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Pakistan negotiates with IMF to unlock $1.1bn bailout

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Pakistan is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund to unlock a $1.1bn bailout. But the IMF is insisting on reforms. A deepening economic crisis has left many Pakistanis struggling to put food on the table. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Lahore, Pakistan. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Pakistan #IMF #Bailout #Pakistani #Lahore #Economy #EconomicCrisis

Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as crisis worsens

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Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned after protests over the island nation’s worsening economic crisis turned deadly. In a statement on Monday, his office said he was quitting in order to help form an interim, unity government, following weeks of often violent protests across the country over spiraling prices and shortages of fuel and other vital imports. Earlier, a government official said Rajapaksa, who has dominated Sri Lankan politics for nearly 20 years and whose government crushed the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to a long civil war, has sent his letter of resignation to the president. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is the prime minister’s younger brother. Al […]

Beirut faces rising poverty after blast

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As Lebanon’s political elite negotiate a new prime minister and cabinet, more Lebanese are falling into poverty. For many the explosion of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate at the port was the last straw. Many are relying on handouts from charities for the first time in their lives. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Beirut. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Lebanon #Beirut