Stories for September 23rd 2022

Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Tourists leave hundreds of millions of dollars in Argentina

Foreign tourists have left US$ 850 million in Argentina during the recent winter recess, Buenos Aires authorities reported this week. The local government also said 4,510,000 visitors had entered the country through all border crossings, of whom 2,312,000 were leisure travelers.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Spanish coalition plans a “wealth” tax on the richest 1% to support “the middle class and workers”

Spain's fragile left-wing coalition government plans to slap a temporary tax on the wealthiest 1% of the country's population to help pay for inflation and cost of living relief measures.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Another challenge for UK unity: latest census shows Catholics are a majority in Northern Ireland

For the first time in the century of its existence, Northern Ireland has more residents who identify as Catholic than those calling themselves Protestants, a census has shown, according to results published on Thursday.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Argentina's Upper House okays Supreme Curt enlargement

Argentina's Senate Thursday passed the bill to enlarge the Supreme Court from 5 to 15 judges. The bill now passes on to the Lower House for further parliamentary treatment.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Latin America and US agree to sack IDB president, a Trump appointment

The fourteen governors on the board of the multilateral Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have voted unanimously to recommend firing President Mauricio Claver-Carone, Latin American sources revealed on Thursday.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Princess Anne thanks Royal Navy personnel involved in the Queen's funeral

The Princess Royal visited Portsmouth Naval Base on Thursday to offer her personal thanks to sailors involved in Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral. Princess Anne spoke to the men and women about their role hauling the State Ceremonial Gun Carriage bearing the Queen’s coffin and lining the streets of London and Windsor.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Abdo tells Biden US is a strategic partner of Paraguay

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez and his US colleague Joseph Biden Thursday agreed on the importance of “democratic values” during their meeting in New York.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Brazil: Henrique Cardoso letter taken as message of support at Lula's camp

A letter from former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso (FHC) was welcome Thursday in Brazil on the electoral campaign camp of another former head of state, the Workers' Party (PT) leader Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who remains on top of the voting intention list among all credible pollsters to defeat the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro next month.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:16 UTC
BOE hikes basic rate to 2,25%, and admits UK economy is in recession process

The Bank of England hiked its base rate to 2.25% from 1.75% on Thursday, lower than the 0.75 percentage point increase that had been expected by many traders, but cautioned the UK economy was already entering recession since GDP is forecast to contract by 0,1% in the third quarter, following on a 0.1% decline in the second quarter.