Politics

Friday, January 15th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Urgent meeting of WHO emergency committee to address South Africa, Britain and Amazon Covid-19 variants

The World Health Organization's emergency committee met on Thursday, two weeks ahead of schedule to discuss the new coronavirus variants from South Africa and Britain that have rapidly spread to at least 50 countries and sparked widespread alarm.
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Trump impeached for a second time, but the objective is to bar him from running for office in 2024

US President Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday for an unprecedented second time, facing blame for inciting an insurrection over his election loss that culminated in a deadly riot in the Capitol last week.
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Guyana and United States sign defense and cooperation agreement

Guyana and the Unites States have signed a new pact aimed at boosting the South American CARICOM nation’s military might. It comes following a decree issued by embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, unilaterally laying claim to Guyana’s Essequibo territory.
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:53 UTC
Argentina's jiggers begin the squid season on Saturday

Argentina's squid season takes off next Saturday, Jan 16, south of parallel 44, according to the Federal Fisheries Council. The decision follows a technical-scientific report from the country's research institute, Inidep, which emphasized that jiggers can begin operating on the Spring Spawning Stock, (SDV), and avoiding the South Patagonic Stock.
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:36 UTC
Anticipating a year of social instability, Chile plans to boost foreign reserves

Chile’s peso tumbled on Wednesday, starting the year in a volatile fashion as many had forecast. The currency dropped 2.1% to 741.66 against the dollar, bringing its decline this year to 4%.
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Ruling coalition in Italy loses majority in the midst of the worst recession since WW2

Italy's former premier Matteo Renzi pulled his small party out of government on Wednesday, stripping the ruling coalition of its parliamentary majority and triggering political chaos even as the nation battles a resurgent COVID-19.
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 08:57 UTC
Chile: Crucial electoral year to rewrite a new constitution takes off

The Chilean Electoral Service registered 2,223 hopeful candidates for selection to the commission that will rewrite Chile's dictatorship-era constitution. The 14 million Chilean eligible are scheduled to elect on April 11 the 155 members of the Constituent Assembly that will rewrite the constitution, which dates from the rule of military dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-90).
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Opinion polls blame Trump for the violence, while his approval ratings drop to historic lows

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With the Congress in the process to impeach him for the second time, outgoing President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged his supporters to shun violence as the National Guard prepared to deploy thousands of troops in Washington for the Jan. 20 swearing-in of his successor Joe Biden.
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Britain trying to contain the coronavirus Brazil variant from reaching UK

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday the government was looking at ways to stop a variant of the novel coronavirus found in Brazil from entering Britain.
Thursday, January 14th 2021 - 08:39 UTC
New sanitary rules in UK to help overcrowded hospitals discharge patients

Britain on Wednesday altered its rules to allow coronavirus patients who have completed 14 days of isolation without showing symptoms of Covid-19 to move directly into care homes from hospitals without being re-tested for the disease.