Stories for July 5th 2021

Monday, July 5th 2021 - 21:18 UTC
Jeff Bezos no longer CEO of e-commerce giant Amazon

What goes up must come down and even the unthinkable has happened – Jeff Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant Amazon.com has left his position of CEO as of Monday, it was announced. Bezos will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who for years led Amazon's lucrative division of cloud computing AWS.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:47 UTC
Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo hope to find more missing grandchildren thanks to covid-19 vaccination pictures

Argentine victims of disappearances and child abductions during the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 are relying on vaccination efforts to help them find some of their 300 missing grandchildren.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Violence present in fact and thought all across Colombia over the weekend

Violence was present over the weekend all across Colombia either as a factor as a subject of debate.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Biden hosts his first 4th of July celebration as US President

US President Joseph Biden Sunday hosted a party at the White House marking the 245th Anniversary of his country's Declaration of Independence.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 08:47 UTC
Bringing all Argentines stranded abroad back home at a rate of 600 daily passengers might take up to five months

Argentina's Chamber of Airlines (JURCA) issued a statement over this weekend, warning that bringing back all travellers banned from reentering the country following a cap of 600 airborne passengers a day might take up to five months.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
South Florida doomed building demolished as a precaution as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches US coast

As Tropical Storm Elsa was approaching the coast of Florida, authorities decided to demolish in a controlled manner what was left of the Champlain Towers South condo building as a precautionary measure.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 08:07 UTC
US Judge extends Latam's bankruptcy protection restructuring plan to September 15

The Latam group airlines group reported that the Federal Court from the southern district of New York approved the extension of its restructuring plan to September 15, as part of the bankruptcy protection process initiated last year.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 07:42 UTC
Pope Francis recovering well after colon surgery

Pope Francis was recovering well after undergoing colon surgery Sunday at the Gemelli Polyclinic hospital in Rome, according to the first medical report.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 07:22 UTC
Chile's Constitutional Convention appoints Mapuche woman to chair it

Mapuche leader Elisa Loncón, a Ph.D. in humanities holder from the Dutch University of Leiden, has been chosen Sunday to preside over the Constituent Convention which will re-write Chile's new Fundamental Law to replace the current text from 1980 passed under the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 07:09 UTC
Suez Canal blockage: Egypt and Japanese company reach a deal to release vessel

Egyptian authorities and Japan's Shoei Kisen Kaisha finally reached an agreement on compensations for Suez canal lost revenues and the cost of salvaging a huge vessel that blocked the crucial waterway linking Asia with Europe.