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Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:51:00 GMT
Argentine province of Salta holds local elections under sanitary protocols
The Argentine province of Salta Sunday held local elections of provincial and municipal lawmakers through an electronic ballot system and amid special covid-19 protection measures.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:02:00 GMT
Death toll from Haiti earthquake reaches 1,297 by Sunday evening
Authorities in charge of the relief efforts after Saturday's earthquake in Haiti Sunday announced the death toll had reached 1,297 and counting. After the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the Richter scale that struck the southwest ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:30:00 GMT
Taliban regain control of Afghanistan after 20 years
Taliban militias have seized Afghanistan's capital Kabul, while President Ashraf Ghani fled the country after swift military actions over the past week. The war in Afghanistan "is over," a spokesman for the Taliban's political ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:20:00 GMT
Falklands Islands (Malvinas): Forensic identification of fallen Argentine soldiers begins
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun a second phase of forensic work to identify Argentine soldiers buried on the Falklands Islands (Malvinas).

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:53:00 GMT
Embraer shares soar as Brazilian aircraft manufacturer shows profits
Stock of Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer went up as the company showed profits last week worth R $ 438.1 million (US $ 87.9 million) despite the pandemic's impact on the airline industry.

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:45:00 GMT
Afghanistan: Western armies always lose guerilla wars in the “Third World,” but it never really matters.
By Gwynne Dyer - “I will never kneel before such a destructive force (as the Taliban),” declared Ashraf Ghani, the ex-president of Afghanistan before fleeing. “We will either sit knee-to-knee for real negotiations at the ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:40:00 GMT
Departure of foreign companies from Argentina and also from Brazil on the rise and with no end in sight
Foreign companies keep leaving Argentina and claiming those moves are part of global strategies. Local analysts are reluctant to believe these explanations, but perhaps they would reconsider their stance if they see a similar e...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 06:12:00 GMT
Nicaraguan daily shut down by gov't, manager placed under arrest
In addition to arresting in the past two months almost every opposition politician who might challenge President Daniel Ortega's quest for another term in office in the upcoming November 7 elections, the Nicaraguan regime this ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 05:56:00 GMT
PAHO Emergency medical teams expected at earthquake bashed Haiti
A team of experts from the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) office in Port au Prince has been deployed to evaluate damage and coordinate an appropriate health response following the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shoo...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 05:32:00 GMT
“I will use force to defend the Falklands”, Boris Johnson to the UK media
The United Kingdom confirmed that it will maintain a military presence in the Falkland Islands, whose sovereignty is claimed by Argentina, to “protect it from state and non-state threats,” according to an advance of the str...



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