Politics

Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:17 UTC
PM Johnson to lift all COVID-19 restrictions as of Thursday

People in England who test positive for the coronavirus will no longer be required to stay under isolation starting Feb. 24, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Argentine province of Corrientes gripped by uncontrolled fire

Over 10% of the territory of the Argentine province of Corrientes (northeast) has been consumed over the past few days by fires that were caused intentionally, according to some video footage that went viral on social media.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Chilean fishermen want “Ministry of the Sea” created

Non-industrial fishermen in the Chilean city of Osorno have requested President-elect Gabriel Boric to create a Ministry of the Sea and insisted on the need to change the Fisheries Law so as to eliminate trawling.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:37 UTC
Colombia's JEP to open new lines of investigation

Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), a court created by the peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been forced to launch new lines of inquiries, following compelling testimony and evidence, it was announced.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Bolivia: Judge allows Áñez's hospitalization

Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez has been hospitalized “in critical condition” due to a hunger strike she began ten days ago, according to her lawyers.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:10 UTC
“Freedom Convoy” fully dispersed from Canadian capital

Law enforcement officers have completely cleared the streets of Canada's capital city of Ottawa after arresting nearly 200 protesters belonging to the so-called “Freedom Convoy” of truckers, which opposed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccination mandates and other sanitary restrictions.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 10:43 UTC
US Homeland Department to deploy robot dogs along the border with Mexico

A robot dog designed and manufactured in the United States by Ghost Robotics and which had been in the earlier stages of development last year has been given its marching orders for a major assignment.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Chile is to become a “regional, multinational and intercultural State”, according to the new constitution

Chile is to be defined in the future as a “Regional State, multinational and intercultural” according to the draft approved on Friday afternoon by the constitutional convention that is discussing the new constitution for the country.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Interior Minister wants Chile's northern borders fully closed

Chile's Interior Minister Rodrigo Delgado wants to close the country's northern border as a new stage of the “state of exception” already in force in four provinces where the migration crisis is escalating.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Canadian police launches foreceful removal of Freedom Convoy protesters

Canadian law enforcement officers have arrested over 100 people in Ottawa who had gathered at the capital city amid the so-called “Freedom Convoy” to protest against Prime Minister Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccination policies.