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The IMF should get out of Greece

  The International Monetary Fund’s involvement in Greece has been an unmitigated disaster: Time and again, its failure to heed crucial lessons has visited suffering upon the Greek people. When the fund’s directors meet on Monday, they should agree to forgive the country’s debts and get out. The IMF should never have gotten into Greece in the first place. As ...

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Qatar Airways to let barred passengers on US flights

  DUBAI / Reuters Gulf carrier Qatar Airways will allow passengers barred from the United States by President Donald Trump’s executive order last week to resume boarding US-bound flights after a federal judge blocked the move, an airline spokeswoman said on Saturday. US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has advised Qatar Airways it can board travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries ...

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Air France reopens USA flights

  PARIS / Reuters Air France said on Saturday it had reopened US-bound flights to passengers affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban on nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, after the executive order was temporarily suspended by a federal court. “Starting today we are implementing this court decision,” Air France spokesman Herve Erschler said. “Nationals from the countries concerned are ...

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