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Sat, 25 Jun 2022 11:08:00 GMT
Uruguay is back in the oil exploration business; three companies awarded four off shore blocks
Uruguay's oil refining and fuel distribution company Ancap announced on Friday that three blocks and exploration licenses in the country's maritime shelf had been awarded. Two of them were acquired by Shell and the third by Apa...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Emtrasur: Judge asks US for information on aircraft and crew link to terrorism
Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena has sent rogatory letters to United States authorities to determine whether the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 held at the Ezeiza airport was subject to any formal embargo or restriction, it wa...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 10:05:00 GMT
President says Argentina would like to join BRICS
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday made a virtual appearance at this week's BRICS Summit, during which he asked that his country be admitted into the bloc alongside Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 10:01:00 GMT
Nearly 20 million lives saved by Covid-19 vaccines, study shows
Scientists from Imperial College London have released a study explaining that COVID-19 vaccines have saved nearly 20 million lives during their first year of existence, although more could have been achieved had international t...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:46:00 GMT
Local transmission of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil
The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro Friday confirmed the existence of local transmission of the monkeypox virus, after two more cases were detected in men aged 25 and 30 without either a recent travel record or contact with an...

Sat, 25 Jun 2022 09:44:00 GMT
Faulty lithium batteries caused the fire that killed Jewish family in Buenos Aires
Argentine prosecutors handling the case of Thursday's fire at a building in Buenos Aires' Recoleta neighborhood where 5 members of a Jewish family were killed Friday explained that according to preliminary forensic assessments ...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:15:00 GMT
Ecuador's Conaie decries death of 4th protester during general strike
Ecuador's Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) has denounced a fourth protester who has died during demonstrations, while human rights groups insisted that repression coupled with abuse of force jeopard...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:11:00 GMT
Former Bolsonarist minister released in corruption probe
A Brazilian Federal court in Brasilia has ordered the release of former Education Minister, Pastor Milton Ribeiro from jail after being arrested Wednesday on a preemptive basis for allegedly diverting public funds for his own b...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:27:00 GMT
SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade after nearly half a century
The iconic 1973 US Supreme Court ruling known as Roe v. Wade which cleared the way for decriminalizing abortion has been overturned Friday when deciding on a Mississippi law banning the interruption of pregnancies after 15 week...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:55:00 GMT
Brazil: Lula might win in the first round, Datafolha study shows
Brazilian opposition presidential hopeful Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva would win the Oct. 2 elections over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by a margin wide enough to make a runoff unnecessary, according to the latest Datafolha surve...



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