The Russian Cosmonaut Training Center hopes to receive new Tu-204-300 jets, which will deliver cosmonauts to the Baikonur and Vostochny cosmodromes, till the end of the year, center's head Pavel Vlasov told Sputnik on Saturday

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde is to meet with Argentine Finance Minister Nicolas Dujovne next Tuesday to discuss a rescue plan for the crisis-torn economy, IMF Chief Spokesman Gerry Rice said on Friday.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas asked his EU colleagues to study the idea of boosting support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) after the US decision to stop financing the body, local media reported on Friday.

European nations previously recommended that the United States avoid delivering lethal weapons to Ukraine, and former US President Barack Obama, unlike his successor Donald Trump, listened to this advice, Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Valery Chaly said

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) Advisory Council for People of Determination organised a session about inclusion and empowerment of the people of determination.

The implementation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's proposals regarding changes to the federal pension law will require an additional 500 billion rubles ($7.3 billion) over six years, but the government will find these funds, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday.

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed public sector loan agreements totaling US$37.5 million with Guinea Bissau, Burundi and Uganda to support socio-economic development and living standards in the African continent.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) confirmed to Sputnik on Wednesday that the United States would not give any funding to the agency this year, with some of the funding to be replaced by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Russia and Turkey.