International

Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 23:23 UTC
Argentina decries increasing UK flights to Falklands with Brazil stopovers

Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli has filed a note expressing his country's concern over British military aircraft stopping en route to the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 21:43 UTC
Pfizer ready to deliver vaccine for kids under 5 before February's end, if okayed

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced it planned to submit a COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 5 to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United for emergency authorization. If approved, it would be the first such drug available in the United States for that age group.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 21:38 UTC
China to help Argentina build new nuclear power plant

Argentina's National Committee of Atomic Energy (CNEA) and the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) Tuesday signed a contract for the construction of the Atucha III Nuclear Power Plant, it was announced.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Repsol ordered to stop loading or unloading crude in Peru's Pacific waters

Peruvian authorities Monday ordered Spanish oil company Repsol to stop loading and unloading crude oil on ships after a spill in January has caused a major environmental crisis in the Pacific Ocean off the province of Callao near Lima.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Britain helping the Pasteur Institute of Montevideo with a Covid-19 genome-sequencing project

The British government and the Pasteur Institute of Montevideo, Uruguay, have announced they will be working jointly in an agreement that will help advance the genome-sequencing of Covid-19 project, through techniques under development in Uruguay, using British technology, and thus providing this capacity to several countries in the region.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC
“Partygate”, majority of Brits want Boris out, polls show. Chancellor Sunak best positioned to replace him

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is the strongest candidate to replace the United Kingdom's Boris Johnson if he eventually has to step down as prime minister because of the ongoing investigations to the so called “partygate scandal”, including the celebration of his birthday in June 2020, in the midst of the lockdown..
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Now that billions have been vaccinated, how do we manage Covid-19 health care waste challenge?

As hundreds of millions have been vaccinated against the pandemic, another challenge has emerged, tens of thousands of tons of extra medical waste from the response to COVID-19 has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and environmental health and exposing a dire need to improve waste management practices, according to a new WHO report.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Extreme Poverty in Latin America rises to 86 Million because of pandemic, ECLAC report

In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable, and resilient social protection systems.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:00 UTC
UK PM not to resign after early findings from Gray's report are published

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's remaining in office hangs in the balance following the release Monday of a report by senior civil servant Sue Gray which has supplied police investigators with over 300 photographs of the party or parties held at 10 Downing Street while COVID-19 lockdown mandates were in force.
Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:50 UTC
UN Security Council adjourns meeting but Russia only backed by China

US President Joseph Biden Monday dubbed the meeting held by the United Nations Security Council to discuss the Ukraine crisis, although no specific decision has been reached.