International

Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 23:06 UTC
Russia has offered Argentina fighter aircraft and training jets, defense website reports

Russia has again approached the Argentine government to offer defense equipment, including military planes for the air force.
Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Argentine president asks Putin to guarantee supply of the Sputnik V vaccine

Supply of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine and the possible elaboration of the shots in Argentina were among the issues addressed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and Russia's Vladimir Putin during a Tuesday phone conference.
Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:07 UTC
COVAX publishes first interim vaccine distribution forecast

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization, as co-leads of the COVAX initiative for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, alongside key delivery partner UNICEF, are pleased to publish COVAX’s first interim distribution forecast.
Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 06:45 UTC
St Helena prepares to commemorate the bicentennial of Napoleon's death

By Nick Sundin – The United Kingdom commemorated in June 2015 the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, marking the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte and the end of the Napoleonic Wars. In the months surrounding the bicentenary of 18th June 2015, battlefield visits abounded, with key sites in the vicinity of the battlefield and the town of Waterloo itself seeing large increases in tourism.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Russia's Sputnik V vaccine is 91,6% effective, The Lancet

The Russian Sputnik V vaccine is 91.6% effective against Covid 19 in its symptomatic manifestations, according to the medical journal The Lancet . “The trial results show a strong protective effect consistent across all age groups of participants,” the researchers explain.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 08:03 UTC
Russian dissident sentenced to 3,5 years in jail despite demands from Western countries

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony after a Moscow court found him guilty of disobeying the terms of his probation over the 2014 money laundering case. In the Tuesday ruling, however, the court also took into account the time Navalny had spent under house arrest, meaning that the Kremlin critic would spend only two years and eight months behind bars.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Dragui, ex ECB chief invited to form a new government in Italy

Italian President Sergio Mattarella has invited former European Central Bank (ECB) chief Mario Draghi to talk about forming a new government. Dragui passed the ECB baton to Christine Lagarde in 2019 after an eight-year stint. Draghi is set to meet President Matarella later on Wednesday.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 07:00 UTC
“Captain Tom” leaves us his message, “always remember, tomorrow will be a good day”

Tom Moore, better known as “Captain Tom” died from COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, his family said. The 100-year-old World War II veteran became popular in the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 06:42 UTC
Impact on Scotland's economy if it breaks away from the UK, LSE report

Reuters – The economy of Scotland will suffer a trade shock two to three times more severe than the impact of Brexit if it leaves the United Kingdom, according to an academic study published this Wednesday.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 06:03 UTC
The Northern Ireland Protocol, fails Unionists' testing

The two Northern Irish ports of Larne and Belfast temporarily suspended border checks and withdrew staff on Tuesday amid safety fears. Officials pulled a dozen staff members from duty at Larne Port after an “upsurge in sinister and menacing behavior,” Mid and East Antrim Borough Council said.