Stories for October 28th 2021

Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 21:59 UTC
Seven LatAm countries to be removed from UK's travel red list

The United Kingdom's Departments for Transport and of Health and Social Care Thursday issued a joint press release announcing that the seven countries still on the travel red list, all of them from Latin America, would be removed from it shortly.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:48 UTC
France opens museum dedicated to Dreyfus Affair

France's President Emmanuel Macron has opened this week a museum dedicated to one of history's most emblematic cases of antisemitism: “The Dreyfus affair”.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:33 UTC
US under permanent threat from ISIS, Pentagon official says

ISIS could launch an attack on US territory any time, according to statements from Undersecretary of Defense Colin Kahl Thursday.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil's Central Bank increases Selic rate above expectations

Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) decided once again Wednesday to increase the basic Selic interest rate from 6.25% to 7.75% annually, in what turned out to be the sharpest rise since December 2002, it was announced.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Over 53% of Brazilians fully vaccinated, report says

Brazil's much-criticized anti-COVID-19 vaccination drive has already reached 53% of the population with full treatment, while 72% of patients have at least taken the initial dose, according to a health report released Wednesday.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:39 UTC
British Airways to resume Buenos Aires route

British Airwars has announced the resumption of its direct services between London and Buenos Aires, starting Dec. 1, albeit with a stopover in Sao Paulo, thus increasing the number of weekly seats available between the largest cities in Argentina and Brazil.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:32 UTC
EU plans large scale observation of Venezuelan elections

The European Union already has 11 electoral experts in Caracas for the upcoming Venezuelan elections. Then the number is to grow to 44 long-term observers while by Nov. 21 -voting day- the team is to surpass 100 members, the Electoral Observation Mission of the European bloc announced Tuesday.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:27 UTC
Closer to solving the mystery of the extinct Falklands' canid warrah

The team headed by Kit Hamley also extended its research into the warrah (Dusicyon australis), an extinct species of fox. The warrah was the only native and terrestrial mammal to reside on the Falkland Islands at the time of European arrival. Subsequent hunting wiped the species out in 1856, making it the first extinct canid in the historic record, Hamley says.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:23 UTC
Falkland Islands: Team discovers evidence of prehistoric human activity

The following piece was published by Phys/Org – Since its first recorded sighting by European explorers in the 1600s, scientists and historians have believed that Europeans were the first people to ever set foot on the Falkland Islands. Findings from a new University of Maine-led study, however, suggests otherwise; that human activity on the islands predates European arrival by centuries.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
COP26 Finance Delivery Plan still short of the US$ 100bn agreed by developed countries

The UK COP26 Presidency has published a Climate Finance Delivery Plan to provide clarity on when and how developed countries will meet the US$ 100 billion climate finance goal pledged.