Politics

Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:09 UTC
Chile lowers vaccination age for children down to the age of 3

Chilean health authorities have allowed children from the age of 3 onwards to be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Chinese-developed Sinovac drugs, the one most widely used on adults in the country, it was announced Thursday.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
Pfizer's vaccine makes it through to Canadian and European children

Canada Wednesday began vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against COVID-19 in the French-speaking Quebec, while Ontario officially launched its campaign Thursday.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 18:52 UTC
Vaccination certificates to lose validity in EU after 9 months

The European Union continues to make vaccination against COVID-19 or recovery thereof a decisive factor when it comes down to foreign travel either within the bloc or abroad, according to announcements made Thursday in Brussels.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 18:48 UTC
Argentina not likely to extend special layoff measures, Labor Minister says

Argentine Labor Minister Claudio Moroni Thursday said it was “highly likely” that the double severance money and the ban on dismissals decreed as a part of the emergency measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic will not be extended after December 31, since the economic situation was getting back to normal.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 18:42 UTC
Interpol picks new chief with a résumé filled with torture charges

A controversial general from the United Arab Emirates with a shady background has been appointed chief of Interpol Thursday during the body's General Assembly in Istanbul.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet in Brasilia but reach no agreement on Itaipú rates

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday did not concede an iota of what his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benítez was seeking during a bilateral Summit in Brasilia to discuss Annex C of the Itaipú agreement regarding fees.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Peru's President not a stalwart of freedom of the press, Human Rights Watch claims

The Washington DC-based Human Rights Watch organization Wednesday said Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones undermined freedom of expression after the head of state threatened to withdraw all state advertising from media outlets.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, ITUC message

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and trade unions across the globe will take action for the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
A slight opening of Chinese market to Brazilian beef; Russia increases the list of abattoirs certified to export

China's Administration of Customs, GACC announced on Wednesday it was authorizing the unloading of Brazilian beef, certified before September 4th., the date when the suspension was caused by the confirmation of two atypical cases of “mad cow” disease in Brazil, (in Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso), became effective.
Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Former Colombian leader says gov't seeks to resume peace talks with ELN

Former Colombian President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Juan Manuel Santos Wednesday said the current administration headed by Iván Duque is interested in striking a peace deal with the National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN) guerrillas.