International

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  US expels Russian diplomats in retaliation for SolarWinds hack

  

  US president Joseph Biden Thursday ordered the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats for allegedly meddling with the elections in what became known as the SolarWinds breach.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Argentine laboratory seeks to manufacture Sputnik V vaccine locally

  

  The Argentine firm Laboratorios Richmond Wednesday launched the Financial Trust “Project V.I.D.A. (Project and Immunization for Argentine Development),” to seek financing for the development of the plant where the Russian-designed Sputnik V vaccine is to be manufactured locally.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Argentina to receive over 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca; Denmark stop giving that vaccine

  

  The Argentine government has announced a shipment of 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca anti-covid-19 vaccine is due at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport onboard a KLM flight this coming Sunday morning.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Swindler Bernie Madoff dies in US prison aged 82

  

  Convicted Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff, a former chairman of the Nasdaq stock market who lured many millionaires to invest in his amazing deals which turned out to be losses, has died in a US federal prison at the age of 82, it was announced.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  US to withdraw from Afghanistan by September, says Joe Biden

  

  US President Joseph Biden announced late Tuesday his country would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, thus putting an end to one of the longest armed conflicts in which the country has been involved.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine president tells US envoy there will be no new Chinese base

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday told US National Security Council advisor Juan Gonzalez that “there will be no foreign bases,” it was reported.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 16:59 UTC

  To curb spread of Manaus coronavirus strain, France bans flights to Brazil

  

  France's government has banned all flights to/from Brazil effective following the increase of covid-19 cases of the Manaus strain detected in the European nation.

• Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Guterres endorses millionaire's tax to help fight covid-19

  

  UN Secretary-General António Guterres Monday agreed with several world leaders on the convenience to tax the wealthiest, so that States have more resources to support the vulnerable population which has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 15:26 UTC

  Falklands, A 21-gun salute and parade to commemorate HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

  

  Today, the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was marked by a 21-gun salute on Victory Green in Stanley at midday. This went alongside a short parade, consisting of a marching detachment provided by the Falkland Islands Defence Force, with His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Nigel Phillips CBE, taking the salute.

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 10:03 UTC

  Prince Philip's death in times of virtual life and social media

  

  The death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and the growing popularity of social media and online contact, has led to a scenario completely different from the one seen at the last royal funeral, King George VI's in 1952.