International

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Moderna's pediatrics vax to become available in Argentina later this month

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Friday announced her country was about to receive the first batch of 1,400,000 doses of Moderna's pediatric COVID-19 vaccine to be applied to children between six months and three years of age.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Russian envoy cast aside by many as G20 Summit of FMs comes to an end

  

  Foreign Ministers of the G20 countries had a bitter day rounding up their two-day meeting Friday in Bali, Indonesia, as the case of the war in Ukraine took center stage and divided positions among attendees.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 09:06 UTC

  Food-commodity prices in June remain 23,1% higher than a year ago, FAO report

  

  The barometer for world food commodity prices declined slightly in June for the third consecutive month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported on Friday

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  China on war alert over US Senator trip to Taiwan

  

  China is said to be upping its military preparations while US Senator Rick Scott is visiting Taiwan, which Beijing considers to be a rogue province. “These actions by the United States seriously violated the One China principle,” Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Wu Qian said Friday.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot dead

  

  Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after taking two shots during an election rally in the western city of Nara Friday after which he was hospitalized in a serious condition, it was reported. A man in his 40s has been arrested and a gun was seized.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Gibraltar tells Andalucía, “cooperation YES, joint sovereignty NO, they don't mix!”

  

  The Government of Gibraltar announced it has taken notice of the positive statements by the President of the Junta de Andalucía on cooperation. The President made the comments in the context of the political changes happening in the United Kingdom, and also on the recent June election overwhelming victory of the conservative opposition, Popular Party described as “historic”.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 08:41 UTC

  Brazilian model and elite sniper fighting for Ukraine among the dead

  

  Former Brazilian model, nurse, and sniper Thalita do Valle, who had joined the Ukrainian forces to fight against Russia alongside her brother, was among the dead after a bombardment in Kharkiv, it was confirmed by family members Thursday.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 21:25 UTC

  China once again backs Argentina joining BRICS

  

  China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi Thursday told his Argentine counterpart, Santiago Cafiero, that the Asian giant favored the South American country's joining BRICS. Wang made those statements in Bali, Indonesia, on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial meeting.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 19:00 UTC

  Boris Johnson makes it official: he has resigned as Tory Party leader

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally admitted the scandals surrounding his administration were too many for him to stay in office and turned in his resignation as leader of the Conservative Party, which has triggered the process for the appointment of a replacement who will also take over as head of government.

• Thursday, July 7th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Ukraine asks Paraguay for Mercosur's help

  

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski Wednesday asked his Paraguayan colleague Mario Abdo Benítez to bring the other Mercosur leaders to support his war-torn country through its plight following Russia's invasion.