News of world

Prince Philip: The strength behind the crown

10-04-2021 08:34 Queen Elizabeth II's husband often grabbed headlines for his gaffes and racial insensitivity. But for many royalists, the Duke of Edinburgh was a silent stalwart, who shelved his personal ambitions to support the British monarch.

Handout file photo taken on June 10, 2020 released by Argentina's Presidency of President Alberto Fernandez wearing a face mask with the colors of Argentina's national flag and the map of the Malvinas / Falkland Islands at the Olivos Presidential residence in Olivos, Buenos Aires, on the Day of the Assertion of the Argentinian Rights over the Malvinas (Falklands), South Georgia, the South Sandwich and Surrounding Maritime Spaces.

Malvinas Islands

Argentina rejects British military manoeuvres and missile launch on Malvinas

09-04-2021 21:14 Argentina's government protests to British authorities over military manoeuvres and the launching of missiles on the Malvinas (Falklands) Islands, as well as a complaint to neighbouring state Uruguay after it allowed a British military plane to re-fuel on its turf.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip dies aged 99

09-04-2021 10:04 Longest-serving royal consort in British history, who was a constant presence at Queen Elizabeth II's side for decades, died on Friday aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced.

NAZI GERMANY

Evil on trial: 60th anniversary of Eichmann in the dock

09-04-2021 09:54 For four months in 1961 the barbarism of Nazi Germany was focused on the gaunt bespectacled figure of Adolf Eichmann, standing alone in a dock in Jerusalem.

Vials of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, at the office of a general practitioner in Gragnague near Toulouse, southern France, on February 26, 2021.

European Politics

European rights court backs obligatory vaccinations

08-04-2021 16:03 The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday that democratic governments can make vaccinations obligatory, in what experts have described as a blow to so-called "anti-vax" movements.

People wearing protective face masks walk by Avenida Brasil, near the Constitución train station in Buenos Aires City, on April 6, 2021.

DEBT RELIEF

Mexico, Argentina urge debt relief for middle-income nations

08-04-2021 11:36 Mexico and Argentina call for international debt relief for middle-income countries home to many of the people pushed into extreme poverty by the coronavirus pandemic; IMF open to doing more to support nations hit hard by virus crisis.

With just two months left until the US presidential election, Facebook says it is taking additional steps to encourage voting, minimise misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election “civil unrest.”

Bloomberg

Facebook removes 1,000 fake accounts seeking to sway global politics

06-04-2021 16:44 Facebook says it has removed 14 networks representing more than 1,000 accounts seeking to sway politics around the world, including in Argentina, Iran and El Salvador, while misleading the public about their identity.

Peruvian authorities showcase illegal weapons seized as part of operation Trigger VI carried out last month.

Crime & Security

4,000 arrested in Interpol arm-trafficking raids across South America

06-04-2021 16:31 Interpol investigation carried out last month targeting illegal arms trafficking led to arrests of around 4,000 individuals, as well as seizing of illicit firearms, parts, components, ammunition and explosives.

Passengers are pulled up at a traffic stop in Buenos Aires City, during the coronavirus pandemic.

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

IMF projects stronger 2021 growth amid pandemic rebound

06-04-2021 11:01 IMF forecasts that recession-hit Argentina's economy will grow by 5.8% this year, with global GDP expected to rebound 6% overall.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Argentina's President Alberto Fernández

TELEPHONE CALL

Fernández says Putin ‘committed’ to increasing Sputnik V supply

05-04-2021 17:42 Russian President Vladimir Putin calls Alberto Fernández – who was diagnosed with Covid-19 over the weekend – by phone to talk about vaccination scheme and check on Argentine leader’s health.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves the courtroom at district court in Jerusalem on April 5, 2021, during his corruption trial.

ISRAELI POLITICS

Israel PM Netanyahu on trial as coalition talks ramp up

05-04-2021 10:11 Legal and political dramas converge as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends court for corruption trial, while his bid to form a government after another inconclusive election reached a critical phase.

