World in brief: July 5, 2024
GERMANY: Berlin today agreed on a budget for 2025 and a stimulus package for Europe’s largest economy, ending a squabble that threatened to derail Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition.
Mr Scholz, a Social Democrat, and leaders of the Free Democrats and Greens agreed on the budget after marathon talks, German news agency dpa reported, citing party sources.
PAKISTAN: A roadside bomb planted on a bridge struck a rickshaw in north-west Pakistan on Friday, killing at least two people and wounding eight others, officials said.
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