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Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:44:00 GMT
Covid-19: Health situation in Uruguay worsens amid successful vaccination campaign
Although a few weeks ago we talked about Uruguay as a milestone in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, with very few daily cases and a lower mortality rate than any other country in the region, the country of 3.5 million i...

Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:32:00 GMT
Quarantined Cinema: Top 10 Movies of 2020
By Nicolás Medina (*) – Talking about the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic would be a bit too repetitive at this point, apart from being quite depressing if we want to talk about entertainment. And if we talk about enterta...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 09:17:00 GMT
Venezuelans agree to purchase US$ 30 million in Covax vaccines; Guaidó will ask US for funds to be unfrozen
As part of a rare deal between Venezuela’s government and the opposition, some US$ 30.3 million of the country’s offshore funds that were frozen under U.S. sanctions will be used to pay for coronavirus vaccines.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 09:17:00 GMT
Rio beaches closed for the weekend and no tourists allowed into the city
Rio de Janeiro closed its famed beaches on Friday in a bid to contain a surge of COVID-19, a move criticized by anti-lockdown President Jair Bolsonaro, who said sun-deprived citizens risked a lack of vitamin D.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 09:07:00 GMT
WHO urges countries to continue using the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) exhorted the world to keep administering AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots on Friday, adding its endorsement to that of European and British regulators after concerns over blood clotting.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 09:07:00 GMT
VW closing down production in four plants in Brazil because of the pandemic
Germany's Volkswagen said on Friday that it will suspend production at its four plants in Brazil owing to a surge in coronavirus infections in the country. The Wolfsburg-based firm said it will stop factories from March 24 for ...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:58:00 GMT
Volcano erupts in Iceland with lava spewing fountains of up to 100 meters high
A volcano erupted near Iceland's capital Reykjavik on Friday, shooting lava high into the night sky after thousands of small earthquakes in recent weeks.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:58:00 GMT
Despite the pandemic, Finland ranks for the fourth year running as the world's happiest country, UN report
Covid-19 has done little to alter the ranking of the world's happiest countries, with Finland at the top for a fourth year running, an annual UN-sponsored report said on Friday.

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:44:00 GMT
G7 finance ministers agree on “a new and sizeable” increase in IMF capital; US demands transparency
REUTERS – The world's seven largest advanced economies have agreed to support the first expansion of the International Monetary Fund's reserves since 2009, a step meant to help developing countries cope with the coronavirus p...

Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:44:00 GMT
Boris Johnson received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, “I did not feel a thing”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying “he did not feel a thing.”



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