U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday expressed support for the Supreme Court's chief justice as Democrats urge him to investigate luxury trips taken by Justice Clarence Thomas that were paid for by a Republican donor.
U.S. Senate Republicans will block Democrats' plans to temporarily replace Senator Dianne Feinstein on the committee that approves federal judges, the chamber's top Republican, Mitch McConnell, said on Tuesday.
Argentina is considering how to persuade the International Monetary Fund to further ease the economic targets embedded in the country's $44 billion IMF loan program, a source said, as a severe drought hits exports and threatens to push the economy into recession.
The United Arab Emirates has confirmed financial support of $1 billion to Pakistan, the South Asian nation's finance minister said on Friday, removing a key hurdle to securing a much-awaited bailout tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Africa is facing a severe financing squeeze that, on the back of a series of unprecedented shocks, is disrupting economic growth and endangering its long-term development, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) top official for the region said.