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Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:21:00 GMT
Uruguay starts vaccination campaign on Monday counting 600 deaths due to Covid-19
Without a great media hype, the first 192,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the Chinese laboratory Sinovac arrived in Montevideo in the early hours of Friday morning. However, a police operation was deployed throughout the da...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:27:00 GMT
Drones in New Zealand to protect endangered dolphins
The New Zealand's government is supporting a new project using drone technology to understand and protect the endangered Māui dolphins in the country. Maui dolphins live in a small stretch of ocean off the west coast of New Ze...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:27:00 GMT
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine can be stored at -20 degrees pharmaceutical freezers
Frozen vials of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine may be stored at temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers for a period of up to two weeks, the US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday. The move loosens a previou...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:27:00 GMT
Beijing naval expansion has driven 2020 world military expenditure to a record
Global military spending, driven in part by Chinese naval expansion, reached record levels in 2020 despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic contraction, a British think-tank said on Thursday.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 21:20:00 GMT
Spectacular pictures from Mars sent by NASA's Perseverance rover
The US space agency NASA has released a spectacular panoramic view of the landing site of the Perseverance rover on Mars. The panorama shows the rim of the Jezero Crater where the rover touched down last week and the cliff face...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:54:00 GMT
IMF admits discussions with Argentina continue but no meeting planned for May
IMF has no date yet set for its next visit to Argentina to discuss replacement to a failed 2018 program, a spokesman for the Fund advanced on Thursday. The parties could next meet in Washington soon, as Argentine Economy Minist...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:00 GMT
Argentina receives 904,000 doses of China's Sinopharm vaccine
Argentina has received 904,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in its first delivery from the Chinese drugmaker, the government said on Thursday, which should help the country accelerate its inoculation program.

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:19:00 GMT
Brazil purchases 20 million doses of India's Bharat Biotech vaccine
Brazil's health ministry on Thursday signed a deal with India's Bharat Biotech to purchase 20 million doses of Covaxin, a Covid 19 vaccine. The news came a day before Brazil marks one year since the first case of Covid-19 was c...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:01:00 GMT
EU declares Venezuela ambassador persona non grata and expels her
The European Union has declared Venezuela's ambassador in Brussels as a "persona non grata" in a tit-for-tat diplomatic move. A EU statement said member states had agreed that Venezuela's ambassador would no longer be welcome a...

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:46:00 GMT
WTO new chief admits reforming the dispute resolution body "won't be easy"
Reforming the World Trade Organization’s paralyzed dispute-resolution body will be a key priority for the institution, but the process won’t be easy, incoming Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said.



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