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On May 14 (Tuesday) Argentina's central bank cut the benchmark interest rate, after inflation slowed for the fourth straight month. The annual rate crested just shy of 300 percent, amid a tough austerity drive by libertarian President Javier Milei. The central bank said in a statement it had cut the
Beijing Slashes Reserve Requirement For Banks
The People's Bank of China, the country’s central bank, has announced that it will reduce the reserve...
China Eyeing First Atlantic Military Base in Africa
A report from a classified American intelligence source told The Wall Street Journal on Dec. 6 that China...
Half of Americans Suffering From Inflation, Poll Finds
With the American economy experiencing the highest inflation in over three decades, millions of households...
SEC Pushes Forward With Delisting Chinese Companies
On Dec. 2, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its final plan on implementing...
Twitter Bans Sharing of ‘Private’ Pictures Following Announcement of new CEO
Twitter has banned the sharing of private pictures, without consent, from its platform, citing "growing...
China Calls ‘Emergency Meeting’ With Japanese Envoy After Abe’s Remarks on Defending Taiwan
After former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Dec. 1 that neither his country nor the United...
50 Million Chinese Reportedly Infertile, Prompting State Interest in ‘Assisted Reproduction’
Officials in China have released data showing that the number of infertile couples in the country have...
Premier Li Keqiang Asks Officials to Avoid Communist-style ‘Bureaucratism’ as China’s Economic Crisis
News analysis At a recent meeting in Shanghai, China’s number two statesman provided provincial leaders...
85% of Chinese Ships ‘Disappear’, AIS Base Stations Seized Along China’s Coast
Since early November, the number of vessels sending the Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal...