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  • Reuters

    UPDATE 1-Peru central bank cuts interest rate to 5.75% with inflation in target

    Peru's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.75% on Thursday, in line with expectations after inflation in the Andean nation slowed to the bank's target range last month. Last month's deflation slowed the annual headline inflation rate to 2.42%, its lowest level in three years and within the bank's target range of 1% and 3%. Peru has one of Latin America's lowest benchmark interest rates.

  • AFP

    Knicks rule out Anunoby for game 3 v Pacers, Brunson 'questionable'

    The New York Knicks will be without forward OG Anunoby for game three of their NBA playoff series against Indiana, and game two hero Jalen Brunson is "questionable' with a foot injury, the team said Thursday.Anunoby was hurt in the third quarter of the Knicks' 130-121 victory on Wednesday, which gave New York a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semi-final series.

  • Associated Press

    1 lawmaker stops South Carolina health care consolidation bill that had overwhelming support

    A bill that would have consolidated six South Carolina heath care agencies and was overwhelmingly passed by both chambers of the General Assembly died on the session's final day Thursday in a procedural move by a member angry he was mocked by his colleagues. Republican Rep. Josiah Magnuson has been against the bill from the start, saying it would create a health care czar who could take over like a dictator if there was another pandemic emergency like COVID-19.