This photo taken and handout on April 4, 2021 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis arriving to deliver his Urbi et Orbi Blessing, after celebrating Easter Mass on April 04, 2021 at St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

SEMANA SANTA

Pope Francis urges vaccines for poor in Easter message

04-04-2021 09:04 Pope Francis urged Catholics to remain hopeful in his Easter Sunday address, calling vaccines an "essential tool" in ending the pandemic and urging their swift rollout to the world's poorest countries.

MALVINAS DAY

Argentina renews Malvinas sovereignty claim, 39 years after war

03-04-2021 08:50 Argentina urges international community “to generate the conditions for the United Kingdom to take up the bilateral sovereignty negotiations in the terms stipulated by the UN."

Many argentines keep their savings abroad.

NEW REPORT

Argentines have US$250 billion stashed outside financial system, says INDEC

03-04-2021 08:47 Deposits in bank accounts abroad,safety deposit boxes at home or hidden "under the mattress," shares, bonds all contribute to this total.

Scottish historian and professor Niall Ferguson, pictured during his interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia.

INTERVIEW: PERIODISMO PURO

Niall Ferguson: ‘It's silly for the left to claim that austerity is conservative’

03-04-2021 07:49 Scottish historian, professor and brilliant polemicist Niall Ferguson on the coronavirus pandemic, the global economic outlook and the causes of Argentina’s economic failure.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

A Black Lives Matter protest in London in 2020.

RACISM & PREJUDICE

Report prompts backlash after finding UK not 'institutionally racist'

31-03-2021 10:52 Prejudice persists in Britain but the country is not "institutionally racist," according to a much-anticipated study published Wednesday by a government commission, which drew an immediate pushback from racial equality campaigners.

An evening harvest in Buenos Aires Province.

AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENT

A third of global farmland at 'high' pesticide pollution risk

30-03-2021 14:37 A third of the planet's agricultural land is at "high risk" of pesticide pollution from the lingering residue of chemical ingredients that can leach into water supplies and threaten biodiversity, according to new research.

In this file photo taken on February 03, 2021 Peter Daszak (right), Thea Fischer (left) and other members of the World Health Organisation (WHO) team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus, arrive at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province.

Global pandemic

WHO chief urges lab leak probe as leaders eye pandemic treaty

30-03-2021 13:56 The United States and 13 allies on Tuesday jointly voied concern over a World Health Organization-backed report on the origins of Covid-19 and urged China to provide "full access" to experts.

Argentina takes delivery of its first shipment of vaccines supplied through the Covax scheme, at Ezeiza international airport.

Vaccine delivery

Argentina takes delivery of 218,000 vaccine doses via Covax scheme

28-03-2021 22:40 Argentina took delivery of 218,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 on Sunday, the country's first shipment from the World Health Organisation's Covax scheme.

US political scientist Francis Fukuyama.

INTERVIEW: PERIODISMO PURO

Francis Fukuyama: ‘There’s similarities between populism of Trump and Kirchnerism’

27-03-2021 07:46 US political scientist Francis Fukuyama – perhaps the most important intellectual of the last 50 years – on ‘The End of History,’ the coronavirus pandemic and populism.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

The Italian son of late football idol Diego Maradona, Diego Armando Maradona Sinagra, known as Diego Junior, poses by a poster of an International Campaign for the Right to Identity, after he was granted the Argentine nationality on March 25, 2021 during a ceremony at the Argentine Consulate in Rome. Diego Junior is joining the International Campaign for the Right to Identity which helps search for the children stolen by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship from their missing parents, and helps Italians who have had links with Argentina between 1974 and 1983 and who have doubts about their identity.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona's Italian son granted Argentine nationality

25-03-2021 15:29 Diego Armando Maradona Sinagra Junior, the Italian son of the late footballing legend, was awarded his father's Argentine nationality on Thursday.

A picture shows seats in the hemicycle ahead of a plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels, on March 24, 2021.

Coronavirus Pandemic

EU vaccine export-vetting scheme: 5 things to know

24-03-2021 12:47 The EU's Covid-19 vaccine export vetting scheme means companies making vaccines in the EU must ask for approval to export doses to non-EU countries. But how does it work?

