International

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Canadian bitcoin producer picks Argentina for new development

  

  Canadian bitcoin miner Bitfarms has announced its plans to start operations in Argentina in early 2022, with a total of 55,000 machines, it was reported. The country emerged as a logical choice due to its relative low expenses in local pesos with all profits in bitcoin, analysts said.

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 05:07 UTC

  Biden's climate summit starts on Mother Earth's Day

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday pledged to reduce his country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least half by 2030 during the opening speech of a virtual Climate Summit he convened featuring several world leaders and which is regarded as a preliminary encounter leading up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this coming November.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 20:44 UTC

  Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands leading to search engine's temporary collapse

  

  An Argentine internet user claimed realized ownership of the google.com.ar domain had expired Wednesday, April 21 and since it was available, he decided to purchase it for reportedly AR $ 540 (around the US $ 3.85 at the unofficial exchange rate) leading to a temporary shutdown of the search engine ending in “.ar”.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine President calls for international treaty on pandemics to boost WHO's role

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday called all countries to ”reinforce the role of the World Health Organization (WHO)“ through ”an international treaty on pandemics.”

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Vaccine passport reportedly coming up in Uruguay soon but no official announcement yet

  

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister Germán Cardoso Wednesday raised again the issue of vaccination certificates for foreign travellers to “guarantee the sanitary status” of the country.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Uruguay tops Latin American transition to environment friendly energy sources

  

  Uruguay continues to be Latin America's leading country regarding energy transition towards renewable sources, according to an index released jointly this week by the World Economic Forum and the Accenture consultancy firm.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 20:52 UTC

  Disappearance of Indonesian submarine touches relatives of ARA San Juan victims

  

  The Indonesian Navy Wednesday reported the disappearance of the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine somewhere north of the island of Bali with 53 crew members on board and has asked Australia and Singapore for help to locate it.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  First batch of Argentine-made Sputnik V vaccine delivered

  

  Argentine laboratory Richmond Tuesday delivered the first batch of locally-produced Sputnik V vaccines against covid-19 to be sent to Russia's Gamaleya Institute for final validation, it was announced.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Anvisa asks STF for more time to decide on the use of Sputnik V in Brazil

  

  While Argentina has already started trials to produce the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against covid-19, Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has filed a petition before the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for additional time to evaluate a registration request for the very same immunization shot.

• Wednesday, April 21st 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Thunberg donates € 120,000 to WHO, slams Bolsonaro for his approach at covid-19

  

  Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has donated € 120,000 to the World's Health Organization (WHO) to “buy anti-covid-19 vaccines, as part of the global effort for equitable access to vaccines for those most at risk,” it was announced.