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Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Fernandez and Bolsonaro expected to share a family photo on the 30th anniversary of Mercosur
Argentine ambassador in Brazil, Daniel Scioli, has confirmed what was advanced by Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou during this week's meeting with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro, a meeting of Mercosur heads of sta...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Falklands-Munich, Lufthansa completes record-breaking flight
Yesterday at 1:24 pm the crew of the Lufthansa record-breaking flight received a very warm “welcome back” upon their return in Germany. After landing at Munich Airport, the Airbus A350-900 was greeted by the fire department...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:10:00 GMT
“Turn off the soundscape” plead marine animals, Science journal reports
A cacophony of industrial noise is disrupting marine animals' ability to mate, feed, and even evade predators, scientists warn. With rumbling ships, hammering oil drills, and booming seismic survey blasts, humans have drastical...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:57:00 GMT
Mining giant Vale signs US$ 7bn settlement deal over Brumadinho disaster that killed more than 270 people
Brazilian mining giant Vale signed a settlement deal on Thursday to pay 37.7 billion reais (US$ 7 billion) to the state of Minas Gerais, following the collapse of a dam two years ago that devastated the city of Brumadinho and k...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:50:00 GMT
UK in Covid-19 rare success: it has vaccinated 15% of the population (10 million)
The UK reached the milestone of vaccinating 10 million people, about 15% of the population, according to the latest official reports. "We are on a downward slope of cases, hospitalizations and deaths," Chief Medical Officer Chr...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:42:00 GMT
Uruguay, one the very few "full democracies" in the world, The Economist
Uruguay leads as one of four full democracies in the Americas, according to the Democracy Index 2020, published by The Economist. Uruguay scored 8,61 points out of a possible 10 and ranked fifteenth at world level, while the ot...

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:21:00 GMT
Bank of England tells banks to prepare for negative interest rates
The Bank of England (BOE) told banks to start getting ready for negative interest rates but added that the message shouldn’t be taken as a signal that the policy is imminent. The BOE made the announcement as it held its key r...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:59:00 GMT
Chile launches vaccination campaign and inoculates 140,000 on the first day
Chile on Wednesday launched its mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19, inoculating people over 90 years old at over 1,400 vaccination centers across the country.

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:23:00 GMT
Northern Ireland Protocol controversy forces new round of UK/EU talks
The government and the EU have vowed to "work intensively" to quell tensions over post-Brexit checks at Northern Ireland ports. In a joint statement, both sides said talks on Wednesday with Northern Ireland leaders were "constr...

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 23:06:00 GMT
Russia has offered Argentina fighter aircraft and training jets, defense website reports
Russia has again approached the Argentine government to offer defense equipment, including military planes for the air force.



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