Politics

Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Latin America demand rich countries stop hoarding the Covid-19 vaccines

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard during a virtual meeting of the UN Security Council called on rich countries to stop hoarding vaccines against Covid-19 impeding the poor from being inoculated.
Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Google agrees to pay Australian media news content, but Facebook blocks Aussie users

Google apparently has struck deals with Australian media to pay for news content, but Facebook on Thursday blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform.
Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 06:59 UTC
UN Covid-19 summit: Guterres calls on G20 to implement a global immunization plan

Addressing the equitable distribution of vaccines against the coronavirus in the Security Council, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres proposed the creation of an emergency task force by the G20 countries to prepare and help implement a global immunization plan.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Scandal and frustration in Peru: 487 officials secretly received early Covid-19 vaccines

Peruvian interim president announced Monday night that 487 officials took part in the so-called “vacunagate” by taking advantage of their privileged positions to secretly receive early inoculations of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine that the government then bought for doctors and other health workers battling the pandemic. The list includes the former ministers of foreign affairs and health and the former president.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Uruguay and Paraguay presidents meet to address Mercosur issues in an open agenda

Uruguay and Paraguay presidents, Luis Lacalle Pou and Mario Abdo Benítez will be holding an “open agenda” meeting on Wednesday in the Uruguayan international seaside resort of Punta del Este, where the Paraguayan leader arrived late Tuesday.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Argentina's death toll, 50,432; batch of AstraZeneca vaccine from India expected Wednesday

Argentina on Tuesday reported 4,003 new COVID-19 cases and 106 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 2,033,060 and the death toll to 50,432, the health authorities said. Since the first case was detected on March 3, 2020, some 1,838,291 people infected with the virus have recovered, the health ministry added.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:48 UTC
Majority of Europeans favor protection of Brazilian Amazon, before EU ratifies Mercosur trade deal

A new poll shows that the grand majority of Europe’s people favors implementing effective protections of the Brazilian Amazon, ending deforestation there, before the EU agrees to ratify the free trade agreement with Mercosur (composed of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay).
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:42 UTC
Brazilian city suspends vaccination campaign because of insufficient doses

Rio de Janeiro suspends Covid-19 vaccination campaign until next week because the Brazilian city has run out of doses, Mayor Eduardo Paes announced. “I have been informed that the new doses did not arrive. We will have to interrupt our campaign from Tuesday,” Paes wrote on Twitter.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:42 UTC
Bolsonaro seeks Israeli developed nasal spray against Covid-19, recommended by his “good friend” Netanyahu

President Jair Bolsonaro said the Brazilian government would seek emergency use authorization for an Israeli-developed nasal spray against Covid-19 that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a “miracle” treatment.
Wednesday, February 17th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Falklands lawmakers move to FIDF until March; reforms at Gilbert House

The public works program in the Falkland Islands is in full swing, and this includes not only the new port or housing projects but also improvements in Gilbert House.