Workers take delivery of a new shipment of Sputnik V vaccines at Ezeiza international airport.

Coronavirus vaccine

Argentina welcomes another 500,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine

23-03-2021 12:47 A new shipment of 500,000 doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine arrived in Buenos Aires from Moscow on Monday. Argentina has now taken delivery of more than 4.8 million doses of various jabs.

HUMAN RIGHTS

US, UK, EU sanction China for rights abuses; China retaliates

23-03-2021 09:58 United States, United Kingdom and Canada join EU in imposing impose sanctions against China over alleged human rights abuses against Uighurs in Xinjiang.

TENNIS

Del Potro targets Tokyo Olympics with fourth knee operation

22-03-2021 22:41 Juan Martín del Potro said Monday he will undergo a fourth operation on his right knee in a bid to be fit for the Olympic Games tennis tournament in Tokyo.

A man cycles across a street near electoral billboards of the Israeli Likud party showing (R to L) its leader Benjamin Netanyahu giving two thumbs up with text in Hebrew reading "returning to smile"; and another showing Netanyahu next to his opponent Yair Lapid with text reading "next Prime Minister: Lapid or Netanyahu", in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on March 22, 2021, a day ahead of the fourth national election in two years.

ISRAELI ELECTION

Netanyahu polling ahead but win uncertain in new Israel vote

22-03-2021 14:37 Israeli voters readied for a fourth election in under two years Tuesday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead in the polls but uncertain of clinching a governing majority.

HUMANITARIAN MISSION

Argentina, UK agree new mission to identify graves of Malvinas soldiers

20-03-2021 07:55 Two countries sign agreement asking Red Cross to lead second humanitarian mission to disputed islands to identify remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin Cemetery.

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivering a statement on the Government's 'Integrated Review' in a socially distanced, hybrid session at the House of Commons, in central London on March 16, 2021.

BRITISH DEFENCE REVIEW

UK promises ‘permanent’ Malvinas military presence, angering Argentina

19-03-2021 15:00 Foreign Ministry decries Britain’s “traditional colonialist view” over disputed islands, following publication of new UK security and defence review.

European Politics

Spain legalises euthanasia, assisted suicide

18-03-2021 12:27 Spain's parliament passed a law legalising euthanasia on Thursday with 202 in favour and 141 against, making it one of few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their own suffering.

Handout picture released by the Chilean Air Force showing a health worker carrying a cooler containing doses of Sinovac's CoronaVac coronavirus vaccine at a Chilean Air Force base in Antarctica, Chile March 14, 2021.

Coronavirus vaccines

Coronavirus vaccine reaches Antarctica

18-03-2021 11:24 The coronavirus vaccine has reached Antarctica after Chile immunised 49 people on the continent, the country's Air Force said on Wednesday.

St Patrick's Day

Beer and loathing: Irish mourn another St Patrick's Day lockdown

17-03-2021 12:37 For the second year in succession, Dublin's normally raucous St Patrick's Day celebrations have been cancelled by coronavirus curbs.

Lucia Aduriz, the in-person guide in the audio-visual documentary 'Aletta Jacobs. Pionera', points towards Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín in Plaza Houssay, Recoleta.

NEW SHOW

Open-air audio documentary shines light on Dutch feminist icon

16-03-2021 18:00 Inventive new audio documentary takes guests on a tour around Recoleta's Plaza Houssay, celebrating the life of Dutch feminist icon Aletta Jacobs and posing questions about Argentina's own history.

by Emma Ridden

EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

More than 450 NGOs, groups condemn ‘obsolete’ EU-Mercosur trade deal

16-03-2021 17:26 More than 450 civil society groups, associations and NGOs call on Mercosur, European Union to “abandon” controversial free-trade deal.

In this file photo taken on July 21, 2020, a general view is pictured of the offices of British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Major EU nations halt AstraZeneca as WHO says it is safe

15-03-2021 22:00 EU's largest countries joined stream of states halting rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organisation and Europe's medicines watchdog insisted it was safe to use.

Lionel Messi is seen during Argentina's 2022 FIFA World Cup South American qualifier football match against Ecuador at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires on October 8, 2020.

