The IMF has reached a staff-level pact with Pakistan on a $3 billion stand-by arrangement, the lender said, a decision long awaited by the South Asian nation which is teetering on the brink of default.
- LegalUS Supreme Court's two Black justices clash over affirmative action ruling
When liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court, she was expected to bring a different view on racial matters than Justice Clarence Thomas, its only other Black member and a staunch conservative.
- Markets
Stocks show resilience to wall of rates and inflation worries
Global shares were steady on Friday as investors scrutinised inflation data from both sides of the Atlantic.
- BusinessClimate nears point of no return as land, sea temperatures break records -experts
The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals.
