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UK government approves Hinkley Point nuclear plant

The UK government has given the green light to the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point. The €21 billion project is to be built by French utility EDF, with funding from China's state-owned nuclear...

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Argentina: President Macri's pro-business policies spark protests

Since he took office in December, Argentina's centre-right President Mauricio Macri has introduced a series of free-market pro-business policies. Macri has removed foreign exchange controls, reduced...

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Protesters take to Buenos Aires streets to oppose Macri's reforms

Argentina's unions are holding a general strike to oppose government policies which they say have pushed over a million people into poverty. President Mauricio Macri's reforms to liberalise the...

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Family of dead protester demands answers from govt about the circumstances of...

This tribute to the Argentininian activist, 28 year old santiago maldonado, says that through his show of solidarity with indiginous peoples, he became everyone''s sonNow his family - and protestors -...

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Argentine president's coalition sweeps midterm elections

Candidates allied with Argentine President Mauricio Macri enjoyed sweeping victories in Sunday's mid-term election, strengthening his position in Congress while dimming prospects for a political...

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Reforming Argentina: After election win, Macri vows to improve economy

Mauricio Macri has won a strong mandate to continue reforming Argentina's economy. Kate Moody asks Edwin Guttierez, the head of Emerging Market Sovereign Debt at Aberdeen Asset Management, whether the...

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Missing submarine reported 'mechanical problem' in final call, says Argentine...

An Argentine military submarine reported a malfunction and was headed back to base when it went missing last week in the South Atlantic, a naval spokesman said on Monday, while storms complicated...

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'Explosion' heard near Argentine sub's last known position

An unusual noise heard in the ocean near the last known position of the San Juan submarine was "consistent with an explosion," Argentina's navy announced Thursday.

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IMF signals it's ready to assist Argentina

In this business update we head to Argentina, where the IMF boss says she's ready to assist the government - but the move is risky for the country's president. We also tell you how Apple and Goldman...

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Thousands protest Argentina's negotiations with IMF

Thousands of Argentines on Friday protested the government's bid to secure a credit line from the International Monetary Fund, which they blame for hardship during a past financial crisis.

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Argentina hikes interest rate amid currency slide

2018-08-30 17:35 Argentina hikes interest rate amid currency slide

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Diplomats from G20 countries in fraught discussions over final summit statement

Diplomats from the Group of 20 countries were haggling hard over a final summit statement Friday, with deep divisions over what language to use on the Paris climate accord and the WTO, say two European...

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Venezuela’s Guaido visits Argentina and Paraguay in bid to drum up support

Venezuela’s self-declared President Juan Guaido visited Paraguay and Argentina on Friday to shore up Latin American support for a transitional government in the crisis-stricken nation.

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Argentina's former leader Fernandez announces vice presidential bid

Argentina's former President Cristina Fernández announced on Saturday her candidacy for vice president in October's general elections, a surprising move that now puts a more moderate challenger at the...

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Argentine president Macri faces criticism after massive 14-hour power failure

The huge blackout in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay over the weekend raised serious questions about the vulnerability of the power grid in South America and brought criticism down on Argentina's leader.

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Macri promises investigation of blackout causes

President Mauricio Macri promised a thorough investigation into the cause of what he called an unprecedented outage.

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Argentines head to polls in high-stakes presidential primary race

Argentines have their first chance on Sunday to head to the ballot boxes in a high-stakes presidential primary race in which they must choose between staying the course of painful austerity measures or...

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Opposition scores win in Argentina primaries amid voter anger over austerity

A ticket involving former President Cristina Fernández emerged as the strongest vote-getter in Argentina's primary elections Sunday, indicating conservative President Mauricio Macri will face an uphill...

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Argentina’s president announces salary hikes and relief plan after poll setback

Argentine President Mauricio Macri said on Wednesday he will cut income taxes for workers and increase subsidies for social services following two days of economic turmoil triggered by an election...

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Argentine lawmakers approve emergency food bill amid economic crisis

Argentine lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a draft emergency food law to free up resources for social programs amid a worsening economic crisis. Soaring inflation and rising poverty have...

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How Macri has failed to turn Argentina's economy around

As Argentinians prepare to cast their ballots on Sunday to elect their president, the country is yet again bogged down in an economic crisis. The peso has been devalued, inflation is spiralling and...

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Leftist Fernandez poised to take power in Argentina presidential elections

Voters head to the polls in Argentina on Sunday after an election campaign dominated by the economy with center-left Peronist candidate Alberto Fernandez favored to oust market-friendly President...

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Argentina's Peronists sweep back into power as Macri concedes defeat

Argentina's Peronists swept back into power on Sunday, ousting conservative president Mauricio Macri in an election result that shifts Latin America's No. 3 economy firmly back toward the left after...

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