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The Bank of England announces it will hold its key interest rate at 5.25 percent, a day after the Federal Reserve also froze borrowing costs as global inflation retreats. The BoE had already kept its rate steady at the central bank's previous monetary policy meeting in September, snapping a streak of 14 hikes in a row. But Governor Andrew Bailey says it is "much too early" to think about cutting rates. IMAGES
The US West Point military academy finds no apparent contents in a 200-year-old time capsule recently discovered inside the base of a monument at West Point, New York, and believed to have been left by cadets in the 1820s. "The box didn't quite meet expectations," says an expert during the unveiling ceremony, adding that his team will collect a layer of silt from the bottom of the box to see if they can find any remains in it. IMAGES
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price tells reporters the release of more than 200 political prisoners by Nicaragua, "opens the door to discussion of other matters of mutual concern" and "marks a constructive step towards addressing the human rights abuses in that country." SOUNDBITE
Los Angeles, Sep 30 (EFE/EPA).- The Hollywood Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened its door to public Thursday in Los Angeles after a long and difficult process marked by delays, setbacks and cost overruns. (Camera: CAROLINE BREHMAN). B-ROLL OF THE DEDICATION CEREMONY AT THE ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
Beirut, Jun 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) The French financial prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into the personal assets of the governor of the Lebanese Central Bank, Riad Salameh.FOOTAGE OF THE LEBANESE CENTRAL BANK.