Economy
By Eric San Juan Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Sep 19 (EFE).- Vietnam has held its first public auctions of lucky numbers for vehicle license plates, raising $3.4 million for 11 license plates, with a price over $1 million for the ones most sought after, due to superstitious beliefs and...
Susana Madera Zamora Chinchipe (Ecuador), Sept 18 (EFE). – Fruta del Norte, the largest gold mine in Ecuador and one of the two recently operating large-scale mining operations in the country, is behind the recent «boom» in exports. In 2022, mining exports were among the star products sent abroad by...
Buenos Aires, Sept 18 (EFE).- Argentina is debating dollarization after decades of failure to tackle inflation, which has been above triple digits throughout 2023. The discussion comes in response to a proposal by far-right candidate Javier Milei, who is well-positioned to win the presidency in October. Milei’s polemic plans have...
Islamabad, Sep 16 (EFE).- Pakistan has increased the prices of petroleum products to all-time-highs even as a massive economic crisis affects the country, which has been aggravated by high inflation and rise in electricity bills, which have affected millions of people. In the early hours of Saturday, the ministry of...
Washington, Sep 14 (EFE).- The United Auto Workers (UAW) union announced that it will strike at three US assembly plants of General Motors (GM), Ford Motor and Stellantis if an agreement is not reached with the companies before midnight. UAW President Shawn Fein made the announcement at 10 pm on...
Brasilia, Sept 14 (EFE).- Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, will use next week’s United Nations (UN) General Assembly to launch a global initiative for «decent work» in the 21st century, according to official sources. The issue has been discussed by the two...
Washington, Sept 14 (EFE).- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Thursday that it would create a special department to study Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) after determining that UFOs need to be adequately investigated. It also promised transparency in any potential discovery. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that the...
Marrakesh (Morocco), Sep 14 (EFE).- The Moroccan authorities were working on Thursday to reopen mountain roads, days after a powerful earthquake claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people in the north African country. The earthquake wreaked havoc in mountainous regions, triggering landslides, causing structural cracks in roads, and, in some...
Guatemala City, 13 Sept (EFE).- Dozens of Guatemalan small farmers protested on Wednesday against the possible approval of a bill they call the «Monsanto Law,» an initiative that, according to them, threatens the «ancestral heritage of indigenous seeds, corn and other foods.» «We reject this initiative because it seeks to...
Mexico City, Sep 12 (EFE).- Mexican ufologist Jaime Maussan and other experts presented two samples of what they claimed to be corpses of an alien species in the Congress on Tuesday, while asking lawmakers to recognize extraterrestrial life. The public hearing was the first part of a process to explore...
Sydney, Australia, Sep 13 (EFE).- Australia’s High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by Qantas against rulings that found it had illegally sacked 1,700 ground staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, opening the door for those affected to seek compensation. Then Qantas Group Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce speaks during the...
New Delhi, Sep 12 (EFE).- India’s consumer price index (CPI) dropped by over half a percentage in August to 6,83 percent, despite remaining above the tolerance band, the statistics ministry said on Tuesday. The index dropped sharply compared to the figure of 7.44 percent registered in July, and was lower...
