January 11, 2025

Ukraine received its first 3 billion euro ($3.09 billion) tranche of the European Union’s portion of a loan agreed by the Group of Seven members and backed by the earnings from frozen Russian sovereign assets, Kyiv and Brussels said on Friday, Reuters reports.   G7 leaders in October agreed to provide some $50 billion in…

China congratulates Joseph Aoun on his election as Lebanon’s president, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday, Reuters reports.   Lebanon’s army chief Joseph Aoun was elected president in the second round of the presidential vote held on Thursday.   “China welcomes the election of a new president…