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Bangladesh to receive $1.3 billion from IMF as reform deal reached
REUTERS
DHAKA, Bangladesh- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to release $1.3 billion to Bangladesh in June, after completing a fourth review of its $4.7-billion loan programme and a key breakthrough in talks on exchange rate reforms, the finance ministry said.
Donald Trump meets with Syrian president after announcing lifting of sanctions
SKY NEWS
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia- Donald Trump has met with Syrian President Ahmed al Sharaa during his three-nation tour of the Middle East - the first meeting between leaders of the two nations in 25 years.
World's 'poorest president' dies
BBC NEWS
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as "Pepe", has died at the age of 89.
German chancellor to visit Warsaw and Paris to stress European unity
ABC NEWS
BERLIN, Germany- Friedrich Merz made his world-affairs debut Wednesday as Germany’s new chancellor, with plans to immediately team up with allies France and Poland to present a united European front on support for Ukraine and against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war.
India fires missiles on Pakistan in what Islamabad calls ‘act of war’
WASHINGTON TIMES
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan- India fired missiles at Pakistan early Wednesday, in what it said was retaliation for last month’s massacre of Indian tourists. Pakistan called the strikes an act of war and said more than two dozen people, including children, were killed.
Carney tells Trump that Canada 'won't be for sale, ever'
BBC NEWS
Mark Carney has told Donald Trump that Canada "is not for sale" as the president raised the prospect of the country becoming the 51st US state while welcoming the prime minister to the White House.
Iran executes a man convicted of spying for Israel
CBS NEWS
TEHRAN, Iran- Iran hanged a man on Wednesday who was convicted of working as a spy for Israel's foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, and assisting in the 2022 assassination of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran, according to the Islamic republic's official IRNA news agency.
At least 14 killed after fire tears through Kolkata hotel building
EURO NEWS
KOLKATA, India- At least 14 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a hotel in the city of Kolkata in eastern India, police have said.
Mark J Carney wins new term as Canada's PM
NPR
Mark Joseph Carney stays on as Canada's prime minister, according to the projections of the national broadcaster CBC/Radio Canada, in one of the country's most consequential elections in decades.
Kennedy announces ban on artificial dyes in food & drinks
BBC NEWS
The US will ban eight commonly used artificial food dyes in a bid to help Americans "know what's in their food", Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr announced on Tuesday.
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