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Brazil's central bank holds 13.75% interest rate amid 'high' inflation
Brazil's central bank holds 13.75% interest rate amid 'high' inflation
by  AFP

Brazil's central bank held its benchmark interest rate at 13.75% on Wednesday, remarking that inflation "remains high" despite receding for three months in a row, just four days before a presidential election. For now, "inflation remains high" despite dropping for several months.

12 women foreign ministers condemn Iran's crackdown
12 women foreign ministers condemn Iran's crackdown
by  AFP

Women foreign ministers from a dozen nations led by Canada's Melanie Joly on Wednesday jointly condemned Iran's violent crackdown on women's rights, as protesters in the Islamic republic marked 40 days of unrest.

Painter Pierre Soulages, French master of black, dies at 102
Painter Pierre Soulages, French master of black, dies at 102
by  AFP

French abstract artist Pierre Soulages, who has died aged 102, was the Henry Ford of painting: for him there was just one colour, black, and he spent a lifetime exploring the light within it. When he was around 60, Soulages shifted from black to the reflection of light from black -- a technique he called "outrenoir" or "beyond black" in English.

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