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Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:45:00 GMT
YPF granted loan to boost clean energy developments
Argentina's state-run oil company YPF has been granted a US $ 300 million loans, which “shows the confidence of the markets in the results obtained by the company in 2021,” it was announced.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:34:00 GMT
With help from Iran and China, Venezuela recovering part of its production
By Felicity Bradstock for Oilprice.com – Venezuela appears to be following in Iran’s footsteps by starting to ignore U.S. sanctions on its oil industry to once again develop its substantial crude reserves. After years of st...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:25:00 GMT
One killed, many injured in Colombian guerrilla violence
One Colombian soldier was killed, 22 others were injured and two United Nations lorries were burned down Thursday after National Liberation Army (ELN) and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissidents attacked three ...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:25:00 GMT
Holocaust Remembrance Day observed with grief worldwide
Israel's Parliament (Knesset) Speaker Mickey Levy Thursday broke out in tears as he recited prayers of mourning before the German Bundestag in the most touching event marking the 2022 Shoah (Holocaust) Remembrance Day.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:22:00 GMT
Moderna starts testing HIV vaccine in humans
The Moderna Laboratory has begun the so-called phase 1 trial stage of an HIV vaccine using messenger RNA technology in the United States, on 56 uninfected adults, both the biotech company and the International AIDS Vaccine Init...

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:20:00 GMT
Paraguay takes over Prosur's pro-tempore Presidency
Paraguay Thursday took over from Colombia the pro tempore Presidency of the Forum for the Progress and Integration of South America (Prosur), during a ceremony in Cartagena de Indias.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:20:00 GMT
New £2 coin to commemorate 60th Anniversary of British Antarctic Territory
The British Antarctic Territory and Pobjoy Mint have announced the release of a brand new £2 coin to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the formation of the British Antarctic Territory in 1962.

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 09:11:00 GMT
European agency green-lights Pfizer COVID-19 pill
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Thursday announced it had approved the use of Pfizer's anti-COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, which has thus become the first oral treatment cleared for use in the European Union. The new drug is a com...

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 20:56:00 GMT
First woman President of Honduras says debt needs restructuring
Xiomara Castro has taken the oath of office Thursday during a ceremony at Tegucigalpa's National Stadium, thus becoming the first woman ever to reach the Presidency of Honduras.

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 20:53:00 GMT
Chávez's daughter praises CFK in Tegucigalpa
Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and María Gabriela Chávez Contreras, daughter of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez Frías, met Wednesday at the National University of Honduras, where the former ...



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