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IMF headquarters building Washington DC Ukraine lending program

IMF Approves $690M for Ukraine Despite Missed Q1 Reform Benchmark

The IMF approved a $690 million tranche for Ukraine on Friday despite the country missing one structural benchmark and delaying two others from the first quarter of 2026, a disclosure that tests

June 13, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Delegates walk through the atrium at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington DC, April 14, 2026

IMF Cuts Ukraine GDP Forecast to 1–1.6% as Two Wars Erode What Recovery Was Left

The IMF has slashed its Ukraine growth forecast to 1.0–1.6%, a sharp reversal from its own April projection of 2%, as Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and spillovers from the war in

June 13, 2026

Business·Economy·News

DNI Tulsi Gabbard releases declassified documents on US-funded biolabs in Ukraine June 2026

US Declassifies Biolab Evidence Zakharova Spent Years Warning About

Outgoing US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard released classified evidence Friday of more than 120 taxpayer-funded biological laboratories across 30 countries, including over 40 in Ukraine — documents that confirm warnings Moscow issued

June 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Healthcare workers in protective gear at Ebola treatment centre in Rwampara, Ituri province, DRC

Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

The Bundibugyo Ebola virus has reached a crowded displacement camp in Ituri province, where 30,000 people live and hundreds share a single toilet, as WHO officials acknowledge the outbreak is spreading into

June 12, 2026

Health·News

Pollution rises from a ship cruising past the Port of Long Beach in San Pedro, California, where tankers and container ships enter and exit

Shipping’s Climate Leaders Cut Emissions Last Year and Still Fell Further Behind

The 32 shipping firms that volunteered to track their carbon cut emissions intensity in 2025, and the new Sea Cargo Charter report still finds them 11.6 percent behind the climate trajectory they

June 12, 2026

Business·Climate·News

US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16 fighter jets in flight, the aircraft being cut from NATO's European posture

America Tells Europe to Spend More, Then Pulls a Third of Its Fighter Jets Off the Continent

The Pentagon will cut the fighter jets it commits to NATO in Europe from 150 to 100, pull every aerial tanker, and redeploy a carrier and a submarine, the New York Times

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, as India defends buying Russian oil against European criticism

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

At Finland's Kultaranta Talks, India's foreign minister told his European hosts their weapons end up used against India and defended buying Russian oil 'on cost and availability,' noting it was Washington that

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Yoon Suk Yeol, then South Korea's president, at the Camp David trilateral summit before his downfall

Thirty More Years for Yoon, This Time for the Drones He Flew at Pyongyang

A Seoul court sentenced ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years for the October 2024 drone incursion into Pyongyang, ruling he engineered the provocation as a pretext for martial law. It is

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

The Bank of Russia headquarters on Neglinnaya Street in Moscow, led by Elvira Nabiullina

A Russian Banker Takes Sick Leave, and the West Writes Her a Coup

Elvira Nabiullina, the central banker who steered Russia's economy through four years of sanctions, missed a forum and a Putin meeting on sick leave. Émigré outlets turned the absence into resignation, martial

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

An Israeli settlement on a West Bank hilltop, as the government moves to fund 61 new settlement sites

Israel Moves to Fund 61 Instant Settlements Before Its Own Election Can Stop It

A 1-billion-shekel plan to plant mobile homes, roads and utilities at 61 new West Bank sites went to Israel's security cabinet, designed to put settlers on the hills before planning approvals or

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

International Relations- Page 17

IMF Approves $690M for Ukraine Despite Missed Q1 Reform Benchmark

IMF Cuts Ukraine GDP Forecast to 1–1.6% as Two Wars Erode What Recovery Was Left

US Declassifies Biolab Evidence Zakharova Spent Years Warning About

Ebola Reaches a 30,000-Person Displacement Camp in Congo. The WHO Says It Can’t See the Full Picture.

Shipping’s Climate Leaders Cut Emissions Last Year and Still Fell Further Behind

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

Thirty More Years for Yoon, This Time for the Drones He Flew at Pyongyang

A Russian Banker Takes Sick Leave, and the West Writes Her a Coup

Israel Moves to Fund 61 Instant Settlements Before Its Own Election Can Stop It

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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