International

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  Zuckerberg's rebranding strategy sparks controversy

  

  As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week the company would be changing its name to Meta, public perception was quick to establish the decision was a response to a matter of public acceptance hitting record lows and many regarded the move as purely “cosmetic.”

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Pfizer vaccine gets emergency authorization for use on children aged 5 to 11 in the US

  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United States Friday issued an emergency clearance for the use of the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 on children aged 5 to 11, it was announced. The decision came three days after a recommendation from a scientific committee.

• Saturday, October 30th 2021 - 00:04 UTC

  US President and Pope discuss climate change and COVID-19 vaccines

  

  US President Joseph Biden Friday met in Vatican City with Pope Francis, in an encounter during which climate change and COVID-19 vaccines topped the agenda at the same time the issue of abortion was cautiously overlooked by the Catholic Church's leader and one of his most prominent adherents.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 20:24 UTC

  EU should lift entry restrictions to travelers from Argentina, Colombia and Peru

  

  The European Union Council has advised Member States Friday to add Argentina, Colombia, Peru, and also Namibia to the list of countries for which travel restrictions to/from the European Union should be lifted at the earliest time possible.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 12:28 UTC

  UK and France clash over fishing licenses: French ambassador summoned in London

  

  The United Kingdom on Thursday summoned the French ambassador in London amid a dispute over fishing rights in the English Channel. The move comes as tensions increase in a heated argument over the issuances of fishing licenses by the UK, Jersey, and France.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 11:46 UTC

  Brazilian minister expects reopening of China beef market: negotiations in final phase

  

  Brazil's Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, denied that diplomatic relations with China are strained and said that she does not see the continuation of the Chinese ban on Brazilian beef, which has lasted for nearly two months, as a political act.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 11:24 UTC

  Uruguay, Pfizer agree on supply of COVID-19 vaccines for 2022

  

  The Government of Uruguay finally reached an agreement with Pfizer for the supply of 3.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines during 2022, it was announced Thursday in Montevideo.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 10:56 UTC

  ICC praises Colombia´s determination for justice, accountability and peace

  

  The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan on a visit to Colombia and Venezuela, on Thursday in Bogotá concluded a Cooperation Agreement with the Government of Colombia, which renews the commitment of the Office to Colombia's national accountability processes.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 21:59 UTC

  Seven LatAm countries to be removed from UK's travel red list

  

  The United Kingdom's Departments for Transport and of Health and Social Care Thursday issued a joint press release announcing that the seven countries still on the travel red list, all of them from Latin America, would be removed from it shortly.

• Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:48 UTC

  France opens museum dedicated to Dreyfus Affair

  

  France's President Emmanuel Macron has opened this week a museum dedicated to one of history's most emblematic cases of antisemitism: “The Dreyfus affair”.