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Australia is the oldest, [19] flattest, [20] and driest inhabited continent, [21] [22] with the least fertile soils. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] It is a megadiverse country , and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates including deserts and tropical rainforests .
Argentina's currency declined by about 50% in 2018 to more than 38 Argentine pesos per U.S. Dollar. As of that year, it is under a stand-by program from the International Monetary Fund. In 2019, the currency fell further by 25%. In 2020, it fell by 90%, in 2021, 68%, [24] and a further 52% in 2022 (until July 20). [25]
A host of local and international events influenced the currency after that, most notably the 1994 general election, which had it weaken to over R3.60 to the dollar, the election of Tito Mboweni as the governor of the South African Reserve Bank, and the inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki in 1999, which had it quickly slide to over R6 to the ...
The economy of India is a developing mixed economy with a notable public sector in strategic sectors. [5] It is the world's fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP); on a per capita income basis, India ranked 136th by GDP (nominal) and 125th by GDP (PPP). [60]
The rest of the story, however, was less definitive, with a subheading saying the former officials "signed a letter casting doubt on the provenance of a New York Post story," and noting in the story body that the letter said the information in the Post story "has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation."
The first centibillionaire on the Forbes Real Time Billionaires Index and the second ever to have eclipsed the feat since Bill Gates in 1999, Bezos was named the "richest man in modern history" after his net worth increased to $150 billion in July 2018. [7] In August 2020, according to Forbes, he had a net worth exceeding $200 billion. On July ...
Between 1837 and 1900, copper 1 and 5 para*, silver 10 and 20 para, 1, 5, 10 and 20 piastre (pt), gold 5pt, 10pt. and 20pt and E£1 coins were introduced, with gold 50 PT coins issued in 1839. Copper 10 para coins were introduced in 1853, although the silver coin continued to be issued.
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the 27 member states of the European Union.This group of states is officially known as the euro area or, more commonly, the eurozone.