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Sri Lanka's bondholders submits first debt restructuring proposal to government

After Sri Lanka went into financial default more than a year ago, this is the first bondholder proposal

German ambassador to Chad to be expelled within 48 hours over 'impolite attitude'

Jan Christian Gordon Kricke, the ambassador, has been in the position since July 2021, and the government provided no formal justification for his dismissal

Brazil's President Lula irks foreign oil companies with new tax on crude exports

Multinationals Repsol, TotalEnergies, Shell, Equinor and Galp have petitioned a federal court to suspend the 9.2 per cent tax due to run from March to July and announced by the government last month

France: Protesters set rubbish on fire as government barely survives no-confidence vote

In some of Paris' most prestigious avenues, firefighters scrambled to put out burning rubbish piles left uncollected for days due to strikes as protesters played cat-and-mouse with police

Paris Stinks! French city reduced to trash over pension strikes

Trash has piled up in Paris and other cities, as garbage workers have gone on strike for days. They are protesting against the unpopular bill raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64

Wealth of Imran Khan's wife's friend rose exponentially during his government, says report

Farhat Shahzadi and her family were busy expanding their businesses in other nations and registering companies in the United Kingdom when Imran Khan was asking overseas Pakistanis to invest in the country

Abrupt withdrawal, lack of planning led to collapse of West-backed govt in Kabul: Watchdog report

An abrupt withdrawal from Afghanistan and years of problems with planning contributed to the collapse of the Western-backed government in Kabul and the Taliban takeover of the country soon after American forces departed, the government’s watchdog for Afghanistan reconstruction revealed

Explained: Why is the French public opposing Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan?

The new changes to France's pension system will push back the legal retirement age from 62 to 64. However, the people are not happy. France's eight main workers' unions are calling on the government to abandon the age measure altogether

Timeline | From November 2016 to January 2023, a look at how the demonetisation case unfolded

The Supreme Court upheld the government's 2016 decision to demonetise Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes in a 4:1 majority verdict on Monday, saying the decision-making process was not flawed

Explained: The who's who in Benjamin Netanyahu's new government

Top ministers in Israel's new right-wing government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, include a politician who admitted to tax evasion late last year and a slew of far-right figures, including one who kept a portrait of a man who massacred scores of Palestinian worshippers in his home