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IMF board backs new SDR allocation to support pandemic recovery

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a proposal for a new general Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation of $650 billion, the largest allocation in IMF history,

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New York Governor declares gun violence a 'disaster emergency'

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued new emergency measures to fight gun violence on Tuesday, as he made it easier for shooting victims to sue gun manufacturers.Cuomo declared gun violence a "disast

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At least 43 migrants drowned in shipwreck off Tunisia: report

At least 43 migrants drowned in shipwreck off Tunisia, and 84 were rescued, Reuters reported, citing Tunisian Red Crescent. Source(s): Reuters

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Seven migrants drown as boat capsizes off Italy's Lampedusa: media

At least seven migrants drowned after a boat carrying them capsized five miles off the Italian island of Lampedusa early on Wednesday, ANSA news agency reported.Another nine were still missing, but 4

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Israeli police, Palestinians clash over Jerusalem's Silwan demolition

Israel demolished a Palestinian shop in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Tuesday, triggering scuffles between police and protesters who accused authorities of discriminatory enforcement o

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Biden says partnership with Afghanistan is 'going to be sustained'

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday at a meeting with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that the partnership between the United States and Afghanistan "is not ending, it's going to be sustained," des

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At least 10 soldiers die in Kenyan military aircraft crash

At least 10 Kenyan soldiers were killed while 13 others sustained injuries after a military aircraft crashed while landing in Kajiado County near the capital Nairobi on Thursday, an official said. S

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Several injured in blast in Pakistan's Lahore

A blast hit Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore Wednesday, leaving several people injured, local media reported. Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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Spain to pardon jailed Catalan separatists on Tuesday

Spain's government will on Tuesday pardon the jailed Catalan separatists behind a failed 2017 independence bid, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Monday."Tomorrow, guided by this constitutional spiri

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M5.4 quake strikes Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 struck Japan's Hokkaido Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing departed for Russia: state media

Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has left the Southeast Asian country to attend a conference in Moscow, state media reported on Sunday.Min Aung Hlaing will attend Russia's Mos

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Ebrahim Raisi wins Iran's presidential election: Interior Ministry

Ebrahim Raisi has won Iran's presidential election, said the country's Interior Ministry on Saturday. Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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Iran's presidential candidate congratulates Raisi for his victory

Iran's moderate presidential candidate congratulated his hardline rival judge Ebrahim Raisi for winning the election, Iranian state media reported on Saturday. The interior ministry noted that votes

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Israeli fighter aircraft strike military facilities in Gaza

Israeli fighter aircraft struck military facilities in southern and central Gaza Strip early on Wednesday in response to the incendiary balloons launched into Israel, security sources in Gaza said.

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U.S. 12-month producer prices jump to record 6.6% in May

Producer prices for the past year spiked in May to 6.6 percent, the highest in the history of the data set dating back to 2010, the U.S. Labor Department said Tuesday.Compared to April, the producer

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U.S. House panel to probe Trump-era surveillance of lawmakers, media

The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will investigate the Justice Department's surveillance of members of Congress and journalists during the Trump administration, panel Chairman Jer

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Afghan security forces repel Taliban attack, killing 27 militants

The Afghan security forces repelled an overnight attack by Taliban on two districts in northern Kunduz province, killing at least 27 militants and injuring 15 others, the provincial police confirmed