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Factbox: What pay rises will British public sector workers get?

Britain on Thursday set out pay rises of at least 6% for millions of public sector staff, including teachers and some healthcare workers, accepting the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies.

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IMF approves $3 bln bailout for cash-starved Pakistan

The International Monetary Fund's board approved a $3 billion bailout programme for Pakistan which will immediately disburse about $1.2 billion to help stabilise the South Asian ailing economy, the lender said on Wednesday.

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Israel occupation makes Palestinian territories 'open-air prison' - UN expert

A United Nations expert on Tuesday said Israel had transformed the occupied Palestinian territories into an "open-air prison" through widespread detentions of Palestinians, an assertion swiftly dismissed by Israel.

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Argentina delegation travels to meet with IMF in US, source says

An Argentine team is traveling on Tuesday to the United States to meet with officials from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to negotiate terms to relax the agreement between the two, a source at Argentina's economy ministry said.

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SVB Financial sues US FDIC to recover $1.93 bln

SVB Financial Group has sued the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) to recover the $1.93 billion the regulator seized during its takeover of the failed Silicon Valley Bank in March, according to a filing in a bankruptcy court on Sunday.

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IAEA chief says 'absolutely logical' Japan's Fukushima water release draws interest

It is "absolutely logical" that Japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from its Fukushima nuclear plant is attracting great interest in the region, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Sunday.

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Insight: Catholic clergy report surveillance, beatings amid Nicaragua's crackdown

The police showed up two days after a Catholic clergyman at a church near the Nicaraguan capital Managua delivered a Sunday sermon in May that included a prayer "for our priests."

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Sri Lanka cuts key rates as expected; more cuts seen by year-end

Sri Lanka cut its key interest rates for the second consecutive month on Thursday as inflation tapered after last year's devastating economic crisis and the focus returned to reviving economic growth following a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards seize commercial ship in Gulf - U.S. Navy

Iran's Revolutionary Guards "forcibly seized" a commercial ship in international waters in the Gulf on Thursday and the vessel was possibly involved in smuggling, a U.S. Navy spokesperson said.

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Iran taken to World Court over downing of passenger plane

Canada, Sweden, Ukraine and Britain have asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to open proceedings against Iran over the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane in 2020 that killed all 176 people on board, legal filings showed on Wednesday.

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