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Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Odyssey of the Seas again delays inaugural cruise because of Covid-19 among crew members
Royal Caribbean Group's Odyssey of the Seas cruise liner has had to delay its inaugural sailing to July 31, from July 3, after eight crew members aboard tested Covid-19 tested positive. Michael Bayley, chief executive of the co...

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 08:45:00 GMT
Germany's birth rate jumps to its highest since 1998, after the first wave of coronavirus
Germans have been busy during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a 10% birth rate jump in March to the highest figure since 1998, the Federal Statistical Office said in a release. Germany had already reported a 6% rise in births in Fe...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:57:00 GMT
Castillo edged Fujimori by 44,000 votes as counting ends in Peruvian presidential runoff
Peru's electoral authorities have completed counting votes from June 6's presidential runoff, after which left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo was determined to have finished some 44,000 votes ahead of right-wing populist Keiko F...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Falklands dispute: Solá heads the Argentine mission to the C24 conference
June is a hectic month for the dispute between Argentina and UK regarding the British Overseas Territory Falkland Islands, with a string of remembrance dates referred to the ongoing disagreement.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:18:00 GMT
When 26 OAS countries condemned human rights violations in Nicaragua, Argentina was among the 5 who abstained
A resolution by the Organization of American States (OAS) condemning human rights violations and massive arrests of opposition leaders by Nicaragua was supported by 26 countries, opposed by three (one of them Nicaragua), while ...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:13:00 GMT
52 cases of covid-19 detected so far at Copa America football tournament in Brazil
Brazil's Health Ministry Tuesday reported a total of 52 cases of covid-19 had been detected through testing among delegations taking part in the Copa America football event.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:12:00 GMT
World sets eyes on Biden-Putin meeting in Geneva
The world will virtually stop Wednesday at least for five hours when US President Joseph Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin meet in Geneva at a time when ties between the two countries are approaching Cold War low...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:10:00 GMT
Falklands' fisheries legislation reform, a view from Galicia
A former Galician Fisheries Councilor has published a piece in a newspaper closely linked to the industry in the northwest of Spain, El Faro de Vigo, questioning the long term viability of new Falkland Islands' legislation, par...

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:56:00 GMT
Explosion shocks Colombian Army post, opposition CNP halts demonstrations to advance dialogue
Colombian President Iván Duque Tuesday ordered Defense Minister Diego Molano today to open up an investigation into the explosion of a vehicle at Army facilities in Cúcuta, it was reported.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:50:00 GMT
Former Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños Geyer dies, at age 93
Just when Nicaragua is going through a wave of mass arrests against political opponents of incumbent President Daniel Ortega, former President Enrique Bolaños Geyer, who had beaten him at the 2001 elections, has died Tuesday a...



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