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Tourists take photos near the very swollen Iguazu Falls, the largest waterfall system in the world, is flowing above average. On Monday 30 October, the Falls were flowing at over 24 million litres of water per second - its second highest flow since 1997, when monitoring began being measured hourly. Today, the volume has been registered at 18 million litres per second. IMAGES
The US Federal Reserve raises its benchmark lending rate to the highest level since 2001 to tackle above-target inflation, and signaled the possibility of further increases ahead. SOUNDBITE
Thirty years after the bombing of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires, sirens sound at 9:53 local time (12:53 GMT) - time when the attack took place - in memory of the 85 victims. IMAGES
Images of flooded streets in Buenos Aires and its surroundings after a storm submerged parts of the Argentine capital, resulting in at least one death, flight delays, submerged vehicles, and business closures. IMAGES
Deserted streets in Hong Kong as Hong Kong's weather observatory raised its typhoon alert to the highest level at 8:15 pm (1215 GMT) on September 1st, over Super Typhoon Saola, one of the strongest storms to hit southern China in years. IMAGES
The Bank of England announces in a press conference it is hiking its key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points, the biggest increase in 33 years, to fight inflation set to peak around 11 percent in recession-hit Britain. The latest rate hike mirrors aggressive rate-tightening by central banks worldwide as economies battle the highest prices in decades. SOUNDBITE
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