKARA, March 30 (Reuters) – Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a bill allowing Finland to join NATO, paving the way for the country to join the Western defense alliance as war rages in Ukraine. Turkey’s parliament was the latest among the alliance’s 30 members to ratify Finland’s membership after the Hungarian legislature approved a similar … Read more
WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a Republican energy reform bill aimed at bolstering U.S. oil and gas production while scaling back initiatives House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s first major majority legislation. The House passed the Energy Cost Reduction Act by a majority partisan vote of 225 to 204. … Read more
March 30 (Reuters) – As powerful new obesity drugs enter the U.S. market, medical associations are keen to advise their members on how best to use them for patients. This is where the debate begins. Some specialists advocate the broad use of drugs like Wegovy by Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO), alongside a healthy diet and exercise. … Read more
March 30 (Reuters) – Alexei Moskalyov, a Russian sentenced to two years in prison for discrediting the military and having his daughter taken into care, was arrested in Belarus after fleeing house arrest, Reuters told Thursday on Thursday. lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov. Zakhvatov said Moskalyov, 54, was arrested in Minsk, likely because he turned on his … Read more
Increased military activity around the factory: Grossi Russia occupies Europe’s largest nuclear power plant Ukraine and Russia take responsibility for the bombing of a complex The IAEA wants to avoid the risk of a nuclear accident KYIV, March 29 (Reuters) – The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog visited Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on … Read more
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