United States

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 15:02 UTC

  Big Pharma companies gross 152bn dollars since the beginning of the pandemic

  

  Despite setbacks with patients dying or suffering from undesired side effects which led to the suspension of some vaccines in various countries, the market value of pharmaceutical companies continues to rise, having amassed 152 billion US dollars in profits since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 05:28 UTC

  Former US Vice President Walter “Fritz” Mondale dies aged 93

  

  Former US Vice President Walter Mondale (1977-1981) has died in Minneapolis, at the age of 93, his family confirmed. No cause was given.

• Monday, April 19th 2021 - 10:20 UTC

  Biden administration says Uruguay sets an example others should follow

  

  After Special Envoy Juan Gonzales rounded up his South American tour last week, the administration of US President Joseph Biden concluded the world needed more places like Uruguay, it was reported by White House sources.

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 11:55 UTC

  Raúl Castro in favor of dialogue with US in one of his last appearances as Communist Party leader

  

  Iconic Cuban Revolution leader Raúl Castro Friday opened the Cuban Communist Party convention which will mark the end of his days as First Secretary by making it clear nobody had forced him to make that decision and he supported a closer dialogue with giant neighbours the United States.

• Friday, April 16th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  US expels Russian diplomats in retaliation for SolarWinds hack

  

  US president Joseph Biden Thursday ordered the expulsion of ten Russian diplomats for allegedly meddling with the elections in what became known as the SolarWinds breach.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Swindler Bernie Madoff dies in US prison aged 82

  

  Convicted Ponzi-schemer Bernard Madoff, a former chairman of the Nasdaq stock market who lured many millionaires to invest in his amazing deals which turned out to be losses, has died in a US federal prison at the age of 82, it was announced.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  US to withdraw from Afghanistan by September, says Joe Biden

  

  US President Joseph Biden announced late Tuesday his country would withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by September 11, thus putting an end to one of the longest armed conflicts in which the country has been involved.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine president tells US envoy there will be no new Chinese base

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday told US National Security Council advisor Juan Gonzalez that “there will be no foreign bases,” it was reported.

• Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 00:51 UTC

  Fede Álvarez, Uruguayan filmmaker: “The best possible story with what is at hand”

  

  By Nicolás Medina (*) - Back in 2009, a young Uruguayan director caught the attention of millions of people from all over the world by broadcasting the short film ¡Ataque de pánico! (Panic attack!)

• Wednesday, April 7th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  US, WHO top scientists not so eager about vaccination passports

  

  The US administration of President Joseph Biden shall not be requiring its citizens to use vaccination passports to prove they were immunized against coronavirus, Dr Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.