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Factbox-What Pakistan needs to do under the IMF programme

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and Pakistan have struck a staff-level agreement for the provision on $3 billion in bailout funds under a stand-by arrangement (SBA). The deal comes under an SBA instead of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility... Read More.

EU should offer members more help with migration, Polish president says

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

WARSAW (Reuters) -The European Union gives more support to countries outside the bloc like Turkey to help them deal with migration than it gives to its own members, the Polish president said on Friday. The bloc’s largest eastern member is opposed to an EU deal... Read More.

Pakistan, IMF agree on crucial $3 billion bailout

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached a staff-level pact with Pakistan on a $3 billion stand-by arrangement, the lender said, a decision long awaited by the South Asian nation which is teetering on the brink of default. The deal, subject... Read More.

EU leaders to pledge de-risk from China and debate what this means

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders are set on Friday to commit to reducing the bloc’s dependence on China and debate how to strike the balance between “de-risking” and engaging in areas such as climate change. “This is the... Read More.

First Thai parliament meeting after May election set for July 3

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

(This June 24 story has been corrected to show the number of alliance seats is 312, not 321, in paragraph 6) BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s newly elected lawmakers will meet for the first time in a parliamentary session on July... Read More.

France’s Macron to hold new crisis meeting after third night of riots

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a new government emergency meeting later on Friday after riots erupted for the third night in a row across the country in protest over the deadly shooting of a teen by police earlier in the week,... Read More.

Activists hail Nepal ruling allowing same-sex marriage

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Same-sex couples in Nepal said on Friday they were preparing to register their marriages after the Supreme Court issued a temporary order clearing the way for gay marriage for the first time in the largely... Read More.

China’s biggest online travel agency to pay employees 1 billion yuan to have kids

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Trip.com Group said on Friday it would pay 50,000 yuan ($6,897.69) to employees for each child they have starting July 1 – the first such initiative by a large private company in China as the... Read More.

South Korea rains force evacuation of hundreds; baby dies in landslide

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – Torrential rain in South Korea triggered a landslide that killed a one-year-old baby and forced hundreds of families to evacuate as it flooded roads and bridges, authorities said on Friday. The death was the second... Read More.

Factbox-Why Pakistan badly needed the deal with the IMF

Friday, June 30 by SRN News

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund has reached a staff-level agreement with Pakistan on a bigger-than-expected $3 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), a last-minute rescue package for the country facing an acute balance-of-payments crisis. Islamabad was racing against... Read More.

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Factbox-What Pakistan needs to do under the IMF programme

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Pakistan, IMF agree on crucial $3 billion bailout

EU leaders to pledge de-risk from China and debate what this means

First Thai parliament meeting after May election set for July 3

France’s Macron to hold new crisis meeting after third night of riots

Activists hail Nepal ruling allowing same-sex marriage

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South Korea rains force evacuation of hundreds; baby dies in landslide

Factbox-Why Pakistan badly needed the deal with the IMF

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