Stories for October 2021

Monday, October 25th 2021 - 17:54 UTC
Russia decrees “soft” quarantine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 from spreading

Russian health authorities decreed a shutdown from Oct. 28 to Nov. 7 in a move to curb COVID-19 infections, it was announced, after 1,036 deaths in the last 24 hours were reported.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Bolivia's FM says no lithium deal discussed with Russia's Gazprom

Bolivia's Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta Sunday denied press reports according to which he had reached an agreement with the Russian government to exploit lithium from the Salar de Uyuni during his recent trip to Moscow.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Climate change tops agenda during encounter between Argentine, US officials

Argentina's Secretary of Strategic Affairs Gustavo Beliz and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan held a meeting in Washington DC to discuss the climate change agenda and the current negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, it was reported.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 09:19 UTC
Cuban July protester gets 10-year jail sentence

A Cuban court has sentenced Roberto Pérez Fonseca to 10 years imprisonment for allegedly attacking police officers “with stones and bottles,” during the July 11-12 nationwide demonstrations, it was reported Saturday.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:54 UTC
Colombian forces arrest most wanted drug trafficker Otoniel

Colombian authorities have arrested Dairo Antonio Úsuga David in a military operation on the El Yoki hill, located in the San Pablo de Necoclí village (Antioquia), it was reported during the weekend.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:47 UTC
Oil tanker captain and FO shot dead off Argentine coast

A sailor with a criminal record killed the captain and first officer of a Maltese-flagged oil tanker and then turned himself into the authorities off the coast of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Old landmines kill six in Senegal

Six people were killed in Senegal by an old landmine in the Casamance region, the local mayor said Saturday. President Macky Sall offered his condolences to the families of the victims in a statement posted on Twitter. A spokesperson for the education minister, also said two of the victims had been primary school age.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:39 UTC
Unprecedented consensus in Chile against newspaper article marking 75th anniversary of Göring's death

Chile's Jewish community, Germany's Embassy in Santiago and the entire country's political spectrum Sunday agreed to condemn an article carried by the large-circulation daily El Mercurio reviewing the life of convicted Nazi leader Hermann Göring.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 05:06 UTC
Football legend Pelé posts video marking his 81st birthday

Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as Pelé, turned 81 Saturday and posted messages on social media thanking fans for their support after being discharged from the hospital recently.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Brazilian financial markets get shaky after Bolsonaro insists on increasing social spending

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday insisted he would not take any adventurous steps as he expressed his full support for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes amidst a rocking financial market.