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Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:48:00 GMT
Replacements picked for Argentina's cabinet
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday picked new replacements, so that cabinet ministers who will seek a seat in Congress later this year may focus on their campaigns.

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:30:00 GMT
UN climate change report heralds “unprecedented” disasters
A new study released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) foresee the planet's temperature would reach +1.5 ºC compàred to pre-industrial levels by the year 2030, which is ten years earlier than forecast in...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:25:00 GMT
UK universities, a service industry funded by foreign students
UK universities have received a record number of applications from China, which is helping to compensate financially for the drop in EU students, because of Brexit. EU applications fell 43% to 28,400 while from China the number...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:59:00 GMT
“Malvinas are Argentine”, but thinking differently is not a crime in Argentina, Patirica Bullrich
Recent statements by representatives from Argentina's intellectual elite referred to the Falklands being a British territory and belonging to the Kelpers, and that Argentina did not exist as such at the time, are still reverber...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:49:00 GMT
Brazilian indigenous group APIB files criminal charges against President Bolsonaro before ICC
Indigenous lawyers have filed genocide charges against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro before the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in The Hague, it was announced Monday.

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:27:00 GMT
Argentine President wants to make internet “a public utility”
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday vowed to make internet “a public utility and make those who have to get angry get angry.” Fernández made those remarks during the launching ceremony of the Argentina Program, ...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 15:18:00 GMT
Latest "massive melting" of Greenland ice sheet could cover Florida with five centimeters of water
The Polar Portal website has reported that the Greenland ice sheet recent "massive melting event" released enough mass to cover the state of Florida with 5 centimeters of water.

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 10:13:00 GMT
Chile in mourning for two days over those who died from COVID-19
Chile's President Sebastián Piñera decreed two days of national mourning Monday and Tuesday (August 9 and 10) in memory of all those who passed away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Team of forensic experts arrives in Falklands for second phase of Humanitarian Project
An international team of six forensic experts, including two Argentines, and coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross is scheduled to arrive this Monday to the Falkland Islands for the second phase of the Hum...

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 09:14:00 GMT
Beatriz Sarlo: Falklands belong to the Islanders, despite useless nationalism myths
“Nationalism is a useless myth, certainly not the way to address current and real problems”, underlined the historian and political analyst Beatriz Sarlo who last week triggered a storm in Argentina by reiterating that the ...



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