International

• Friday, May 7th 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  China open to trade deal either with Uruguay or with all of Mercosur, says Ambassador

  

  China's Ambassador in Montevideo Wang Gang Wednesday underlined his country's “open attitude” towards a trade agreement “either bilateral or en bloc” with Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay) “when Uruguay or the bloc as a whole are ready.”

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Covid-19 spreading even among Mount Everest climbers

  

  Despite a Nepalese Health Ministry warning last week that “hospitals have run out of beds,” there is no cancellation of expeditions to Mount Everest insight.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  London has a new, logical post-Brexit foreign ambassador

  

  The British government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson finally agreed to grant the representative of the European Union the diplomatic status held by all foreign ambassadors, which seemed natural after Brexit, but not for those who claimed the EU is not a nation-state.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 06:59 UTC

  Worms become Europe's first edible insects, others may follow suit soon

  

  European Union countries may no longer need to import food from places like Mercosur and Brexiteers have certainly saved the United Kingdom from being a part of a worm-eating alliance.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 06:44 UTC

  United States in favor of waiving covid-19 vaccine patents

  

  United States President Joseph Biden has made it clear that after weighing all the pros and cons he was in favor of waiving intellectual property rights on anticovid-19 vaccine patents so that they can be produced faster and the world can finally overcome the current pandemic.

• Thursday, May 6th 2021 - 02:56 UTC

  Healthy nonuplets born in Casablanca from Malian mother

  

  A 25-year-old woman from the African country of Mali, who believed she was pregnant with seven babies, ended up delivering nine healthy newborns in Casablanca, Morocco, it was reported.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  IATA: Air cargo down in Latin America but grew elsewhere; passenger travel still far behind

  

  The airlines of Latin America suffered a 23.6% slump in their cargo operations in March, against the same month of 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2021 - 06:47 UTC

  US Government praised for joining conservation efforts in Antarctic Southern Ocean

  

  The government of the United States has been praised by The Pew Charitable Trusts for its decision to co-lead in matters concerning Southern Ocean Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), special climate envoy John Kerry announced during a virtual ministerial meeting hosted by the European Union.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2021 - 06:42 UTC

  Chinese vaccine developer eyes production in Chile

  

  China's Sinovac Biotech laboratory is reportedly evaluating the possibility of manufacturing the immunizer in Chile in a joint effort with the local Pontifical Catholic University, Rector Ignacio Sánchez said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 23:26 UTC

  Russia plans major presence in Argentina with two nuclear plants plus military equipment

  

  Russia's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Dmitry Feoktistov has confirmed his country's intention to build two nuclear power plants in Argentina and press sources at the Casa Rosada presidential palace have not denied it, although the project is yet to be officially endorsed by the administration of President Alberto Fernández.