[ad_1] WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday trimmed its 2023 global growth outlook slightly as higher interest rates cool activity but warned that a severe…
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COVAX hopes to deliver delayed AstraZeneca shots to Africa in June, July
[ad_1] GENEVA, June 4 (Reuters) – The COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme hopes to send millions of delayed doses of AstraZeneca’s shots to Africa in June and July, but the deployment hinges…
IMF talks with Ethiopia to continue after progress made
[ad_1] NAIROBI, April 7 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and Ethiopia made progress in talks on the fund’s support for the country’s economic reform programme and discussions will continue…
WHO welcomes G7 vaccine pledge but says more needed quickly
[ad_1] GENEVA, June 14 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director-general on Monday welcomed the Group of Seven’s weekend pledge of 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses but said that…
IMF chief says Europe can avoid debt crisis, hard to think of Bitcoin as money
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Medium-term fiscal consolidation and growth will put Europe on a sound footing to avoid another sovereign debt crisis despite rising debt levels caused by…
U.N. chief, UK PM increase pressure on leaders for climate change funds
[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (Reuters) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged leaders of the world’s major economies including the United States to deliver on their commitments toward a…
Yellen urges IMF to press creditors to finalize debt restructurings
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday called for quicker action to resolve several outstanding sovereign debt restructuring cases and urged the International Monetary…
WHO chief scientist say Omicron is very transmissible
[ad_1] Dec 3 (Reuters) – The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is very transmissible but people should not panic about it, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told…
UN votes to ask world court to rule on national climate obligations
[ad_1] WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) – The United Nations General Assembly voted on Wednesday to pass a resolution asking the world’s top court to define the obligations of states to…
U.N. Security Council discussing condemnation of Taliban
[ad_1] NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council is discussing a draft statement that would condemn Taliban attacks on cities and towns causing high civilian casualties and…