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Sat, 20 Feb 2021 09:42:00 GMT
Argentine health minister resigns over VIP vaccination scandal eroding public trust in the inoculation program
Argentina's current Deputy Health minister Carla Vizzotti, will be appointed Minister on Saturday following the Friday resignation of Ginés González García, who had organized at the ministry a VIP Covid-19 vaccination hall f...

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:59:00 GMT
Johnson praises Biden as the leader of the free world helping to unite the West
United States Joe Biden has put the United States back as leader of the free world in a fantastic move that has helped the West to unite, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:55:00 GMT
Half of Texas with disrupted water service; disaster declaration expected from Biden
United States president Joe Biden announced a disaster declaration for Texas, clearing the way for more aid in a crippling winter storm. Millions of residents in the United States’ biggest oil and gas producer have dealt with...

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:42:00 GMT
Bolsonaro sacks Petrobras CEO over diesel prices dispute and truckers strike threat
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday sacked a market-friendly economist as CEO of Petrobras and named a retired general to replace him, following on disputes over diesel prices that threatened a major teamsters stoppage...

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:42:00 GMT
Impressive pictures from the Perseverance rover successful landing in Mars
Less than a day after NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were hard at work, awaiting the...

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:40:00 GMT
Some 45 pilot whales stranded on an Indonesian beach: three survive
Regional officials on the northeastern Indonesian island of Madura said on Friday at least 45 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach there have died, while rescuers managed to push three back out to sea.

Sat, 20 Feb 2021 08:39:00 GMT
Coronavirus will be beaten when everyone in the world has been immunized, Angela Merkel
The coronavirus pandemic can only be considered beaten once everyone in the world has been immunized against Covid-19, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said, after she'd met with the G7 leaders at a virtual summit on Friday.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:30:00 GMT
Pfizer is testing its vaccine in 4,000 volunteer healthy pregnant women
Pfizer and BioNtech have started an international study with 4,000 volunteers to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their COVID-19 vaccine in healthy pregnant women, the companies said on Thursday.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:19:00 GMT
Ascension Island vaccinated with AstraZeneca, first BOT to complete inoculation
A remote UK overseas territory in the South Atlantic could become the first whole island vaccinated against coronavirus, after the Royal Air Force flew 4,000 miles to deliver doses from RAF Brize Norton.

Fri, 19 Feb 2021 10:14:00 GMT
Investigation into Colombian forces extrajudicial killings of 6,402 civilians; 1,500 military involved
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) said on Thursday that there were at least 6,402 extrajudicial killings between 2002 and 2008. The figure is nearly three times the number the group received when it began invest...



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