Stories for March 25th 2021

Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 17:55 UTC
UK: Green energy transition backed by the historical North Sea deal

The United Kingdom becomes the first G7 country to agree a landmark deal to support the oil and gas industry’s transition to clean, green energy. The UK government announced on Wednesday a landmark North Sea Transition Deal is agreed with industry and high-skilled oil and gas workers will not be left behind in the transition to a low carbon future.
Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 10:34 UTC
Uruguayan Air Force helicopter carrying Pfizer vaccines crashes: total losses

An Uruguay’s Air Force helicopter carrying two boxes of Pfizer vaccines against Covid-19 crashed on Thursday morning in the Eastern state of Rocha and the 3-member crew was taken to a local hospital with non-serious injuries. The accident occurred due to a “mechanical failure,” the Ministry of Defense reported and resulted in a fire that provoked total losses of the aircraft and the shipment it was transporting.
Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 08:58 UTC
Bolsonaro appoints committee of experts as Covid-19 kills over 3,000 daily in Brazil

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday announced the creation of a committee of experts which is to convene weekly to guide the government's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as it spreads rapidly causing over 3,000 deaths every 24 hours.
Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 08:15 UTC
Argentine VP points fingers at US, Macri and the IMF during Memory, Truth and Justice Day ceremony

Argentine Vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Wednesday headed a ceremony in Las Flores, a small town in the province of Buenos Aires, to mark a new anniversary of the coup d'état by the military Junta which overthrew the democratically elected government of Juan Perón's widow, María Estela Martínez (also known as Isabel Perón or simply Isabelita).
Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Severe impact on world commerce: traffic at Suez Canal blocked as megaship runs aground

A Panama-flagged cargo ship which ranks among the largest ever built, ran aground sideways late Tuesday in the Suez Canal, hindering all traffic in either direction.
Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 07:14 UTC
Sergio Moro's ruling on Lula was biased, says Brazil's Supreme Court

In a 3-2 split ruling, Brazil's Supreme Court Tuesday determined that Judge Sergio Moro's sentencing of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (2003-2011) on corruption charges in the Lava Jate case was biased.
Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 05:45 UTC
Argentina quits anti-Maduro Lima Group

The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández Wednesday confirmed the country had decided to withdraw from the so-called Lima Group, a consortium formed with Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Guyana, and Saint Lucia. Barbados, the United States, Grenada, and Jamaica to isolate the Venezuelan administration headed by Nicolás Maduro.
Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 05:00 UTC
Death penalty abolished in the once prolific executing US state of Virginia

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam Wednesday signed into law a bill whereby the death penalty has been abolished after over 400 years in the force, thus making his state the 23rd to take such a step.