Stories for June 17th 2021

Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 12:34 UTC
Fears of Islamic State influence in East Congo, where thousands of UN Latam peace keeping forces are deployed

United Nations experts said on Wednesday they had been unable to find evidence of direct support by the Islamic State for an Islamist militia in eastern Congo. Several Latin American countries have deployed under command of UN, peace-keeping forces, among which Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, Guatemala and Uruguay, with more than a thousand personnel.
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Ambassadors back to Moscow and Washington is main outcome of Biden-Putin Summit in Geneva

US and Russia's Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden have agreed that the two countries’ ambassadors will return to their workplaces in Moscow and in Washington in what became the most significant announcement after Wednesday's summit in Geneva.
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Peru's fortunes start packing up in case Castillo becomes President

Peru's wealthiest people feel threatened by the likelihood of leftwing Pedro Castillo becoming the next president and have therefore started wiring money abroad, it was reported.
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
President Fernández not welcome at Salta for 200th anniversary of Argentine hero Güemes' death

Argentine President Alberto Fernández was jeered as he was driven from the Salta airport to the provincial capital downtown for the ceremonies marking the 200th anniversary of the death of national and local hero General Martín Miguel de Güemes.
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
May's inflation in Argentina was 3.3%: What will happen after the elections?

Argentina's inflation in May was 3.3% for a year-on-year accumulation of 48.8%, the highest mark since March 2020, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC)
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:26 UTC
Uruguay's GACH comes to an end

Uruguay's Group of Honorary Advisers to the Presidency in matters regarding the anti-covid-19 fight, known as GACH was dissolved Wednesday after a meeting with President Luis Lacalle Pou at the Executive Tower in Montevideo.
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil: 19 variants of coronavirus spot in Sao Paulo state, but Delta not one of them

Brazil's Butantan Institute has identified 19 variants of the SARS-CoV-2 that were circulating in the state of Sao Paulo, with the Gamma strain -formerly known as P.1 or Manaus- spotted to have a prevalence of 89.9%.
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
“Health care corruption” in Europe worsened during the pandemic, Transparency International report

The coronavirus pandemic has worsened corruption across the European Union, Transparency International said in its annual Global Corruption Barometer report for the EU, pointing out that health care has become a “hotspot for corruption”.
Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Germany's birth rate jumps to its highest since 1998, after the first wave of coronavirus

Germans have been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a 10% birth rate jump in March to the highest figure since 1998, the Federal Statistical Office said in a release. Germany had already reported a 6% rise in births in February.