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Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:58:00 GMT
Russia supports dialogue and UN resolutions on Falklands dispute: criticizes UK ' 'double standards'
The United Kingdom dissenting approaches to the situation with the Falkland Islands and the Crimean Peninsula is a display of double standards, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview.

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:54:00 GMT
Brazil sets out its position ahead of US president Joe Biden's administration
President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, which embraced both the Trump administration and its core ideals, wants president Joe Biden to know where Brazil stands and it’s not about to reverse course in response to the change o...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:51:00 GMT
Tom Hanks will host the "Celebrating America" special for Biden's inauguration
Tom Hanks will host a 90-minute primetime special titled "Celebrating America" ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration this Wednesday.

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:26:00 GMT
Peruvian leader pledges to pardon ex-president Fujimori if she wins April's general election
Peru's opposition leader Keiko Fujimori has said that she would pardon her jailed father, former president Alberto Fujimori, if she wins April's general election. The 82-year-old Fujimori is serving a 25-year sentence for crime...

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:13:00 GMT
Falklands offers to extend holders of Individual Transferable Quota fishing rights for 25 years
The Falkland Islands government, FIG, announced on Monday measures to provide greater stability to the fishing industry by offering holders of Individual Transferable Quotas an optional extension for a 25-year period of their c...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:27:00 GMT
With Trump leaving, Brazil backtracks in its opposition to Huawei's 5G bid
China's telecommunications sector is celebrating that the Brazilian government became the first in the world to backtrack on its opposition to Huawei's 5G bid. Brazil will not seek to bar the Chinese telecommunication giant fro...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:25:00 GMT
Independent panel blasts WHO and China on their tepid response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak
An independent panel said on Monday that Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial COVID-19 outbreak, and criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) for not d...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:16:00 GMT
Brazil launches vaccination campaign, but many supply problems persist
Brazil launched on Monday the national inoculation program with China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine, but so far it includes five of the country's 26 states. After weeks of setbacks, many Brazilians cheered the first wave of inocula...

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:16:00 GMT
Bolsonaro allies expected to win control of both houses in Congress
Brazil’s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro sponsored candidates are expected to win control of Congress next month, politicians and analysts said on Monday, despite controversy of the management of the pandemic.

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:15:00 GMT
Biden will re impose travel restrictions despite Trump lifting some of the restrictions
The Joe Biden administration plans to quickly re impose travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump lifted those requirements effective...



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