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Sat, 05 Feb 2022 15:45:00 GMT
Omicron subvariant found in 57 countries, WHO says
The World Health Organization has released a report this week saying a new sublineage of the SARS-Cov-2 Omicron variant has already been detected in 57 countries. According to some researchers, the new version is more contagiou...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 15:42:00 GMT
Argentine Judge rules Mapuche group entitled to State-owned land
Bariloche Federal Judge María Silvina Domínguez has ruled that State-owned lands must be handed over to members of a local Mapuche community in a decision many fear might constitute dangerous case-law for future claims, it wa...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 15:41:00 GMT
Moody's warns Argentina's unwritten IMF deal does not avert default
Credit rating consultants Moody's Friday issued a report according to which Argentina's "long history of failure when implementing International Monetary Fund (IMF) programs" meant the risk of default had not been averted.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 14:03:00 GMT
Ambassador Stanley holds talks with Argentine Cabinet Chief Manzur
Following Argentine President Alberto Fernández's remarks to his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to which the South American country needed to be freer from the United States and the International Monetar...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 13:53:00 GMT
Despite Western boycott, Beijing Winter Olympics begin
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are underway despite a diplomatic boycott and after a ceremony held at the National Stadium - built for the 2008 Summer Games - amid strict health protocols to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 13:49:00 GMT
Endurance22 expedition nosed its course for Antarctica in search of the whereabouts of Shackleton's shipwreck
Today, February 5th at 0700 GMT, a chunky, cherry-red ice breaker nosed its way out of Cape Town’s famous Table Bay, and shaped a course for Antarctica, 3000 nautical miles to the South West.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 13:28:00 GMT
Argentina closer to producing Sinopharm vaccine locally
Argentine President Alberto Fernández and directors of the Chinese laboratory which produces the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine met Friday in Berlin in another stop of the head of state's tour.

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 11:44:00 GMT
Paraguayan Central Bank reports inflation in Jan. 2022 reached 1.5%
Paraguay's Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 1.5% in the month of January of 2022, for a yoy inflation of 7.9%, which surpassed the 6.8% recorded in the last month of 2021. It was also significantly above the same period of the ...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 10:22:00 GMT
Argentina expects more support from the EU on the “Malvinas issue” after Brexit
Since the Falkland Islands ceased to be a European Union (EU) Community overseas territory after the Brexit, Argentina seeks more support from the bloc in the negotiation claim with the United Kingdom on the South Atlantic Brit...

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Falklands: Update on Humanitarian Project Plan 2 to identify remains of Argentine combatants
On Friday Falkland Islands lawmakers, MLAs John Birmingham and Roger Spink met, via video link, with Laurent Corbaz from the International Committee of the Red Cross and members of his team to discuss the progress made in HPP2 ...



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