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Tue, 08 Jun 2021 08:52:00 GMT
Argentina: Kirchnerites barely surpass 14% of votes in Misiones provincial mid-term elections
The local political party ruling the Argentine province of Misiones took a decisive win in the local-mid-term elections.

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 08:31:00 GMT
UN celebrates World Oceans Day: Life and Livelihoods
The second fully virtual celebration of United Nations World Oceans Day, on 8 June 2021, will highlight the theme of The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods, as well as a declaration of intentions that launches a decade of challenges t...

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 04:38:00 GMT
Google fined €220 million in France to settle abuse of power in online advertising
BLOOMBERG – Google has agreed to pay €220 million and end anti-competitive practices, to settle a French antitrust probe over its abuse of power in online advertising. The French Competition Authority said Google has been u...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:03:00 GMT
Food prices in May soared to its highest in a decade, FAO report
FAO – Global food prices rose in May at their fastest monthly rate in more than a decade, even as world cereal production is on course to reach a new record high, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (F...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Peru: Fujimori slightly ahead but too soon to celebrate – exit polls show otherwise
Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori was slightly ahead of leftist Pedro Castillo Monday dawn as provisional results of Peru's presidential runoff were being announced by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE).

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Argentine government to raid house by house looking for those who still need their second dose
The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández is said to be embarking on a witch-hunt search for the unvaccinated, according to the Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:18:00 GMT
Small expedition ships to be allowed into the Falklands in southern summer
‘Clean’ expedition ships carrying fewer than 530 passengers will be allowed to visit the Falkland Islands this Southern summer under a new visitor policy approved by the Falkland Islands Government this week.

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:14:00 GMT
US VP Harris on Latin America mission to deal with migrants' crisis
Vice President Kamala Harris left Washington Sunday aboard on an official tour to Guatemala and Mexico to deal with the crisis involving migrants going through those countries as well as through Honduras and El Salvador on thei...

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:11:00 GMT
Ballet performance marks pilot trial of Uruguayan green pass
Uruguayan authorities held a pilot test of the “green pass” with an event at Montevideo's Sodre auditorium Saturday evening.

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:06:00 GMT
CNP to go on protesting as dialogue with Colombian government yields no progress
Colombia's National Strike Committee (CNP) Sunday decided to push through with marches and demonstrations as a dialogue with the administration of President Iván Duque was leading nowhere.



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