Lebanon cabinet backs army plan to disarm Hezbollah, Shi’ite ministers walk out
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $625 million loan programme for Chad to support economic growth and social spending amid regional and economic challenges.
The IMF's executive board has approved a four-year lending programme for Chad worth $625 million, including an immediate release of $38.5 million, the IMF announced on Friday.
Finalized in May, the programme aims to secure Chad’s fiscal stability, boost social spending to reduce poverty, and improve governance and the business environment to spur private sector growth.
These efforts will support Chad’s ambitious national development plan requiring $30 billion in public and private investments across infrastructure, electricity, and digital sectors.
The plan, scheduled for launch in Abu Dhabi this September, targets an average annual economic growth of 8% and aims to keep Chad’s debt at 32% of GDP between 2025 and 2030, according to the finance minister.
Chad faces challenges from falling oil prices, reduced development aid, and regional unrest. It also hosts hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees living in precarious conditions amid funding shortages.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
The UK is gearing up for Exercise Pegasus 2025, its largest pandemic readiness test since COVID-19. Running from September to November, this full-scale simulation will challenge the country's response to a fast-moving respiratory outbreak.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
A recent Federal Reserve Bank of New York (New York Fed) study reveals that while the use of artificial intelligence (AI) among businesses has grown significantly over the past year, very few companies have carried out AI-related layoffs.
Rising concerns over the U.S. economy and ongoing tariff disputes have put global government bonds under selling pressure, experts say. Donald Trump’s push for interest-rate cuts, combined with a major spending bill, has shaken investor confidence, sending bond prices down while yields rise.
Access to Google services was restored Thursday after a region-wide outage cut off millions of users across dozens of countries, with disruptions reported in platforms including YouTube, Gmail and Maps.
The pound and the yen came under strain on Wednesday, weighed down by renewed investor concerns over global fiscal health and political uncertainty in Japan.
The price of gold surged sharply on Wednesday, reaching a new record of $3,530.08 per ounce. Analysts say the rise is driven by expectations of a U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut in September and concerns over the central bank’s independence.
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