Stories for July 2021

Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Temperature record for Antarctica in 2020, 18,3` Celsius at Argentine station

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized a new record high temperature for the Antarctic continent of 18.3° Celsius on 6 February 2020 at the Argentine Esperanza station.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:56 UTC
Vaccine passport allows for reopening of Europe's internal borders as Delta variant sneaks in

The European Union has started using unanimously the so-called “vaccine passport” as a travel document that allows holders to cross through borders within the bloc.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:49 UTC
Uruguayan meat processing plant may resume shipments to China after labelling incident in April

The Uruguayan BPU meat processing plant has been cleared to resume exports to China as of July 1 after it was banned April 9 due to a mislabelled shipment, it was announced Thursday.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Argentina elected to the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization

Argentina was chosen to represent the Americas block at the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization and will formally take the seat next October in Morocco for the next four years. Argentina's Tourism minister Matias Lammens participated in the 66th WTO commission for the Americas, virtual meeting, which was headed by WTO chairman Zurab Pololikashvili and the current president of the Council, Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica's tourism minister.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:32 UTC
International tax rules reform: 130 countries support minimum 15% rate on large multinationals’ profits

Following two days of discussions hosted by Paris based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, 130 countries, representing more than 90% of global GDP, joined a new two-pillar plan to reform international taxation rules and ensure that multinational enterprises pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate. But Ireland and eight other countries decline to accept the agreement.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:04 UTC
World Bank names new LatAm, Caribbean Chief Economist

The Washington DC headquarters of the World Bank Thursday announced William Maloney has been appointed as of July 1 as its new Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 07:06 UTC
Bezos flying to space with a woman pilot, 82, trained to be an astronaut

Aerospace company Blue Origin's owner Jeff Bezos will go to space with an 82-year-old woman pilot, the firm said Thursday. Wally Funk was one of the first women trained to fly to space but was denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender.
Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC
The pandemic has cost Argentina “133 times the Malvinas war”

Argentine opposition lawmaker Mario Negri said he was very much concerned by the way the country is addressing the second wave of coronavirus and asked if the government had any idea how many Argentine lives the pandemic has taken, “133 times the Malvinas war.”
Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:47 UTC
Mega petition for Bolsonaro's impeachment filed before Brazilian Congress

A request to impeach President Jair Bolsonaro was submitted Wednesday into Brazil's House of Deputies by opposition political parties, social movements and organizations.
Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Tierra del Fuego approves bill banning salmon farming in its waters; Chilean environmentalist groups cheer the decision

Tierra del Fuego lawmakers on Wednesday approved, unanimously the bill which bans salmon farming in the waters of the province. Sponsored by Pablo Villegas from the provincial party, Movimiento Popular Fueguino, the bill privileges the environment over such an industry, and according to its promoters places Argentina at the head of the green economy.