Investments

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  YouTube will ban election, alcohol, gambling and prescription drugs ads

  

  Alphabet's YouTube will no longer allow political or election ads in its coveted masthead spot at the top of the site's homepage nor ads for alcohol, gambling and prescription drugs, it said on Monday.

• Monday, June 14th 2021 - 15:20 UTC

  Falklands pay tribute to 1982 fallen on Liberation Day

  

  Falkland Islanders are today paying tribute to the British Armed Forces killed during the 1982 conflict and commemorating the 39th anniversary of liberation from Argentine occupation.

• Monday, June 14th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  G7 announces Build Back Better World to counter China's Belt and Road initiative

  

  The world's seven most advanced economies signalled on Sunday during the G7 summit a desire to build a rival to China's multi-trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative. German Chancellor said she hoped that a new G7 task force can present first infrastructure projects in developing countries in 2022

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Paraguay needs additional medical oxygen from Brazil

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Tuesday reached out to his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro to negotiate the purchase of medical oxygen above the current quota because it is not enough, according to health authorities.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Bezos will fly to outer space in his Blue Origin New Shepard rocket on July 20

  

  Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of the multi-national technology Amazon will fly to space next month on the first space flight from his rocket company Blue Origin, the billionaire said.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  MPA/Stanley march to collect funds for the foundation that cares after retired working police dogs

  

  Four working dogs accompanied their military police officer owners on a charity challenge in the Falkland Islands. It was all in the aid of raising money for The Thin Blue Paw Foundation – a charity that was set up to support retired police dogs.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 08:39 UTC

  World Bank loan for the sewage system of Buenos Aires City

  

  The World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$ 265 million loan to continue infrastructure works in the Matanza-Riachuelo Basin which borders Buenos Aires City. The works will improve the wastewater system, which has become an open cyst pool, by reducing organic pollution of the river by 80%.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina to launch local production of Sputnik V vaccine, but subject to availability of active ingredient

  

  Presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina and Vladimir Putin of Russia are to launch Friday the beginning of local production at the South American country of the Sputnik V vaccine.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentine automotive back on track, Adefa report shows

  

  The Argentine Association of Automotive Factories (Adefa) Thursday reported that production of motor vehicles had grown more than 19% month on month for an accumulated increase of 517.3% compared to May last year.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Tokyo 2020 volunteers keep resigning as locals oppose Olympic Games going on amidst pandemic

  

  The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which had to be postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, have suffered yet another blow Thursday when some 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers submitted their resignations citing health grounds.