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Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:45:00 GMT
Uruguay will receive first batches of Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines late February or early March: US$ 120 million investment
Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou announced on Saturday that his government will be purchasing "vaccines for 2,8 million people", and the first doses are expected in the country in March, with an overall investment of some 1...

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:31:00 GMT
Pfizer and BioNTech anticipate 2 million doses for Uruguay during 2021
Pfizer Uruguay and BioNTech SE said in a release that Uruguay will be receiving 2,700,00 doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine, based on ARNm, against the SARS-CoV-2 and delivery will take place “progressively during 2021”

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 08:21:00 GMT
PM Johnson welcomed President Biden's first decisions: they hope to meet at G7, G20 and COP26
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on Saturday evening to Joe Biden, President of the United States, whom he congratulated on his inauguration. The two leaders looked forward to deepening the close alliance betwe...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguay acquired Pfizer and Sinovac vaccines; details will be announced Saturday
Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou announced on Friday that a deal for the purchase of Pfizer/BioNTech and China's Sinovac anti Covid-19 vaccines has been reached. No further details were advanced, only that the president wil...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:23:00 GMT
Germany denies change of policy regarding the Falklands dispute
Germany said that its position on the Falkland Islands dispute has not changed, following claims by Argentina that Lufthansa's request for two flights to the Islands, in support of a polar research expedition, implied recogniti...

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 09:07:00 GMT
Trump's impeachment delayed to concentrate on president Biden's agenda
U.S. Senate leaders agreed to delay ex-president Donald Trump’s contentious impeachment trial by two weeks, and to concentrate on President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda and Cabinet nominees.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 08:57:00 GMT
COVAX will supply 190 million vaccines for poor countries in first quarter of 2021
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the COVAX scheme had reached a deal with vaccine maker Pfizer-BioNTech for 40 million doses for poorer countries.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:38:00 GMT
Peat slips in the Falkland Islands and the unimaginable destruction of Stanley
Penguin News published on the 15 January edition a historic piece on the two peat slips suffered by Stanley in 1878 and 1886, which caused unimaginable destruction and cut the settlement in two.

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 07:31:00 GMT
The Biden administration foreign policy faces Pompeo's laying mines retreat tour
By Gwynne Dyer – When defeated armies are retreating, they always lay mines behind them if they have time. The mines' slow pursuit, they may inflict casualties on the victors, and they give the losers something purposeful to ...

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:43:00 GMT
Argentina rejoiced with Germany's position on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute
Argentina is rejoicing because Germany's flag carrier Lufthansa formally requested the Civil Aviation National Administration and the Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands provincial government over flight and...



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