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pullback in bank lending becomes more pervasive due to heightened concerns over banks’ asset quality.In

A government might be able to properly deal with issues in its own country, but there are only limited options for what it can do when carnage and oppression are taking place in remote nations.... Since the Myanmar military's coup in February, over 800 people have been killed in crackdowns by the military and hundreds have gone missing.... Security forces have been arbitrarily detaining and torturing people....

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Adani will help develop the terminal with Sri Lankan partners. The money from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation resembles the kind of big-ticket deals that China’s development banks have struck around the world over the past decade.... By 2020, before the pandemic disrupted trade, the port was handling just 1.2 million tons of cargo a year.... Nathan told the news conference that the Biden administration’s investments in infrastructure “ are transparent and don’t burden co

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TOKYO – A plan to redevelop a well-loved leafy oasis in the heart of Tokyo has drawn protests from residents and celebrities such as novelist Haruki Murakami since it was first announced in 2022.... Now, the planned redevelopment has raised alarm even outside Japan.... The International Council on Monuments and Sites( Icomos) has opposed the plan approved by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike as it would lead to the massive upheaval of Meiji Jingu Gaien( outer precinct)....

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