International football

CONMEBOL should switch World Cup qualifiers to Europe, claims insider

15-03-2021 16:11 All South American qualifiers for the next World Cup should be played in Spain and Portugal to get around coronavirus restrictions at home, says one well-placed football insider.

by Anthony Harwood

Pope Francis addresses attendees from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's Square during the weekly Angelus prayer on March 14, 2021 in The Vatican.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Vatican: Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions

15-03-2021 11:43 Vatican says Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions despite their "positive elements," saying it was impossible for God to "bless sin."

AS I SEE IT

Vaccines bring problems in their wake

13-03-2021 08:57 Egalitarians insist that vaccines should be distributed equally the world over and accuse governments in rich countries of cornering the market.

by James Neilson

From left to right: Harry, Meghan and Prince William.

ROYAL FAMILY ROW

Prince William denies British royal family is 'racist'

13-03-2021 08:37 Fallout from explosive Harry and Meghan interview continues in United Kingdom.

This undated handout photo obtained March 11, 2021 courtesy of Johnson & Johnson shows Paul Stoffels. Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid vaccine was authorised in the European Union on March 11, 2021.

Coronavirus Pandemic

WHO approves Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine

12-03-2021 14:17 The World Health Organisation on Friday approved Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine, after the single-dose jab won approval from the European Union on Thursday.

Flowers and a message of condolence for Sarah Everard are seen at the woodland where police officers found human remains near Ashford, southeast England, on March 12, 2021.

UNITED KINGDOM

Women hit back at safety advice after London disappearance

12-03-2021 12:58 Women hit back at safety advice from authorities after 33-year-old Sarah Everard disappeared when walking home through South London on March 3. A serving Metropolitan Police officer from the elite diplomatic protection unit has been arrested on suspicion of her kidnap and murder.

An Aerolíneas Argentina plane departs for Russia to pick up a delivery of Sputnik V vaccine doses.

BLOOMBERG

It’s still ‘America first’ on vaccines as Russia, China fill gap

12-03-2021 12:57 Throughout the developing world, countries like Argentina have been squeezed out by richer nations in the race to secure vaccines produced by Western companies such as Pfizer and Moderna. Across most of Africa and large swathes of Latin America, south Asia and southeast Asia, little or no vaccine has been distributed.

An employee of the World Health Organisation (WHO) supervises the arrival of the first batch of coronavirus vaccines, at Khartoum airport in the Sudanese capital, on March 3, 2121.

Global pandemic

Vaccine hope, but enduring fear one year after pandemic declared

11-03-2021 22:50 One year on from the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic, vaccinations are offering hope. But much of humanity still enduring highly restricted lives, with no clear path back to normality.

Marseille's new Argentine head coach Jorge Sampaoli gives his first press conference held for his presentation at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, south-eastern France on March 9, 2021.

FOOTBALL

Sampaoli takes over Marseille and praises passion of fans

09-03-2021 21:27 Argentine coach Jorge Sampaoli unveiled as new manager of French side Marseille, following a path once trodden by Marcelo Bielsa.

FOOTBALL

Cavani unhappy in England, eyes South America return, says father

09-03-2021 21:21 Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani is unhappy in England and wants to finish his career in South America, his father told local media, saying the Uruguay international fancies a move to local giants Boca Juniors.

In this file photo taken on July 17, 2020 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II poses after confering the honour of a knighthood upon 100-year-old veteran Captain Tom Moore during an investiture at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London.

Britain's Royal Family

Queen vows to address Harry and Meghan racism claims

09-03-2021 16:01 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday responded to explosive racism claims from her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.

International Women's Day

Demonstrators defy virus restrictions to attend Women's Day rallies

09-03-2021 08:49 Thousands of women marched in Argentina, which has seen a wave of femicide that has claimed on average one life per day so far this year.

A film celebrating Ronnie's life and service was released Sunday, March 7, 2021.

