TEHRAN (ANA)-  Despite victorious announcements from President Javier Milei's government, industrial activity in Argentina fell for the tenth consecutive month amid a growing loss of purchasing power.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Chile's Central Bank decided to lower the monetary policy interest rate (TPM) from 6.5 to 6% and forecast additional cutbacks in the coming months.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, in a letter to the United States' university students who have been protesting in recent weeks against brutal attack of Tel Aviv army on the innocent Gazans, praised the students’ move to defend the oppressed people of Palestine.    

TEHRAN (ANA)- Canada's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent on a year-over-year basis in April, down from a 2.9 percent gain in March, Statistics Canada said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The state of California continues to lead the United States in the number of job losses since the start of this year, said California's Employment Development Department in a report.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The 23rd summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) was held with its agenda focusing on a roadmap for 2030.

TEHRAN (ANA)- U.S. employers added fewer-than-expected 175,000 jobs in April, with the unemployment rate again ticking up to 3.9 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Pro-Palestinian protests have spread to more college campuses in the United States where police has began to push back forcefully.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Ford Motor Co. reported that it sold 179,588 vehicles in the United States in April, down 2.4 percent year on year.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Approximately 8.7 million people, or 22.9 percent of Canada's population, lived in households that reported some form of food insecurity in 2022, Statistics Canada said.