International

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Holocaust Remembrance Day observed with grief worldwide

  

  Israel's Parliament (Knesset) Speaker Mickey Levy Thursday broke out in tears as he recited prayers of mourning before the German Bundestag in the most touching event marking the 2022 Shoah (Holocaust) Remembrance Day.

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Moderna starts testing HIV vaccine in humans

  

  The Moderna Laboratory has begun the so-called phase 1 trial stage of an HIV vaccine using messenger RNA technology in the United States, on 56 uninfected adults, both the biotech company and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced Thursday.

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  New £2 coin to commemorate 60th Anniversary of British Antarctic Territory

  

  The British Antarctic Territory and Pobjoy Mint have announced the release of a brand new £2 coin to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the formation of the British Antarctic Territory in 1962.

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  European agency green-lights Pfizer COVID-19 pill

  

  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Thursday announced it had approved the use of Pfizer's anti-COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, which has thus become the first oral treatment cleared for use in the European Union. The new drug is a combination of the molecule PF-07321332 and the HIV antiviral Ritonavir.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Argentina to develop new polar ship with Finnish consultants

  

  The Government of Argentina Wednesday approved the allocation of funds to the Tandanor state shipyard to advance in cooperation with Finnish consultants Aker Arctic in the design and construction of a new polar ship to join the icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar in delivering supplies to the thirteen bases in Antarctica.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Number of COVID-19 cases goes up in the Americas, PAHO says

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday that a 32% increase in COVID-19 cases had been reported in the Americas during the past week, which represented around 8 million new infections.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 20:18 UTC

  British PM shall not resign despite Labour and popular pressure

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday refused to resign despite calls from the opposition that such a move was necessary after scandals hit 10 Downing Street.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 20:15 UTC

  Singapore signs treaty to join Pacific Alliance as an associated state

  

  The Asian nation of Singapore Wednesday became the first country to join the Pacific Alliance as an Associated State to the group made up of Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Covid-19: 21 million new cases and 50,000 deaths globally in week Jan 17/23

  

  Globally, the number of new COVID-19 cases increased in the past week (17-23 January 2022) by 5%, while the number of new deaths remained similar to that reported during the previous week. Across the six WHO regions, over 21 million new cases were reported this week, representing the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  ECLAC needs to set aside four rogue countries to measure inflation for year 2021

  

  Inflation in Latin America for the year 2021 was way above projections, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has said in a report issued from its Santiago headquarters.