Stories for February 2021

Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:36 UTC
EU divided over travel certificates of vaccination; southern countries want to recover the summer season

European Union leaders will agree on Thursday to work on certificates of vaccination for EU citizens who have had an anti-COVID shot, with southern EU countries that depend heavily on tourism desperate to rescue this summer's holiday season.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Lost sheep found in Australia delivered more than 35 kilograms of wool

Imagine a stray sheep yielding a fleece weighing more than 35 kilograms: it happened in Australia where Baarack was found by rescuers and was shorn for the first time in who knows how many years.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Gangs' war in Ecuadorian jails death toll climbs to 79, and remains out of control

Ecuador raised the death toll from riots in four jails to 79, including 18 prisoners who were found dismembered at one site, one of the bloodiest outbreaks of prison violence in the country’s history.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:05 UTC
LBGT+ cruise to Antarctica from Ushuaia in December 2022 sold out in ten days

Argentina announced that it will port the first-ever LGBT+ cruise to Antarctica in December of 2022. The ten-night cruise will be organized by the LGBT+ travel company Vacaya on the ship Ponant Le Boréal. Guests will enjoy a one-night stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city, before setting sail in Ushuaia, Argentina’s southernmost city.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Brazilian border state of Acre chastised by the spell of several plagues

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday visited the state of Acre, in the Amazon rainforest, where several cities have been submerged in floodwaters, adding yet another challenge for the beleaguered state.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Brazil reaffirms electricity provider Electobras privatization, except for nuclear plants and Itaipu dam

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro went to Congress to deliver a provisional measure associated with his government’s plans to privatize state-run electricity provider Eletrobras.
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Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Landmark decision from a Chinese divorce court: husband must pay his wife compensation for housework

In a landmark decision, a Chinese divorce court has ordered a husband to pay his wife more than US$7,700 in compensation for the housework she performed during five years of marriage.
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Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
The Falkland Islands receives second batch of Covid-19 vaccines

The Falkland Islands Government has received its second batch of Covid-19 vaccines, supplied by the UK government. These 2,200 doses arrived today via the South Atlantic Airbridge and are of the same Oxford/AstraZeneca type as the first batch received at the beginning of the month.
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Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 09:33 UTC
Covid-19 vaccines: “where's the universal brotherhood” ask Mexican and Argentine presidents

REUTERS – The presidents of Mexico and Argentina on Tuesday pressed the UN and the world's richest countries to improve poorer nations' access to Covid-19 vaccines, arguing efforts are grossly inadequate so far.
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Wednesday, February 24th 2021 - 08:58 UTC
At least 62 dead in gang violence in Ecuador prison mutinies

The Ecuadorian police on Tuesday said at least 62 people had been killed in prison mutinies in three separate facilities. News of the violence comes as Ecuador struggles to deal with prison overcrowding and frequent violence between gangs.
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