International

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Uruguayan President back from Congo Christmas celebration

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has returned home after spending Christmas in Congo with troops from his country stationed there on a UN peacekeeping mission.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Airlines cancel about 4,500 flights worldwide due to Omicron variant

  

  Some 4,500 commercial flights have been canceled or rescheduled over the weekend worldwide as crews were affected by the Omicron variant of coronavirus, which left airlines short of staff to handle the sudden crisis.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Uruguayan President leaves on morale boosting Congo mission

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Beatriz Argimón before departing for Congo, where he is to spend Christmas with troops stationed there as a part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 20:20 UTC

  Argentina's oil exports on the rise

  

  Two shipments of Vaca Muerta crude oil carrying around 490,000 barrels each from Puerto Rosales to Porto Alegre in Brazil represent a sizeable increase in exports from the Neuquén Basin, it was reported.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 19:17 UTC

  First cryptocurrency for LGTBI + community launched in Spain

  

  Spanish traders have announced “Maricoin,” the new cryptocurrency created by and for the LGTBI + community, will be launched on Christmas Eve in Madrid. The new money will be accepted as of Dec. 31 throughout 25 gay-friendly businesses throughout Spain after the pilot test this coming Friday, Dec. 24.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Uruguay's President admits FTA with Turkey under consideration

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday admitted his country was after one-on-one trade deals with countries other than China and singled out Turkey was a target. Regarding a possible agreement with the United States, Lacalle said it would be a childhood dream come true.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Boris Johnson message: Falklands are part of the Great British family

  

  The traditional Christmas and New Year message from the UK's Prime Minister to the people of the Falkland Islands was published in the last 2021 edition of the Penguin News.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  WHO issues emergency approval for Novavax

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency approval for the Novavax drug against COVID-19, which has thus become the 10th vaccine available in the fight against the rapidly spreading disease.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  US sanctions Brazil-based businesses and individuals for supporting Al Qaeda

  

  The Government of the United States has issued sanctions against three people and two of their Brazil-based companies after having determined they were linked to supporting Al Qaeda, it was announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  66-million-year-old fossil dinosaur embryo found in China

  

  Chinese researchers have found a perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo. The egg was in all likelihood preserved by a sudden landslide that buried it, according to scientists. The discovery is also said to shed some light on the link between modern birds and dinosaurs.