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Stories for February 15th 2024

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:33 UTC

    Covid-19 cases on the rise in Sao Paulo and in the region

    It is possible to have both viruses at the same time: Covid-19 and dengue

    Authorities in the city of São Paulo have reported that the number of Covid-19 cases more than tripled between the first epidemiological week of 2024 (Dec. 31, 2023, to Jan. 6, 2024) and the sixth (Feb. 4 to 10) after growing from 881 detections to 3,443, according to the interactive panel of the Municipal Health Department (SMS).

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    US-Uruguay holding key ministerial meeting in DC

    Omar Paganini will head the Uruguayan delegation

    The second US-Uruguay Annual Bilateral Inter-Ministerial Dialogue meeting is to take place Thursday in Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini will co-chair the dialogue.

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Speaker of UK House of Commons on five-day visit to St. Elena

    Sir Lindsay was delighted to be able to present Jonathan with his Guinness World Record certificate recognizing him as the oldest living chelonian

    The Speaker of the House of Commons Sir c MP, arrived at St Helena to begin his five-day visit to the island. This is the first ever visit by a Speaker of the House of Commons to the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, in the south Atlantic.

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 09:02 UTC

    Protests expected in Asunción after opposition Senator is dismissed

    Kattya González was removed from Paraguay's Upper House for alleged influence peddling (pic ABC)

    Paraguayan opposition Senator Kattya González of the National Encounter Party (PEN) was expelled from the Upper House Wednesday after 23 of her fellow lawmakers who responded to former President Horacio Cartes so voted, it was reported in Asunción.

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 08:39 UTC

    Welsh Parliament party visit to Falklands, collaboration and closer ties anticipated

    The Welsh Parliament members with Falklands lawmakers

    With the purpose of building on the conversations and strengthening the relationship between the Falkland Islands and Wales, a multi-party delegation of four members from the Sennedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament) visited the Islands for seven days, James Evans MS, Laura Anne Jones MS, Alun Davies MS, and Jack Sargent MS, accompanied by the Falklands Government Representative in London, Richard Hyslop.

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