The global financial system will be plunged into uncertainty unless lawmakers agree a deal, the head of the agency warns The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva has criticized Washington’s ongoing debt-ceiling impasse between the Biden administration and top Republican figures, saying a US default would have a significant ripple effect…

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said last week that Washington does not object to Kiev striking Crimea Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned US diplomats on Friday over what it called “provocative statements” by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. The American official was de-facto supporting Ukrainian strikes against Russian territory, including Crimea and the Belgorod region,…

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