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IMF says ready for talks with Sri Lanka's new leftist government

France24.com (en) 

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, sworn in Monday as the country's first leftist president, has said he wants to renegotiate the deal, which has brought unpopular austerity measures. "We look forward to working together with President Dissanayake... towards building on the hard-won gains that have helped put Sri Lanka on a path to economic recovery," an IMF spokesperson in Washington said Monday. The lender of last resort noted that the South Asian nation, which defaulted on its debt in April 2022, had stabilised since the bailout. Читать дальше...

Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon's deadliest day of conflict since 2006

The Toledo Blade 

MARJAYOUN, Lebanon — Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah.

FG offers N150bn bonds

The Punch 

The Debt Management Office has announced that the Federal Government was offering three bonds worth N150bn for the September auction. In a release, the DMO stated that the bonds, which were re-openings of previously issued instruments, would be sold in units of N1,000, subject to a minimum subscription of N50m, and in multiples of N1,000.

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Some Photos: Silhouettes

Avax.news 

Torchbearers Charles Antoine Kouakou, Fabien Lamirault, Elodie Lorandi, Nantenin Keita and Alexis Hanquinquant gesture after lighting the Cauldron to conclude the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Place de la Concorde on August 28, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

Justice Dept, FBI 'mishandling' assassination attempt case, alleges Trump

Business Standard 

Former US president Donald Trump has accused the Department of Justice and the FBI of "mishandling and downplaying" the recent apparent assassination attempt on his life, demanding that the state of Florida handle the case. A second bid in two months on 78-year-old Trump's life took place on September 15 at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old owner of a small construction company in Hawaii, was detained in connection with the incident. The... Читать дальше...

‘The Daily Show’: Jon Stewart Denounces Israel’s Pager Attack As “James Bond Sh–“

Deadline.com 

The Daily Show‘s host Jon Stewart returned Monday night to criticize Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, likening his country’s remote explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies aimed at targeting Lebanon’s paramilitary group Hezbollah to something out of a 1980s Bond film. “By the way, Lebanon is also a country,” Stewart said, responding to a clip of […]

Colorado King Soopers shooter given maximum 10 life sentences plus 1,334 more years - CBS News

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  1. Colorado King Soopers shooter given maximum 10 life sentences plus 1,334 more years  CBS News
  2. Boulder King Soopers shooter guilty of 55 felony counts, including first-degree murder, receives 10 life sentences  Colorado Public Radio
  3. Gunman Convicted of Murdering 10 at a Colorado Supermarket  The New York Times
  4. In court, family of King Soopers shooting victims shared stories of loved ones and loss  FOX 31 Denver
  5. Gunman in Colorado grocery store shooting found... Читать дальше...