Politics

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Falklands second civilian case of Covid-19: pasenger who arrives in the air bridge

  

  The first two civilian cases of Covid-19 have been identified in the Falklands, it was confirmed this week, reports Penguin News. The first case was identified through quarantine surveillance swabbing of the individual, who had been in quarantine since their arrival in the Islands on November 5, “and remains so,” according to a Falkland Islands Government press statement.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  For Bolsonaro, US elections are not over, “Have they really finished?”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the U.S. was really over.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Street protests in Peru against the new government of interim president

  

  Peru's interim President Manuel Merino called for calm on Thursday amid protests that have escalated around the country since the abrupt ouster of former leader Martin Vizcarra.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Ortega's Nicaragua approves the privatization of drinking water services

  

  The Nicaraguan parliament, controlled by the party of leftist President Daniel Ortega, on Thursday, approved a reform that will open the door to the privatization of drinking water services in the Central American nation.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Land mines and other explosives caused 5,554 victims in 2019

  

  Land mines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) killed or injured at least 5,554 people around the world last year, according to the Landmine Monitor 2020, published in Geneva on Thursday.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Pope Francis spoke with Biden and offers blessings to the president elect

  

  Pope Francis spoke with Joe Biden by telephone on Thursday to offer “blessings and congratulations” to the US president-elect on his victory, the Democrat's transition team said in a statement.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Johnson's most powerful advisor, controversial Dominic Cummings leaves by end of the year

  

  Dominic Cummings quit as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most powerful aide and will leave by the end of the year. The news will plunge the Prime Minister’s leadership into a rough situation at a critical time for the UK as it navigates the closing stages of Brexit.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina criticizes Falklands' mines-free achievement, but is willing to share the humanitarian success

  

  The Argentine government has criticized the successful eleven-year demining process in the Falkland Islands arguing it is a new “violation” of a UN resolution calling on both sides, UK and Argentina, to abstain from any unilateral action in the disputed territories.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine president and several ministers under preventive isolation after an official tested Covid-19 positive

  

  The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and several of his ministers began preventative isolation after coming in close contact with an official infected with coronavirus, the government said in a statement late on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro's clash with Sao Paulo governor over the Chinese vaccine tainted with politics

  

  Brazil’s national health regulator allowed clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine to resume on Wednesday, two days after suspending them in what critics called a decision tainted by politics.