MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 18th 2019
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Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:25 UTC
China's economy grows at its slowest rate in three decades in the third quarter
China's economy expanded at its slowest rate in nearly three decades in the third quarter, hit by cooling domestic demand and a protracted US trade war, official data showed on Friday.
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Friday, October 18th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Venezuela in Human Rights Council: US and Argentina deplore UN “embarrassment”
Venezuela on Thursday won a seat on the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council -- a move that the U.S. quickly branded “an embarrassment” and further proof that its decision last year to leave the body last was the right one.
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Friday, October 18th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
BAS technique to detect stranded whales from space
A new technique for analyzing satellite images may help scientists detect and count stranded whales from space. Researchers tested a new detection method using Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite images from Maxar Technologies of the biggest mass stranding of baleen whales yet recorded. It is hoped that in the future the technique will lead to real-time information as stranding events happen.
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Friday, October 18th 2019 - 09:38 UTC
Credit Suisse will charge wealthy clients with large cash deposits
Credit Suisse will start charging wealthy clients with large cash deposits in Swiss francs, the latest Swiss bank to pass on negative interest rates to customers. Individual and business customers will be charged a rate of -0.75per cent on cash balances above 2 million Swiss francs (US$2.02 million), Switzerland's second-biggest lender said. Balances of less than 2 million francs will be unaffected.
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Friday, October 18th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Humpback whales in the SW Atlantic total some 25.000, NOAA survey
One of the whale populations taken to the edge of extinction by commercial hunting in the early 20th Century has essentially recovered its numbers. It's estimated the humpbacks that frequent the southwest Atlantic once totaled perhaps 27,000 animals.
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Friday, October 18th 2019 - 08:34 UTC
Bolsonaro family fighting for control of the party and its war chest, US$ 94 million
A push by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to make his son the leader of his party in the lower house of Congress was rejected on Thursday, deepening a rift with party leaders that could further fragment the far-right firebrand's legislative base.
