IMF Raises Concern Over Ukraine’s Access to $8.1 Billion Aid, Bloomberg News Reports

March 17 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠International ⁠Monetary Fund ​has raised ‌concerns that ‌Ukraine ⁠may ⁠be unable to tap ​its $8.1 billion ​aid as the ⁠country’s lawmakers ⁠stall ⁠on measures ​needed to release ​the ⁠financing, Bloomberg ⁠News reported on Tuesday citing ⁠an IMF representative. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting ⁠by Mihika Sharma in …

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Philippines Rejects Beijing’s Claim to Sovereignty Over Entire South China Sea

MANILA, March 16 (Reuters) – The Philippines said on Monday it ⁠rejected ⁠Beijing’s assertion of sovereignty over ⁠the entire South China Sea, disputing a claim by China’s embassy that ​a Filipino diplomat had once conceded the disputed Scarborough Shoal was not part of Philippine territory. “China must be ‌reminded that maritime and territorial claims ‌are …

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Trump’s Homeland Security Pick Mullin Is Poised to Inherit a Department Beset by Challenges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Should Sen. Markwayne Mullin be approved as the next secretary of Homeland Security, he will walk into the department’s sprawling Washington, D.C., campus with his work cut out for him. Immigration enforcement is at a crossroads. Disaster-hit states and their lawmakers are angry at delayed federal assistance. Frustrated travelers face long airport …

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The Suspicious Death of Megan Parra

The Suspicious Death of Megan Parra – CBS News Watch CBS News When a mother of two is found dead in her home, her father obtains death scene photos that help solve the case. “48 Hours” contributor David Begnaud reports.

Family of Bondi Shooting Accused Fear for Their Safety, Court Hears

SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) – The family of a man accused ⁠of ⁠killing 15 people at a Jewish festival ⁠on Sydney’s Bondi Beach last year fear for their safety after a spate of alleged vigilante attacks, ​a court heard on Tuesday. Naveed Akram, 24, is accused of opening fire on a Hanukkah celebration on December 14 …

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UAE Briefly Closes Airspace as Israel Strikes Beirut and Tehran

A drone attack in the United Arab Emirates sparked a fire at an oil tank farm Tuesday in Fujairah, an emirate on the country’s east coast with the Gulf of Oman that has been repeatedly targeted, the state-run WAM news agency reported. It said no one had been injured in the blast. This came after …

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Palestinian Protester Leqaa Kordia Released From US Immigration Detention

WASHINGTON, March 16 (Reuters) – A Palestinian woman ⁠was ⁠released on bond from a ⁠U.S. immigration detention center in Texas after a judge’s order, ​the last pro-Palestinian activist held under the Trump administration’s crackdown on protests against Israel’s war in ‌Gaza. Leqaa Kordia, 33, who was ‌raised in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, left the Prairieland …

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