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Ukraine and Japan sign agreement on $100 mln loan - Ministry of Finance.

Ukraine and Japan have signed an agreement on a $100 million loan for 30 years at 1% per annum with a grace period of 10 years, the Ministry of Finance reported.

"Today, April 28, 2022, an agreement was signed between the government of Ukraine and the government of Japan on a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency for development policy in the field of emergency economic recovery and a grant to strengthen the healthcare and medicine system in Ukraine," the ministry said in a release on Thursday.

The Japanese government will provide Ukraine with a $100 million loan on favorable terms.

The matter concerns budgetary support to stabilize the situation in Ukraine, in particular, to ensure priority social, humanitarian, health care costs, support for internally displaced persons and other priority costs.

A grant of approximately $2.3 million will be used to purchase medical equipment.

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Former UK defence secretary: World facing risks comparable to 1930s.

Former UK defence secretary: World facing risks comparable to 1930s.

Former defence secretary Ben Wallace has told Sky News that the world is facing similar risks to those in the 1930s. Mr Wallace warned that we also face additional challenges which include "terrorism and unconventional warfare". Read more here: #u...

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Stay Tuned NOW with Gadi Schwartz - April 23 - NBC News  NOW.

Stay Tuned NOW with Gadi Schwartz - April 23 - NBC News NOW.

A former cop who was accused of child rape shot himself after being chased by police, the Senate are debating a foreign aid bill that could potentially ban TikTok, and tensions are growing on college campuses as Pro-Palestinian protests continue. ...

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Columbia student details 'rabid' anti-Israel protests: 'Chaos, disorder'.

Columbia student details 'rabid' anti-Israel protests: 'Chaos, disorder'.

Columbia University student David Pomerantz shares his firsthand experience on campus as anti-Israel protests raise concerns. #FoxNews Subscribe to Fox News! Watch more Fox News Video: Watch Fox News Channel Live: FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-ho...

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Pressure and Release: horse therapy for young Indigenous Australians.

Pressure and Release: horse therapy for young Indigenous Australians.

The Kimberley region of Western Australia is a beautiful place. But it is home to communities in crisis – devastated by a pattern of suicides among young Aboriginal people. A glimmer of hope emerges in the form of Prof Juli Coffin, a Nyangumarta w...

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Nottingham attack: Families left traumatised by 'barbaric' police WhatsApp messages.

Nottingham attack: Families left traumatised by 'barbaric' police WhatsApp messages.

Emma Webber, the mother of Barnaby Webber - who died in a stabbing attack in Nottingham, has written an emotional letter to the members of a police WhatsApp group. A police officer described the students stabbed to death in Nottingham last summer ...

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Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson appears in court charged with rape.

Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson appears in court charged with rape.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, has appeared in court charged with rape and other historical sex offences. He has been charged with one count of rape, one count of gross indecency towards a child and nine...

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