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Sri Lanka: timeline of a crisis
The International Monetary Fund approved a $2.9 billion bailout deal for Sri Lanka on Monday, raising hopes for an easing of the island nation's dire economic crisis. - September 1: Bailout deal - The IMF announces a four-year, $2.9 billion bailout package, conditional on a deal between the government and its creditors to restructure its borrowings.
Indian state extends internet ban in hunt for Sikh separatist
Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on Monday as police hunted a radical Sikh preacher. Indian authorities frequently shut down mobile internet services, particularly in the restive northern region of Kashmir. str-ash-bb/st/jh/cwl
US government seeks to avoid 'bailout' label amid banking turmoil
US authorities may have taken extraordinary steps in recent weeks to assure depositors of failed lenders Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, but they are avoiding parallels with bailouts of the 2008 crisis -- which have been criticized. The way the 2008 crisis was managed had provoked criticism, given rise to the Occupy Wall Street movement, and fuelled resentment towards banks.
Venezuela's oil minister resigns over graft probe
Venezuela's oil minister Tareck El Aissami resigned on Monday after prosecutors opened a corruption investigation into officials at the state oil company PDVSA. Anti-corruption police on Sunday arrested two people closely linked to El Aissami: top PDVSA official Antonio Perez Suarez, and Joselit Ramirez, who manages oil industry funds through cryptocurrencies.
Christian Atsu's wife pens down an emotional message to Ghanaians and causes reactions
Christian Atsu's wife has sent an emotional message to Ghanaians to thank them for their love and support and that she would like to visit the country again
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Akoto Osei dead: Former Monitoring and Evaluation Minister passes
Dr Anthony Akoto Osei, a former minister for Monitoring and Evaluation in Nana Akufo-Addo's government passed away on Monday, March 20 after a short illness
Tse Addo, Aburi and other fast-developing areas in Ghana where people are buying land
Many Ghanaians are leaving Accra's prime neighbourhoods and moving to upcoming areas like Tse Addo and Aburi to build houses or buy land for many good reasons.
She's so kind: McBrown gets Baby Maxin a 'new sister' by adopting 1-year-old girl who lost her mum (Video)
Nana Ama McBrown adopted a one-year-old girl from church who lost her mother. A video shows Baby Maxin already taken to her 'new sister' and playing with her.
BBC urges staff to ditch TikTok over data fears
The BBC said Monday that it had told staff to delete Chinese-owned video app TikTok unless it was needed for business reasons, with Western institutions increasingly taking a harder stance over data collection fears. Western authorities have been taking an increasingly firm approach to the app, owned by the firm ByteDance, citing fears that user data could be used or abused by Chinese officials.
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