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Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:55:00 GMT
WHO says travel bans achieve little against Omicron strain
The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday advised people aged over 60 or who suffer from comorbidities which could result in more serious cases of COVID-19 postponed all travel whenever possible in the light of the new Omicro...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:54:00 GMT
Latin American left wing leaders expecting progressive victories in Chile and Brazil
The Puebla Group, a gathering of left-wing leaders from Latin America and Spain held a meeting in Mexico on Tuesday to celebrate the victory of Xiomara Castro in the Honduran presidential election and looked forward to similar ...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:53:00 GMT
Brazil reports first two cases of Omicron Covid-19 variant
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Tuesday reported having detected the first two local cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which are also the first two infections of this kind in the entire Sout...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:46:00 GMT
Famine takes a grip of Latin America and the Caribbean
A United Nations official from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Tuesday announced famine in Latin America and the Caribbean had increased at a higher rate compared to other regions in the world during the COVID-19 pa...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:43:00 GMT
Puerto Madryn refuses to allow cruise vessel Hamburg to dock or let people ashore
The mayor of Puerto Madryn, Patagonia province of Chubut, Gustavo Sastre has asked the local port authority to prevent the cruise vessel Hamburg from calling and docking at the harbor. Hamburg is continuing with its southern cr...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:26:00 GMT
"Chile Day" in UK, British ministers and president Piñera will be attending
Wednesday and Thursday, December first and second, are "Chile Day" in UK, Corporation CEOs, investors, financial institutions, politicians, officials, country experts, diplomats, journalists get together for an annual two-day e...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:22:00 GMT
“Vaccine”, word of the year for Merriam-Webster: Lookups soar plus a more precise definition
The Merriam-Webster dictionary selected “vaccine” as the word of 2021. The publishing company noted that the word holds particular significance both as a medical term and a vehicle for ideological conflict. Likewise, intere...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:10:00 GMT
Three die in new case of school shooting in the US
Three pupils at a high school in Oxford in the state of Michigan were killed Tuesday, while six others ended up injured when a 15-year-old student pulled out a gun and started shooting randomly, according to police acting spoke...

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:00:00 GMT
New Covid-19 case detected aboard controversial Hamburg cruise ship
Argentina's Health Ministry Tuesday ordered everyone on board the cruise ship Hamburg must remain under quarantine after a new case of COVID-19 has been detected.

Wed, 01 Dec 2021 08:56:00 GMT
US Fed chairman warns inflation will stay around longer than expected
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, the Republican who has just been entrusted by President Joseph Biden for another term in office, Tuesday told Congress inflation might be here to stay a while longer, in the fa...



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