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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguay acquired Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines; details will be announced Saturday
Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou announced on Friday that a deal for the purchase of Pfizer/BioNTech and China's Sinovac anti Covid-19 vaccines has been reached. No further details were advanced, only that the president wil...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:23:00 GMT
Germany denies change of policy regarding the Falklands dispute
Germany said that its position on the Falkland Islands dispute has not changed, following claims by Argentina that Lufthansa's request for two flights to the Islands, in support of a polar research expedition, implied recogniti...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:07:00 GMT
Trump's impeachment delayed to concentrate on president Biden's agenda
U.S. Senate leaders agreed to delay ex-president Donald Trump’s contentious impeachment trial by two weeks, and to concentrate on President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and Cabinet nominees.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 08:57:00 GMT
COVAX will supply 190 million vaccines for poor countries in first quarter of 2021
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the COVAX scheme had reached a deal with vaccine maker Pfizer-BioNTech for 40 million doses for poorer countries.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:38:00 GMT
Peat slips in the Falkland Islands and the unimaginable destruction of Stanley
Penguin News published on the 15 January edition a historic piece on the two peat slips suffered by Stanley in 1878 and 1886, which caused unimaginable destruction and cut the settlement in two.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:31:00 GMT
The Biden administration foreign policy faces Pompeo's laying mines retreat tour
By Gwynne Dyer – When defeated armies are retreating, they always lay mines behind them if they have time. The mines' slow pursuit, they may inflict casualties on the victors, and they give the losers something purposeful to ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:43:00 GMT
Argentina rejoiced with Germany's position on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute
Argentina is rejoicing because Germany's flag carrier Lufthansa formally requested the Civil Aviation National Administration and the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands provincial government over flight and...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Bolsonaro sends Biden a three page letter calling for deeper bilateral relations
Striking a conciliatory tone, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro made public a three-page letter congratulating president Joe Biden and calling for the two nations to deepen ties, including a free trade agreement.

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:39:00 GMT
Covid-19 positive cases in some vessels expected in Falklands for the Loligo season
The Falkland Islands government and local industry have given reassurances following cases of Covid-19 identified on Loligo fishing ships due to the Falklands from Galicia. Penguin News investigated reports of positive cases on...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:34:00 GMT
Biden signs executive orders increasing production of special syringes and joining the COVAX initiative
United States president Joe Biden spent his first full day in office on Thursday signing a number of executive orders addressing the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected more people in the United States than...



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