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Ukraine’s new prime minister seeks new IMF funding, aid from US

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Jul 22, 2025 — 1 min read

Ukraine’s new prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, said she will probably seek more financing from the International Monetary Fund, and will speak with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about new funding, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.
“If the baseline scenario assumes the war will continue into next year, it is very likely we will have a new IMF program,” Svyrydenko told Bloomberg News in an interview.

$120 billion for defense

Ukraine will need at least $120 billion for defense spending next year, Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday.
Negotiations are ongoing with NATO and EU members as Ukraine seeks $60 billion in funding from partners, he added in a statement on the Telegram messaging app.

Syria identifies 298 suspects in Alawite heartland killings

A Syrian committee investigating sectarian violence in the country’s Alawite heartland said Tuesday it identified 298 suspects implicated in serious violations that left at least 1,426 Alawites dead in March. The violence unfolded over three days in early March on Syria’s predominantly Alawite coast, where government forces

US says it’s leaving UN cultural agency UNESCO again, only 2 years after rejoining

The United States announced Tuesday it will again pull out of the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural agency because it believes that its involvement is not in the country’s national interest, and that the agency promotes anti-Israel speech. This decision comes only two years after the United States

Jeju Air crash families denounce report blaming pilot error

The families of victims of South Korea’s deadliest plane crash on home soil have denounced a government report which blamed the disaster on pilot error, a representative said Tuesday. The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Thailand to South Korea’s southwest on December 29 last year but ended up

US not rushing trade deals ahead of August deadline, will talk with China, Bessent says

The Trump administration is more concerned with the quality of trade agreements than their timing, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday ahead of an August 1 deadline for countries to secure trade deals or face steep tariffs. “We’re not going to rush for the sake of doing

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Syria identifies 298 suspects in Alawite heartland killings

US says it’s leaving UN cultural agency UNESCO again, only 2 years after rejoining

Jeju Air crash families denounce report blaming pilot error

US not rushing trade deals ahead of August deadline, will talk with China, Bessent says