News of september 11

Economy beats forecast despite political woes

23-11-2021 19:03 Argentina’s economy expanded more than expected in September as tourism, manufacturing and construction picked up.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation hit 3.5% in September as hikes picked up pace

15-10-2021 01:05 Consumer prices have risen 37% so far this year and 52.5% over last 12 months, according to new data from INDEC national statistics bureau.

BLOOMBERG

Inflation accelerated more than expected in September

14-10-2021 17:39 Consumer prices in Argentina climbed more than expected last month, prompting President Alberto Fernández to expand unconventional price controls.

As I see it

Closing time in the gardens of the West

11-09-2021 09:48 Perhaps it is premature to talk, as the British essayist Cyril Connolly did soon after World War II, of “closing time in the gardens of the West,” but for many it does feel that something like that is taking place.

by James Neilson

And that reminds me…

Twenty years can be something

11-09-2021 09:35 Just as in the preceding generation everybody seemed to remember exactly what they were doing on the day of John Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, so 9/11 has remained the object of universal recall in the last 20 years.

by Michael Soltys

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACKS

The day that changed the United States: Remembering 9/11, 20 years on

11-09-2021 08:54 On September 11, 2001, the world watched in horror as commercial jetliners commandeered by al-Qaeda hijackers slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people died that day.

Remembering 9/11, 20 years on

Two decades on, United States comes full circle

11-09-2021 08:45 When al-Qaeda hijackers killed nearly 3,000 people on September 11, 2001, the United States instantly took on a new mission as a furious and fearful nation coalesced around president George W. Bush's "war on terrorism." Twenty years later, the world is transformed.

9/11: 20 YEARS ON

Pandemic gives 9/11 conspiracists fresh impetus

11-09-2021 00:01 Twenty years after al-Qaeda terrorists flew two hijacked aircraft into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, conspiracy theorists are more emboldened than ever.

9/11: 20 YEARS ON

9/11: Victims' families find solace, help in support groups

10-09-2021 21:50 Twenty years later and they still talk regularly: 9/11 survivors and relatives of victims have formed strong friendships through support groups that have proved effective antidotes to their trauma.

9/11: 20 YEARS ON

'Total failure': The war on terror 20 years on

26-08-2021 13:57 The Al-Qaeda plane hijackings of September 11, 2001 were the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries. It ruptured America's sense of safety and plunged the West into war in Afghanistan – a military operation that is only now just concluding.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity shrank 6.9% in September year-on-year

24-11-2020 19:12 New data from INDEC national statistics bureau shows economic activity has declined 11.9% since the turn of the year.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

INDEC: Inflation 2.8% in September, 22.3% this year so far

14-10-2020 18:22 Consumer prices rose 2.8% in September, with the biggest increases in clothing and footwear and alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivia's September vote in doubt as virus death toll rises

22-07-2020 17:49 A committee that advises the Health Ministry says holding September election would not be advisable given the rapid spread of the coronavirus.