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Argentina revives special 'soy dollar' to boost reserves
Argentina revives special 'soy dollar' to boost reserves
World
by  AFP

Argentinian soy farmers will be able to sell their product at a preferential exchange rate, as the country seeks to shore up its central bank reserves, according to a decree published Monday. A similar preferential soy rate was applied in September, when soybean sales earned the country almost $8 billion.

US teen pleads guilty to racism-driven supermarket massacre
US teen pleads guilty to racism-driven supermarket massacre
World
by  AFP

A self-declared white supremacist pleaded guilty Monday to shooting dead 10 Black people during a racist, live-streamed, rampage at a supermarket in the US state of New York earlier this year. He had initially pleaded not guilty to a single count of first-degree murder before state authorities later added the other charges. pdh/mlm