Stories for 2021

Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 08:19 UTC
Captain “Polar Preet” begins the challenge to become the first woman of colour to cross the Antarctic

British Army Captain Harpreet Chandi, has begun her attempt to become the first woman of colour to cross the Antarctic unsupported. She is on her way to Union Glacier (to the ALE base) where her start point is a 30min flight away, Hercules Inlet.
Sunday, November 21st 2021 - 10:28 UTC
Chile: Far-left and far-right hopefuls poised to make it through to runoff in Sunday's presidential elections

Chile is electing its new President Sunday. But to be more accurate and since no candidate looks poised to a first-round victory, what the South American country is voting for is just the shortlist for Dec. 19's runoff.
Sunday, November 21st 2021 - 10:00 UTC
Venezuela goes to the polls, as world looks on with skeptical eyes

Venezuela, a country that has praised Nicaragua's recent rigged elections most of the world has condemned, is going back to the polls Sunday to choose legislators as well as regional and local authorities.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 22:28 UTC
UK to also ban the political wing of Hamas

The United Kingdom Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday laid before Parliament an order to outlaw the militant Islamist terrorist movement Hamas in its entirety from the UK.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 22:23 UTC
Freight costs will have an impact on 2022 Consumer Prices, UNCTAD report

The recovery of the global economy is threatened by high freight rates, which are likely to continue in the coming months, according to UNCTAD’s Review of Maritime Transport 2021, published this week.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's National Sovereignty Day: “We won't trade the islands for vaccines,” President says

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands belonged to his country, which would never trade them “neither for vaccines nor for debts.”
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro says Amazon crisis “same old nonsense”

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the Amazon desertification alert was “the same old nonsense” and blamed the opposition for those reports which were aimed at denting the country's image and scaring away investors.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Nicaragua pulling out from OAS, FM announces

Nicaragua's Foreign Minister Denis Moncada Friday announced his country has started procedures to withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS), because it does “not respond to the interests of their respective peoples.”
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:24 UTC
“Crystal Endeavor” with sanitary protocols tested, off to Antarctica

Polar class vessel Crystal Endeavor departed from Ushuaia, the southernmost tip of Argentina on her first-ever expedition voyage to Antarctica, after receiving the epidemiological clearance from local sanitary authorities on Wednesday.
Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Millions of Argentines do not show up for their second doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Argentine Health authorities Friday expressed a growing concern after over 8 million people who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine failed to show up at their scheduled appointments to complete the immunization cycle, it was reported.