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the ecb s decision to raise its benchmark rate by a 0.25% to 3.75% matches a peak last reached in 2001, at a time when it was trying to boost the value of the newly launched euro currency, which is now used in 20 countries. ecb president christine lagarde has warned consumer prices are still rising too fast and kept its options open for further increases. what i can assure you of, is that we are not going to cut. that is a definite no. but, on the other side, it could be a hike, it could be a pause. if it is a pause, it would not necessarily be for an extended period of time, because as i said, it will vary from meeting to meeting, because we continue to decide on a meeting by meeting basis, every time, informed by the data. a day after the us federal reserve raised its interest rate for the 11th time, new data suggests that it s not excessively dampening the world s biggest economy. a preliminary estimate suggests that the us economy grew 2.4% on an annualised basis be ....
sparked wildfires across the uk, with more than 800 on the hottest day injuly, when temperatures broke through a0 celsius for the first time. these blistering conditions also had significant impacts on human health, with thousands more deaths in the over 65s than usual in england and wales acrossjuly and august. but this new met office report shows that the persistent heat wasn t confined to summer, with every month apart from december warmer than the long term average. this saw 2022 become the uk s warmest year in records dating back to 1884. driving all this, according to the researchers, are ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities. if these stay constant, an exceptional year like 2022 will become the norm for the uk. if you look at the summer of 2022, this really gives us a feel for a sign of things to come. the summer was very hot. it was very dry. we saw wildfires. we had drought conditions across most of england and wales. and that really is a si ....
have secured their spot in the knock out stages. two goals in quick succession in the first half gave them a 2 0 win over costa rica in dunedin hikaru naomoto and aoba fujino both on the scoresheet. they are now two wins from two, after an opening group c win over zambia. and spain also secured their place in the knockout phase, after an emphatic 5 0 win over zambia. jenni hermoso and alba redondo scored twice, as they progressed with a game to spare. the spanairds opened their group c campaign with a 3 0 win against costa rica last week and have put themselves forwards as one of the fancied teams in the tournament. the final game of the day gets under way injust over an hour in perth, with the republic of ireland up against olympic champions canada. ireland have a tough task on their hands, they need at least a draw to stay in the tournament after their opening day loss to co hosts australia. canada themselves could do with a win, after their draw with nigeria in the ....
after just four minutes. however, the reigning olympic champions levelled just before the break before manchester united winger adriana leon scored what would prove to be the winner on 53 minutes. canada top the group with four points, but its two defeats from two for ireland. it s just nice to score and get us off to a good start. but it s the results that matter in this game. in these type of tournaments i m just heartbroken for the girls because i feel like we deserve so much more from the game. elsewhere, 2011 champions japan are into the knockout stages with a game to spare. they beat costa rica two zero in dunedin to make it two wins from two. they beat costa rica at 2 0. 19 year old aoba fujino with the second goal to become japan s youngest goal scorer at a women s world cup. next up forjapan are spain, with top spot in the group up for grabs. spain qualified for the last 16 after thrashing zambia 5 0 jenni hermoso and alba redondo scoring twice. but it s b ....
thank you for having me. i m sure you would agree that amnesty s international reputation depends upon impartiality, independence, the rigour of your research. how do you think amnesty s reputation stands across the world right now? look, based on the various travels i am doing in africa, latin america, asia, our reputation stands very high and firm. people from very remote areas, all the way to political leaders know that they can count on us if it s needed. i was very recently in peru meeting with indigenous people who had confronted state violence, mothers and fathers who had lost their sons. who was there with them for months after the event, for weeks at a time? amnesty international. we went there and we kept being there for them. i was in taiwan two weeks ago. amnesty international has been in taiwan since the 1980s. we fought the white terror government. we are now in taiwan as an established ngo, but also an ally for the civil society more generally in terms of ....