Stories for April 2021

Sunday, April 25th 2021 - 23:21 UTC
World Penguin Day once again celebrated in times of Covid-19

This Sunday, April 25, is World Penguin Day's celebration, a creation by researchers at the McMurdo Station, an American scientific center on Antarctica's Ross Island to mark every year's migration of Adeline penguins to the north.
Sunday, April 25th 2021 - 14:12 UTC
Biden tells it like it is: The killing of Armenians in WWI was “genocide”

US President Joseph Biden tells it like it is and calls the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire during World War I “a genocide.”
Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine Transport Minister Meoni dies in car crash aged 56

Argentina's Transport Minister Mario Meoni died Friday evening in a car crash en route to his hometown of Junín in the province of Buenos Aires, it was reported.
Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Apple retailer iPlace lands in Montevideo thanks to better tax conditions than those in Argentina

Apple's largest retailer in South America, iPlace, which is present in 27 Brazilian states has landed this week in Uruguay. The company iPlace chose Montevideo to start its international expansion to be able to keep an eye on the Argentine market thanks to its geographical proximity, iPlace CEO Matheus Mundstock explained.
Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 08:56 UTC
Cabify set to quit Brazil by June 14 citing lack of profitability

The passenger transport app Cabify Friday announced it will be dropping all operations in Brazil by June 14 due to lack of profitability and the serious health crisis in the country.
Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 08:48 UTC
Argentine Navy takes delivery of brand new patrol vessel in France

The Argentine Navy last week took delivery in Concarneau, France, of the brand new Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) 87 ARA Piedrabuena which is expected to arrive at its future home base in Mar del Plata to start operating along with her sister ship of the Gowind class, the ARA Bouchard, it was reported.
Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 07:37 UTC
Canada bans air traffic to and from India, Pakistan as covid-19 cases soar

Canada has banned all flights arriving from Pakistan and also from India, where the spread of the coronavirus pandemic seems to have to ceil.
Saturday, April 24th 2021 - 07:02 UTC
Paraguay and South Korean finalize details for joint electric car parts production to start in 2022

Paraguay's Minister of Industry and Commerce (MIC) Luis Alberto Castiglioni Friday discussed with South Korean Ambassador To Asunción In Shik Woo the establishment of an Auto Parts Technology Center for electric cars in the South American country, which is due to commence in 2022 and last for about five years, it was reported.
Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 23:33 UTC
Royal Navy takes bomb disposal experts to South Georgia to remove Falklands War munitions

The Royal Navy's HMS Forth has taken bomb disposal specialists to South Georgia as part of a mission to protect the island's wildlife. The ten-day environmental mission set out to remove bombs and ordnance left behind during the Falkland Islands conflict involving the Argentine armed forces in 1982.
Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 22:08 UTC
Uruguay's Central Bank concerned about growth projections for 2021 in coronavirus context

Uruguay's Central Bank Friday released its report for the first quarter of 2021 which highlighted the entity's concern regarding “three relevant risks” in a growth scenario of just 3.5% this year.