International

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 12:23 UTC

  UK: Prince Philip to have solemn, yet restricted, funeral due to pandemic

  

  The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, will have a funeral with bands and a military escort that will take place on Saturday afternoon within the grounds of Windsor Castle. Only 30 of his relatives will be allowed to attend the ceremony due to restrictions in the United Kingdom because of the coronavirus pandemic and there will be a minute's silence across the country at 4 pm (UK time).

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 12:07 UTC

  Uruguayan President seizes Pfizer vaccines Argentine neglected, press reports

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou successfully carried out a personal negotiation with the Pfizer laboratory in Buenos Aires in December as talks between the Argentine government and the manufacturers of the vaccine began to stall, it was reported.

• 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.