TEHRAN (ANA)- The National Statistics Institute (INE) of Uruguay said that the country's 2023 national census counted 3,499,451 inhabitants, 2.5 percentage points higher than the 2011 but slower that the expected one.
TEHRAN (ANA)- Canada's maple producers harvested 19.9 million gallons of maple syrup in 2024, up 91.3 percent compared with 2023, Statistics Canada said.
TEHRAN (ANA)- The Canadian federal government announced it will remove the cap that currently restricts Canadian pension funds from owning more than 30 percent of the voting shares of a Canadian entity.
TEHRAN (ANA)- Inflation in Brazil slowed to 0.39 percent in November, down from 0.56 percent in October, but has accumulated a 4.29 percent increase so far in 2024, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported.
TEHRAN (ANA)- Fewer U.S. grandparents were living with and taking care of grandchildren, and there was a decline in young children going to preschool and more people stayed put in their homes in the first part of the 2020s compared with the last part of the 2010s, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released.
TEHRAN (ANA)- The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of Brazil's central bank decided to increase the benchmark Selic interest rate from 11.25 percent to 12.25 percent, the second-highest since November 2023, when it stood at 12.75 percent.
TEHRAN (ANA)- Global food prices continued to rise in November, though the rate of increase slowed and prices for grains and cereals -- the largest component in the index -- actually fell.
TEHRAN (ANA)- Global trade is set to hit a historic $33 trillion in 2024, posting a 3.3% annual growth, according to the latest Global Trade Update by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
TEHRAN (ANA)- US-based aerospace company Boeing said that it will lay off 396 employees in the state of Washington as part of a plan to reduce its workforce by 10%.