MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 4th 2023
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Friday, August 4th 2023 - 08:17 UTC
Bank of England rate up to 5,25%, highest in fifteen years; no prospects of abating
The Bank of England raised on Thursday its main interest rate to 5.25%, the highest in 15 years, as the country strives to control persistently high inflation. The quarter percentage point hike was the bank's 14th in a row.
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Friday, August 4th 2023 - 08:04 UTC
Lula's lawyer formally becomes a member of Brazil's Supreme Court
Brazilian president Lula da Silva's lawyer, Cristiano Zanin, 47, took a seat for life on the country’s Supreme Court on Thursday. Zanin helped Lula overturn convictions stemming from Brazil’s sprawling “Car Wash” corruption investigation and was freed after 580 days of incarceration.
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Friday, August 4th 2023 - 07:37 UTC
Self-determination is the right of Falkland Islanders
By Teslyn Barkman (*) - In March 2013, Falkland Islanders took to the polls in an internationally observed referendum in which 99.8% of voters, on a turnout of 92%, voted in favor of remaining a self-governing Overseas Territory of the UK. We spoke for our future.
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Friday, August 4th 2023 - 07:26 UTC
Falklands by election next 21 September to complete the eight member Legislative Assembly
The by-election for the Camp constituency of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly seat is anticipated to take place on Thursday, September 21, Attorney General Simon Young has told Penguin News.
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Friday, August 4th 2023 - 05:12 UTC
EU countries recover beer production to pre pandemic output levels
The European Union countries recovered their beer output levels to almost those preceding the pandemic years, producing nearly 34.3 billion liters of alcoholic beer in 2022, Eurostat said on Thursday.
