Stories for January 2021

Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Icebreaker HMS Protector is back to sea after £14m revamp

The HMS Protector, the only Royal Navy's ice patrol ship, has returned to sea after a £14m revamp to improve her ability to work in Antarctica. Extra weight was added to the vessel during the work has improved her ice-breaking capability, the Navy said.
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Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 08:41 UTC
Guatemalan forces beat back to Honduras a migrant caravan heading for the US

While the Mexican government militarized its borders, Guatemalan security forces on Monday cleared a road of hundreds of people in a mostly Honduran migrant caravan that had camped out overnight when authorities barred it from advancing toward the United States.
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Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 08:29 UTC
Brazilian economy forecasted to grow 3,45% this year with 3,75% inflation

Brazilian financial and market analysts upgraded their economic growth forecast for 2021, from 3.41% to 3.45%, and maintained the projection at 2.5% for 2022, the Central Bank of Brazil announced Monday.
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Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Falklands has a “plan of attack” to inoculate Islanders with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Falkland Islands Chief Medical Officer Rebecca Edwards has said there is already a “plan of attack” formulated to vaccinate Islanders with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19.
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Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Brazil approves two vaccines against Covid-19: AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac

Brazil approved two vaccines for emergency use against the coronavirus on Sunday as the country’s death toll from the disease it causes neared 210,000 and some of its hospitals grappled with an oxygen shortage.
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Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:21 UTC
Argentina reports the first case of Britain's coronavirus variant

Argentina confirmed on Saturday the first case in the country of a new coronavirus variant that was first identified in Britain and appears to be more contagious.
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Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Falkland’s students wishing to return to UK face mounting difficulties

Falkland Islands elected lawmaker MLA Stacy Bragger, has commented on the difficulties facing Islands students as the UK goes into lockdown. Penguin News contacted MLA Bragger to ask how the UK cancellations of GCSEs and A-Levels will affect locals.
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Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:19 UTC
Massive turnout of Chileans with aspiration of rewriting the Pinochet constitution

Chile's Electoral body reported that more than 3,300 hopefuls have applied for selection to the commission that will rewrite the country's current constitution, a legacy of dictator General Augusto Pinochet who ruled the country from 1973 to 1990.
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Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:19 UTC
Guatemala forces beat back migrant caravan heading for the US

Guatemala beat back on Sunday a large migrant caravan bound for the United States, just days before the inauguration of the new administration.
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Monday, January 18th 2021 - 08:34 UTC
UK hopes to ease some lockdown restrictions in March

Britain's government hopes to ease some lockdown restrictions in March as it presses ahead with Europe's fastest rollout of Covid-19 vaccines, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday.
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