Politics

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Germany's future Chancellor still a mystery after close elections with SPD slightly ahead

  

  After German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to retire, the formation of a new government is far from clear following Sunday's elections.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  British gov't to offer 10,500 visas as shortage of workers hit post-Brexit country

  

  The Government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced Saturday it would be offering 10,500 temporary visas in the absence of a foreign labour force that was forced to leave the country after it cut itself loose from the European Union in addition to travel restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Evergrande real estate group shares crash 11,6%, but CEO remains among China's richest billionaires

  

  The Chinese mega real estate group Evergrande shares tumbled 11,6% on Friday in the Hong Kong stock exchange, following on Thursday's nonpayment of US$ 84 million in interests on maturing offshore bonds.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Large crowds march through Montevideo in support of diversity groups rights

  

  LGBTIQ+ demonstrators marched Friday through the streets of Montevideo insisting that “the world belongs to every being that inhabits the planet, not the handful of powerful people who feel they have the right to privatize and destroy it.”

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentina assumes chairing of PAHO's Executive Committee

  

  Argentine Health Ministry Carla Vizzotti Friday assumed command of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) for the period 2021-2022 on behalf of her country.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Paraguayan President critical of Covax mechanism, thanks countries which did help with supply of vaccines

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Friday expressed before the United Nations' 76th General Assembly his “deep disappointment” at the lack of response from the Covax mechanism at distributing COVID-19 immunizers worldwide.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro's wife takes COVID-19 vaccine, stirs controversy

  

  Brazil's First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro has taken a vaccine against COVID-19, during the couple's recent trip to New York City, where President Jair Bolsonaro delivered a speech before the United Nations' 76th General Assembly earlier this week.

• Friday, September 24th 2021 - 20:09 UTC

  Former Mendoza Deputy chosen for Argentina's Malvinas Secretariat

  

  After Argentine President, Alberto Fernández appointed Daniel Filmus as Science Minister, the position of Malvinas Islands Secretary had been vacant until Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero announced Friday he had chosen former Mendoza National Deputy Guillermo Carmona for the job.

• Friday, September 24th 2021 - 18:39 UTC

  Now they say Tierra del Fuego did not achieve herd immunity against COVID-19

  

  Argentina's Health Ministry has announced Minister Carla Vizzotti had not said Thursday morning that the province of Tierra del Fuego, which technically comprises British Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands, had achieved herd immunity against COVID-19.

• Friday, September 24th 2021 - 10:01 UTC

  Body of Peruvian guerrilla leader to be cremated and ashes scattered to avoid shrine of pilgrimage

  

  Peru's Office of the State Attorney has ordered that the body of the late Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrilla leader Abimael Guzmán, who died in jail Sept. 11 while serving a life sentence, be cremated in the next 24 hours and his ashes be disposed of.