Politics

Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:38 UTC
US expects to begin Covid-19 vaccination by mid-December, a day after regulatory approval

US healthcare workers and others recommended for the nation’s first Covid-19 inoculations could start getting shots within a day or two of regulatory consent next month, a top official of the US government’s vaccine development effort said on Sunday.
Monday, November 23rd 2020 - 08:31 UTC
World leaders join forces to fight the accelerating crisis of antimicrobial resistance

The heads of the and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the new One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:55 UTC
A new low for Argentine Falkland Islands' sovereignty claim propagandists

By John Fowler (*) – The selective amnesia of successive Argentine governments never ceases to amaze. Last week, during universal rejoicing in the Falklands that the eleven year-long demining campaign had finally come to a successful conclusion, the Argentine Government was complaining about it in Geneva.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:54 UTC
“Good progress” in Argentina/IMF negotiations for an Extended Fund Facility

”Good progress” has been made in parts of a new program between the International Monetary Fund and Argentina, IMF officials said in a statement on Friday. An IMF team visited Argentina to begin discussions on repackaging some US$ 45 billion the country owes the Fund.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:48 UTC
Pfizer wants emergency distribution of its vaccine simultaneously in US, Europe and Latin America

US drugmaker Pfizer Inc is hoping to rapidly roll out its experimental COVID-19 vaccine around Latin America soon after it gets emergency authorization in the United States, a senior executive said, which could be as early as next month.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:44 UTC
New Peruvian government silent about a second withdrawal of funds from the pension system

The Peruvian government enacted a law that allows citizens a second withdrawal of funds from the private pension system in order to ease the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, according to the official newspaper El Peruano.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:36 UTC
FDA to meet December 10 to decide emergency use of Pfizer and BioNTech vaccines

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's outside advisers will meet on Dec. 10 to discuss whether to authorize the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech for emergency use, the agency said on Friday.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:24 UTC
Dr. Fauci blessings to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines

The United States' top infectious disease official said that two coronavirus vaccines being tested were “solid”, and that the speed at which they were developed has not compromised safety or integrity.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:15 UTC
Protests in main Brazilian cities as security guards beat to death a black man at a Carrefour supermarket

More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store.
Saturday, November 21st 2020 - 09:12 UTC
G-20 must help plug US$ 5,4bn funding gap for the Covid-19 program, global leaders request

G-20 nations must help plug a US$4.5 billion funding gap for a WHO-led program to distribute coronavirus vaccines and pave the way for an end to the pandemic, according to a letter sent by several world leaders, ahead of this weekend's virtual G20 summit.