Argentina's First Lady, Senator Cristina Fernandez Kirchner launched late Thursday evening her campaign to become the country's first elected woman president praising her husband's administration and pledging to lift Argentines self esteem.
China's economy expanded at its fastest pace in over a decade in the second quarter, data showed Thursday, raising expectations authorities will act quickly but not severely to stop overheating.
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The first lady of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, launched this week the campaign to succeed her husband Néstor as president. This is less a story of Evita Perón or Hillary Clinton than a political fix by illiberal architects of a failed model of governance, says Celia Szusterman in Agora Vox, the Citizen Media, European Union.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet condemned Friday the Toronto police's unjustified actions after several members of the Chilean FIFA U-20 selection were reportedly shot with stun guns and sprayed with pepper spray after losing 3-0 to Argentina at Toronto's National Stadium.
The People's Bank of China (PBC) ordered Friday an increase of 0.27% of a point in commercial banks' benchmark one-year deposit and lending rates to keep inflation in check. The increases will take effect on 21 July and is the fifth since April 2006.
Global demand for oil will increase significantly next year, with greater pressure on prices, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its monthly report.
United States stocks fell sharply on Friday following disappointing earnings from Caterpillar and Google. Worries over the impact of the housing slump and losses from risky mortgages also weighed on stocks.