Rapper Kanye West publicly announced his plans to run for president at the MTV Video Music Awards.
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Argentina raised interest rates to 60% to try and maintain the Peso.
The second-largest mosque in Africa officially opened in Casablanca, Morocco.
HMS Pandora sank at The Great Barrier Reef after a voyage to hunt down the Bounty mutineers in 1790.
Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan's Slumdog Millionaire premiered at Colorado’s Telluride Film Festival.
Period drama movie '12 Years a Slave' premiered and went on to win Best Picture at the Telluride Film Festival in 2014.
