Stories for 2020

Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:21 UTC
Petrobras expects increased production from the pre-salt offshore basin

By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com – Because of the increased production at the prolific pre-salt offshore basin, Petrobras expects its oil and gas production this year to exceed earlier guidance, Brazil’s state oil firm said when it reported its production figures for Q3.
Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:17 UTC
Brazilian leading influencer and critic of Bolsonaro indicted by Rio's state police

Brazilian digital influencer Felipe Neto has been indicted by Rio de Janeiro’s state police for alleged corruption of minors, prompting concern the critic of President Jair Bolsonaro may be the target of retribution for political reasons.
Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Chilean president pledges “sufficient and timely” access to Covid vaccines

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera said the country’s health regulators had given the go-ahead to a clinical trial of the AstraZeneca PLC COVID-19 vaccine. Piñera said the AstraZeneca trial would follow one by America’s Johnson & Johnson that is already underway and another by China’s Sinovac, whose first vaccine doses arrived in Chile last week.
Monday, November 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC
Syncretism celebration in Bolivia on the Day of the Skulls

Bolivians celebrated the Day of Skulls over the weekend, a colorful tradition rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs that is meant to bring good fortune and protection by honoring the dead.
Monday, November 9th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
Taiwan “locked out” of WHO Covid-19 meeting on objections from Beijing

Taiwan is yet to receive an invite to a key World Health Organization (WHO) meeting this week expected to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic due to “obstruction” from China, the island's foreign ministry said, expressing its displeasure.
Monday, November 9th 2020 - 07:08 UTC
Queen leads UK on Remembrance Day on a scaled down service at the Cenotaph due to the pandemic

Queen Elizabeth led the United Kingdom in marking Remembrance Sunday, as people around the UK privately paid their respects at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. She was joined by family members and the PM at the scaled-back service at the Cenotaph in London's Whitehall.
Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Biden's victory speech: time for healing, “let's lower the temperature and listen to each other again”

President-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” America in his first speech after prevailing on Saturday in a bitter election, even as President Donald Trump refused to concede. Biden made his speech to the Nation from HQ in Wilmington, Delaware, the state he represented in Congress since first elected at age 27.
Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Massive flags protest demonstration across Argentina programmed for Sunday

A massive Argentine flags' protest is scheduled for this Sunday with the support of different sectors of urban communities and farmers throughout the country, similar to the several that have been successfully held so far this year in support of the defense of Liberty, the Republic and Justice. The last one was on 12 October.
Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Falklands commemorates Remembrance Day on Sunday November 8

The Annual Service of Remembrance in the Falkland Islands commemorating the 102nd anniversary of the end of the First World War, will be held this Sunday November 8, beginning with a service at the Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am, according to a release from Gilbert House.
Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 08:10 UTC
Argentina will receive some 22 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

Argentina has struck a deal with drug maker AstraZeneca Plc to receive around 22 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine being developed with the University of Oxford, with the aim to start deliveries in the first half of next year.