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IMF agrees to loan up to $50bn for Argentina

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The International Monetary Fund has agreed to lend Argentina up to $50bn (£37.2bn) as the country seeks to bolster its struggling economy. The three-year agreement must still be approved by the IMF board. Argentina, which has been plagued by economic problems for years, asked for assistance from the IMF on 8 May after its currency hit an all-time low. The country has committed to tackle its double digit inflation and public spending as part of the deal. "The [Argentine] authorities have indicated that they intend to draw on the first tranche of the arrangement, but subsequently treat the loan as precautionary," the IMF said in a statement on Thursday.Argentine President Mauricio Macri's decision to ask the IMF for help was criticised by many within his country. The IMF is widely loathed and blamed for Argentina's 2001 economic collapse after it pulled the plug on the country and denied it financial support. But Mr Macri had said previously a fresh l...
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England vs. Nigeria: Rohr reveals Super Eagles team plans

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Gernot Rohr has confirmed that he will play his 'best team' in Saturday's friendly against England at Wembley. Rohr told reporters on Friday that he will pick his preferred starters for the World Cup warm-up match, with one or two exceptions. "It is a big test. In the last match we didn't play our best team," the German coach began. "[On Saturday] we will try to play our best team. "Perhaps there will be one or two players who are not in the best team because of injury," Rohr continued, "but tomorrow we will see the team which has a chance to start against Croatia." Those two absentees are likely to be Wilfred Ndidi and Moses Simon. Ndidi appears to have recovered fully and trained with the rest of the squad at Wembley on Friday, but will not be risked, according to team officials. A combination of injuries, fitness issues, suspensions and a need to try out new players meant that the coach has been unable to roll out ...
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Nigeria hunger crises can kill 200 children per day.

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  Two hundred children could die each day from hunger in northeastern Nigeria as a result of the ongoing conflict in the country, a humanitarian agency has warned. Up to half of all children under the age of five are acutely malnourished, international charity Save the Children said on Monday, after screening the health of boys and girls in the region between June and October in 2016. The figure could be even worse in areas that are out of reach because of insecurity, according to the report. Children are presenting in desperate conditions and facing severe malnutrition, often in combination with other life-threatening illnesses like pneumonia, malaria and diarrhoea," said Ben Foot, Save the Children country director. "For some cases this may be the second or third time they have fought malnutrition so their immune systems are already severely weakened." Violent attacks on civilians since 2009 by the armed group Boko H...
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'Students among dead' in Jordan flash floods

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At least seven people have been killed and 16 more are missing after flash floods struck an area near the Dead Sea in Jordan, officials say. Most of those killed and missing were students on a trip, civil defence sources said, but this was not confirmed. Prime Minister Omar Razzaz is reported to be overseeing a rescue operation at the Zara Maeen hot springs area. Search teams have so far rescued 11 people, Reuters reported. Some of them are said to be in a serious condition.
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Black Widow' and 'West Side Story' Delayed Until 2021 Due to Pandemic

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Following its previous reshuffling of films due to the ongoing pandemic, Disney has announced it will once again push Black Widow‘s release date back, this time to next year, alongside its adaptation of West Side Story. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Scarlett Johansson‘s upcoming standalone superhero film has been pushed from November 6 to May 7, 2021, a full year removed from its original release date of May 1, 2020, before coronavirus concerns shut down most theaters. As a result, other Marvel Studios films like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and The Eternals have been pushed back to July 9 and November 5, 2021, respectively. Meanwhile, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story has been pushed back from December 18, 2020, to December 10 of next year. Although this takes the film out of this year’s Oscar race, many suspect the film has also been delayed due to alligations surrounding the film’s star Ansel Elgort. Disney will move Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile sequel fr...
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