Stories for November 11th 2021

Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 20:06 UTC
Beijing shopping mall closed after positive case of COVID-19 found to have been there

Authorities in the Chinese capital Beijing sealed up a large shopping mall and placed several apartment buildings under full lockdown due to a new outbreak of COVID-19, it was reported Thursday.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 19:12 UTC
South Africa's last white president dies of lung condition

Former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk, the last white man ever to rule the country, has died Thursday of mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, at his home near Cape Town. He was 85.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 18:44 UTC
Presidents of Russia, Argentina discuss COVID-19 on the phone

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday held a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the fight against COVID-19 among other bilateral issues, it was reported.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 14:49 UTC
Argentina donates UK-developed COVID-19 vaccines

The Government of Argentina is donating almost a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, according to five presidential decrees published in the Official Gazette.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
UK/Uruguay agree to establish a Trade Dialogue to develop economic relations

During a three-day official visit to Uruguay UK's Minister for International Trade, Ranil Jayawardena, M.P., met with Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Ambassador Francisco Bustillo, and confirmed both countries’ desire to continue strengthening their bilateral trading relationship.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:48 UTC
Castillo wants to sell Peru's presidential airplane

Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Wednesday announced he would put the presidential aeroplane up for sale in a move towards financial austerity.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Unofficial US dollar crosses 200-peso threshold in Argentina

As next Sunday's mid-term elections loom over and the government of President Alberto Fernández seems headed for inevitable defeat, desperate Argentinians turned to the currency black market to convert their volatile pesos into US dollars, thus piercing the psychological AR $ 200 threshold for the first time.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:24 UTC
Opposition lawmaker wants Argentine teenagers accountable for their crimes

Following the assassination of a candy store vendor over the weekend in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, rage got hold of most Argentines as the alleged perpetrators of the robbery gone bad were captured a few minutes after the attack.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
US, China agree to fight climate change together

China and the United States and China Wednesday agreed to work together in the fight against climate change, an announcement which was welcomed at the UN's Climate COP26 Summit in Glasgow.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Venezuelan workers demand better salaries

Venezuelan workers Wednesday took to the streets Wednesday to demand a change in the country's policies together with better pay for them and their families.