Zambia's long-delayed external debt restructuring will save the southern African country $7.65 billion by 2026, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report after it approved the latest payout from a $1.3 billion rescue loan.
A judge in Guatemala suspended the party of anti-graft presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo, a prosecutor at the country's Attorney General's Office said on Wednesday, apparently removing him from the race.
Chinese fighter jets monitored a U.S. Navy patrol plane that flew through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, following two days of Chinese military exercises to the south of the island Beijing views as China's sovereign territory.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first over-the-counter contraceptive pill, paving the way for millions of women in the country to purchase birth control without prescription.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday sought to end months of crippling public sector strikes by offering teachers, doctors and other workers pay increases of 6% and above, but warned it would cost billions that could mean cuts elsewhere.