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Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:58:00 GMT
Lula-Alckmin ticket more likely after dinner with anti-Bolsonarists
Former political rivals Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin Sunda had dinner and agreed to join forces to drive incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro out of the Planalto Palace in next year's elections.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Chubut Governor backtracks on mining law following large scale protests
The Governor of the Argentine Province of Chubut Mariano Arcioni Monday announced he would repeal the mining zoning law passed last week after riots throughout the district's capital turned out to be too clear a sign of disappr...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:17:00 GMT
BAS 2021/22 Antarctic summer field season underway; Rothera/Falklands air link twice a week
Science and support teams from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are gearing up for the start of the Antarctic summer field season. All five BAS research stations will be open and undertaking essential science research after a yea...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:14:00 GMT
China approves Brazil meats' sanitary system; Beijing increases tariffs on pork imports
The reopening of the Chinese market for Brazilian beef did not stem from technical or communications issues, and the good relationship between the two countries will continue to prosper, reach the pre-pandemic level and advance...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:12:00 GMT
Omicron affects vaccinated and survivors alike, WHO says
The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday warned that the Omicron strain of SARS-CoV-2 "infects those vaccinated and those recovered from coronavirus" alike, according to statements from Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:06:00 GMT
Novavax added to COVID-19 immunizers approved for European use
The US-developed NOVAVAX vaccine against COVID-19 has been approved Monday by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), thus becoming the fifth drug of its kind to become available at a continental level.

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 08:22:00 GMT
HRH Duchess of Cornwall, Patron of the British Forces Broadcasting Service
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, Camilla Rosemary Shand, has become the Patron of the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), the parent charity of Forces News. In a recorded video message, the Duchess said she is "very proud" ...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 07:53:00 GMT
Record Omicron infections in Britain; restrictions planned for Dec. 28
As Britain recorded more than half a million new infections driven by the Covid-19 now dominant Omicron variant in the past seven days, and UK neighbors imposed stricter measures including full lockdowns, Prime Minister Boris J...

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:51:00 GMT
Colombia's Ombudsman calls for protection of sexually diverse individuals
The Office of Colombia's Ombudsman Monday launched an appeal for the authorities to look after the integrity of LGBTQ people after 35 transgender women have been murdered this year nationwide.

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 23:59:00 GMT
“Malvinas Argentinas,” Chile's President-elect once told UK Ambassador
Argentina's ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) was quick to celebrate Gabriel Boric's win in Sunday's presidential runoff in Chile.



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