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As a means to control inflation, Milei had been stopping the peso from devaluing too drastically by keeping it propped up with the country's reserves.

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"The driver stopped the bus along the roadside, but within moments, the flames engulfed the vehicle," it added.

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Kirk, a father of two, was assassinated last month while speaking in Utah during the first stop of what was to be a fall college speaking tour.

But that isn’t stopping the United Nations, which this week is poised to impose what amounts to a global tax on carbon emissions.

“Some think that shipping real-life people is problematic. I think that humans cannot stop this natural tendency,” Howell said, later adding that “a line gets crossed” when fan speculation turns into investigation.

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