Pakistan, Argentina and more: Top 10 countries with the highest IMF debt as of 2025

The country in a deep financial crisis, Islamabad is swirling in a debt spiral despite multiple IMF lifelines. Pakistan’s financial troubles further deepened after the recent Indo-Pak conflict as India launched Operation Sindoor in retaliation yo Pahalgam …

Japan sends ‘first-ever’ cargo of gasoil to Argentina

Japan has sent its “first-ever” recorded middle distillates cargo to Argentina, in what could possibly be the emergence of a new trade route. Kpler’s cargo tracking software detected an LR1 vessel, the 75,000-dwt Hafnia Guangzhou (built 2019), as loading a …

Milei’s high-stakes bid to hobble Argentina’s centre-right

F1 Driver's Imola Qualifying Goes From Bad To Worse After Penalty And Crash

By Lydia Mee is a contributing sports writer located in the West Midlands, England. Her focus is on F1 and NASCAR. She has in-depth knowledge of Motorsport as a whole. Lydia joined Newsweek in March 2024, having previously written Motorsport content for …

Imola F1 Qualifying Crash: Franco Colapinto Brings Out Second Red Flag

Franco Colapinto has crashed out of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix Qualifying session. The Alpine driver confirmed that he was okay over the team radio and was able to exit the car unassisted. The Argentine crashed into the barriers at the exit of …

Brian Glanville was fearless, witty and hovered in the press box like Banquo’s ghost

Brian Glanville, who has died aged 93, was what Groucho Marx might have been had the old master of the one-liner shown any interest in football. I doubt if the greatest soccer scribbler of them all – the London-born son of a Dublin dentist and an Old …

The oldest known rebbachisaur has been found, dating back 94 million years

A newly identified dinosaur has stirred attention among paleontologists worldwide. It lived about 94 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous epoch and has been hailed as the earliest known member of its family. The fresh discovery is named …

How UAE expats can learn valuable financial lessons from Indians in the Emirates

Burgess Baria does not consider himself an expert when it comes to financial matters. But he does strive to save half of his income every month. “Fixed deposits in India are the quickest and easiest of options,” says Mr Baria, 42, a public relations …

Brazil confirms first bird flu outbreak on poultry farm, triggering trade bans from China and others

Brazil has confirmed its first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu on a commercial poultry farm, prompting immediate trade suspensions from key international buyers including China and regional bans from others, officials said on Friday. The outbreak …

Argentines will be able to enter China without a visa

China will allow citizens of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay to enter the country without a visa. The measure, which is considered “a test,” will go into effect on June 1, 2025, and last until May 31, 2026, according to a communiqué the Chinese …