Politics

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:53 UTC

  The world “simply not ready” to contain Covid-19, WHO's head of experts mission to China

  

  The coronavirus epidemic caused more death and disruption on Tuesday spreading to new countries as a top health official warned the world was “simply not ready” to contain it. Even as the number of fresh cases declines at the epicenter of the disease in China, there has been a sudden increase in parts of Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina Forensic Anthropology Team nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

  

  The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, EAAF, a non-profit scientific NGO, was nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its investigative work into human rights violations in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Five Latin American countries planning to issue green bonds

  

  At least five Latin American governments and several companies are considering debt sales to fund environmentally friendly projects in what is expected to be the region’s most active year for the issuance of so-called green bonds since 2017.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  British politicians blind eye on decades of children sexual abuse, shows independent inquiry

  

  British politicians turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse of children and actively covered up allegations over decades, an independent inquiry into historical sex offences in Westminster found on Tuesday. The inquiry did not find evidence of an organised paedophile network in its examination of the period, covering the 1960s through until the 1990s.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina implements additional controls for Covid-19 at Ezeiza airport

  

  The Argentine government has started to implement additional controls to identify potential cases of coronavirus in flights from Italy, where the number of Covid-19 infections keeps increasing. Additionally, the first case confirmed in South America has been a Brazilian businessman who for work reasons visited the north of Italy.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:38 UTC

  Sour relations: EU ministers warn London must respect treaty that eased terms of Brexit

  

  EU ministers gathering on Tuesday to adopt a joint negotiating stance on future ties with Britain warned London it must first respect a treaty struck last year that eased the terms of its Brexit. They also stressed that mirroring EU standards will be crucial for British goods to be allowed tariff-free access to the huge European single market.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Iran's deputy health minister confirmed coronavirus infection, one of 95 cases

  

  Iran's deputy health minister confirmed on Tuesday that he has been infected with the new coronavirus, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic that have fuelled fears of a contagion in the region. Iraj Harirchi coughed occasionally and appeared to be sweating during a press conference on Monday with government spokesman Ali Rabiei.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:35 UTC

  Chile's main rock festival turned into major clashes and arson between protesters and police

  

  Thousands of protesters armed with stones, sticks and Molotov cocktails clashed with police on Sunday as one of Latin America's biggest music festival opened, in the latest spurt of a four-month-old wave of grassroots anger over economic inequality and other woes.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:31 UTC

  Argentine ambassador in US meets Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

  

  Argentine ambassador in Washington Jorge Argüello held a meeting on Monday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, with the purpose of strengthening bilateral relations and which was described as “highly productive”.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  Colombia offensive against drug traffickers clearing national parks to plant coca

  

  Colombia's Defense Minister said on Monday the military will step up an offensive against drug trafficking gangs responsible for clearing thousands of hectares of protected national parks for coca plantations.