Stories for December 2020

Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Brazil reported 6,728,452 Covid-19 positive cases and 178,995 deaths

Brazil reported 53,453 additional confirmed cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest daily rate since mid-August, and 836 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:09 UTC
Argentine oilseed and grains exports stalled with new wage strike

Argentine grains inspectors and oilseeds workers started a new wage strike on Wednesday, organizers said in a joint statement, as stalling contract negotiations threatened to interrupt exports from one of the world's main bread baskets.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Boeing 737 MAX returns to the skies on a commercial flight Sao Paulo/Porto Alegre

More than 20 months after it was grounded following two deadly crashes, Boeing's 737 MAX returned to the skies on Wednesday with an incident-free commercial flight in Brazil, said AFP journalists on board.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Amnesty International: Right to life, public health demand extraordinary cooperation

Governments should stop blocking a temporary waiver of some global intellectual property rules that will help boost global access to COVID-19 vaccines, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday ahead of a key World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva on December 10, 2020.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Spain's ex king Juan Carlos from exile, settled a back tax bill worth 678,000 Euros

Spain's former King Juan Carlos, who left his homeland under a cloud of scandal in August, has settled a back tax bill worth over 678,000 Euros including interest and fines, his lawyers said on Wednesday.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Date for Angela Merkel's exit, after next year's September 26 elections

Germany will go to the polls to elect a new parliament and chancellor on September 26 next year as Angela Merkel's looming retirement leaves the country's political future wide open.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
Hunter Biden tax affairs under investigation; president elect supports his son

President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden, a focus of attacks from President Donald Trump and his Republican allies during the campaign for the White House, said on Wednesday the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware is investigating his tax affairs.
Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 09:09 UTC
Argentina Covid-19 cases topped 40,000 deaths on Tuesday

The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, in Argentina has topped 40,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC
Brazil signs letter of intent for delivery of 70 million Covid-19 vaccine doses

Brazil has signed a letter of intent with Pfizer Inc for the delivery of more than 70 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, its health minister said on Tuesday, the day the country’s death toll from the virus surged to its highest in almost a month
Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 08:52 UTC
International Contact Group reject Venezuelan election, but Argentina did not sign the statement

The International Contact Group issued a statement on Tuesday to reject the parliamentary elections organized by the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro last Sunday in Venezuela. The block indicated that the electoral process did not comply “with the conditions accepted internationally, nor with the Venezuelan laws.”