The lender’s director for strategy says the list of options to address global economic challenges is rapidly shrinking The International Monetary Fund will significantly reduce its forecast for global economic growth in its next update, according to Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, the IMF’s director for strategy, policy and review, as reported by Bloomberg.

Member states will be urged to curb their energy use, according to a draft seen by Reuters The EU will urge member countries to scale back their demand for gas in order to prepare for potential Russian supply cuts, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing a draft of the proposal.

Tetsuya Yamagami had reportedly hinted that he was going to kill Japan’s former prime minister The man who is believed to have assassinated Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe earlier this month had dropped hints about his plans in a letter penned earlier, reports in Japanese media claim.