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☆ Netanyahu assails media as he testifies for first time in his corruption trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Reuters —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial, saying he was being hounded for his hawkish security policies. Netanyahu, 75, is Israel’s first sitting prime minister to be charged with a crime. “I have been waiting for eight years for this moment to tell the truth,” Netanyahu told the three-judge court. In the runup to his court date, Netanyahu revived familiar pre-war rhetoric against law enforcement, describing investigations against him as a witch hunt. The shock Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the ensuing Gaza war swept Netanyahu’s trial off the public agenda as Israelis came together in grief and trauma.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, ” Netanyahu, …, Sara, “, ”, Amit Hadad, Prosecutors, Hadad, Yoav Gallant Organizations: Reuters, Israeli, Israel’s Defense Ministry, Likud, ”, Bezeq Telecom Israel, Tel, Court, Palestinian, Criminal Court, ICC Locations: Israel, Gaza, Syria, Palestinian, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Lebanese

Landrum asked the elementary schoolers a series of questions, using photographs and visual prompts, to understand how the children feel about the political system. Republican-leaning and red-state kids liked Trump but were neutral or even positive about Harris. That imbalance grew when interviews were repeated in September and the kids were asked about Trump and Harris. 02:12 - Source: CNNEven a majority of kids who support Trump agreed Harris would be a “sort of” good president. Misinformation can come from anywhere, as one kid showed when he described the presidential debate between Trump and Harris.

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☆ World Bank approves $700 million for crisis-hit Sri Lanka
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Colombo CNN —The World Bank approved $700 million in budgetary and welfare support for Sri Lanka on Thursday, in the biggest funding tranche for the crisis-hit island nation since an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal in March. About $500 million of the funds will be allocated for budgetary support while the remaining $200 million will be for welfare support earmarked for those worst hit by the crisis. “Through a phased approach, the World Bank Group strategy focuses on early economic stabilization, structural reforms, and protection of the poor and vulnerable,” the World Bank’s country director for Sri Lanka, Faris Hadad-Zervos, said in a statement. Sri Lanka is struggling with the worst financial crisis since its independence from Britain in 1948 after the country’s foreign exchange hit record lows and triggered its first foreign debt default last year. The IMF approved a bailout of nearly $3 billion in March, which Sri Lanka expects will bring additional funding of up to $4 billion from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other multilateral agencies.

Persons: Faris Hadad, Zervos, ” Zervos Organizations: Colombo CNN, Bank, Sri, Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank Locations: Sri Lanka, Britain, China, Japan, India

☆ World Bank approves $700 mln for crisis-hit Sri Lanka
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] People wait in line to buy domestic gas tanks near a distributor, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File PhotoCOLOMBO, June 29 (Reuters) - The World Bank approved $700 million in budgetary and welfare support for Sri Lanka on Thursday, the biggest funding tranche for the crisis-hit island nation since an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal in March. "Through a phased approach, the World Bank Group strategy focuses on early economic stabilization, structural reforms, and protection of the poor and vulnerable," the World Bank's country director for Sri Lanka, Faris Hadad-Zervos, said in a statement. Sri Lanka is struggling with the worst financial crisis since its independence from Britain in 1948 after the country's foreign exchange hit record lows and triggered its first foreign debt default last year. The IMF approved a bailout of nearly $3 billion in March, which Sri Lanka expects will bring additional funding of up to $4 billion from the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and other multilateral agencies.

Persons: Dinuka, Faris Hadad, Zervos, Uditha Jayasinghe, Chris Reese, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, World Bank, Sri, Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, IMF, Asian Development Bank, Thomson Locations: Colombo, Sri Lanka, Britain, China, Japan, India

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