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Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:44:00 GMT
Argentina eolic power satisfied 24% of domestic electricity demand during July
More than 24% of electric power demand in windy Argentina was supplied by eolic energy during the month of July, which is considered a historic record when it comes to renewable energies, pointed out by the country's Energy Sec...

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:29:00 GMT
Italy determined to save "Patriarch" a millennial olive tree
Italy is determined to save Patriarch, a millennial olive tree which the forest fires in Sardinia have devoured, but has mobilized tens of experts to try and recover this rare botanic antiquity. Patriarch is a wild olive, with ...

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:22:00 GMT
Bad start for Peruvian president Castillo, two trips in two days
Another bump in the head for the stubborn Peruvian president Pedro Castillo who took office this week. Not only his nomination for prime minister Guido Bellido has been questioned as a former admirer of a terrorist group that r...

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 07:13:00 GMT
Hard times for Argentine families to remain above the poverty line
An Argentine standard family of two adults and two children needed the monthly equivalent of US$ 664 or US$ 380 (depending on the official or free money exchange market) to be considered above the poverty line during the month ...

Sat, 31 Jul 2021 06:56:00 GMT
Russia plans to dominate Arctic sea routes with the largest fleet of icebreakers
Hoping to develop the Northern Sea Route across the Arctic into an international shipping lane, Russia is building a group of icebreakers to be powered with liquefied natural gas.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 09:56:00 GMT
Third dose of Pfizer coming up globally as Delta variant keeps crawling in
The Government of Israel has become the first in the world to decide on the use of a third dose of the Pfizer anticoronavirus vaccine, a move which some other countries are likely to follow suit shortly.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:37:00 GMT
Vatican's major trial for financial crimes involving two cardinals takes off
Cardinal Angelo Becciu is one of ten defendants in what is the Vatican’s largest trial for financial crimes in the modern era. The cardinal is going before the Vatican tribunal for the first time since Pope Francis changed no...

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 08:21:00 GMT
Former Army Capt., 3 police officers handed down life sentences for crimes during Argentina's last dictatorship
A federal court in the Argentine city of Rosario Thursday handed down life in jail sentence to each of the four defendants in the Klotzman case of human rights violations and murder during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 07:59:00 GMT
First case of Delta variant spotted in Argentine province of Córdoba, carrier disregarded isolation, infected 13 others
One case of the coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in the Argentine province of Córdoba in a traveler who had arrived from Lima, Peru, through Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport on July 19.

Fri, 30 Jul 2021 07:28:00 GMT
New Peruvian President appoints leftist congressman Guido Bellido as PM
Peru's President Pedro Castillo Thursday appointed Congressman Guido Bellido Ugarte of his Peru Libre leftwing party to become the country's new Prime Minister, while the remaining members of the cabinet are still due to take o...



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