NEW FILM

Ronnie Scott, 103-year-old WWII veteran, stars in new documentary

09-03-2021 07:00 Ronald David Scott is a well-known face among the local English-speaking community. Now, his incredible story is going global, thanks to a new film from Grammar Productions.

by James Grainger

RONNIE SCOTT

Fighting fit at 103, the veteran who left Argentina behind to fly Spitfires for Britain in WWII

09-03-2021 07:00 Meet Ronnie Scott, a 103-year-old war hero, born in Argentina in 1917. He's a man with an incredible story to share, a story which shines a light on a chapter of the World War II story almost lost to history.

by Lord Ashcroft

Britain's Prince Harry (L) and his wife Meghan (C), Duchess of Sussex, in a conversation with US television host Oprah Winfrey.

British Royal Family

No holds barred: Meghan and Harry's historic interview

08-03-2021 13:11 In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan Markle opened up about battling suicidal thoughts and racism directed towards her son, Prince Harry disclosed a painful rift with his father and both settled a fair few scores.

(L-R) Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge holding Prince Louis, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Britain's Princess Beatrice of York, Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal,, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's Princess Eugenie of York, Britain's Lady Louise Windsor, Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York,, Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex,, Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, James, Viscount Severn and Isla Phillips stand with other members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch a fly-past of aircraft by the Royal Air Force, in London on June 8, 2019.

Bitish Royal Family

Harry and Meghan drop 'bombshells' on royal family

08-03-2021 12:00 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan's interview with Oprah Winfrey will be hugely damaging to the royal family, according to British media.

International football

CONMEBOL postpones World Cup qualifiers over travel constraints

07-03-2021 08:12 CONMEBOL postponed two rounds of 2022 World Cup qualifiers scheduled later this month because of Covid-19 quarantine rules affecting European-based players and the threat of clubs refusing to release their international stars.

The Province of Buenos Aires has began vaccinating senior citizens.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Vaccination effort picks up; Covax confirms 1.9 million jabs on way

06-03-2021 09:34 Argentina to receive more than 1.9 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine by the end of May, thanks to the World Health Organisation and United Nations’ Covax mechanism.

Los Dogos, the Argentine national team squad made up of homosexual and heterosexual players.

FOOTBALL & HOMOPHOBIA

Football and homosexuality: two incompatible worlds?

06-03-2021 09:00 In men’s football, homophobia is law and hardly anybody dares to break with the norm, with very few coming out of the closet. This, however, is in stark contrast to attitudes in women’s football.

by Claudio Gómez

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former Brazilian president.

PERIODISMO PURO – INTERVIEW

Fernando Henrique Cardoso: ‘There are times which require us to move actively towards equality’

06-03-2021 08:40 Former Brazil president – the country’s first to be re-elected for a subsequent term – discusses Jair Bolsonaro, inequality, poverty and what it means a social democrat in the 21st century.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Benjamin Cohen, one of the founding fathers of International Political Economy (IPE).

INTERVIEW

Benjamin Cohen: ‘Dollar will not be challenged by yuan for at least a decade’

06-03-2021 08:22 Benjamin Cohen, one of the founding fathers of International Political Economy (IPE), analyses the monetary aspect of the dispute between the United States and China, while detailing why he describes Argentina “is one of the saddest cases in economic history.”

by Leandro Dario

Cheryl Bullock-Hannah (left), a volunteer at 'Strengthen Our Sisters' shelter, speaks during a interview next to Sandra Ramos (right), director of the shelter, in Paterson, New Jersey on February 25, 2021.

Global pandemic

Amid virus, a shadow pandemic for domestic abuse sufferers

05-03-2021 02:08 From Argentina to Singapore, virus-induced confinement has caused an increase in violence cases and their severity and made it more difficult to report abuses and help victims, activists say.

People raise their hands as they protest at the makeshift memorial in honour of George Floyd, on June 4, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

United States

US House passes police reforms, voting rights bill

04-03-2021 15:33 The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

MIDDLE EAST

ICC opens Israeli-Palestinians war crimes probe

03-03-2021 14:57 Palestinian authorities hail decision by ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to open probe into alleged war crimes, a move Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu describes as "the essence of anti-Semitism."

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Paris court house to hear the final verdict in a corruption trial on March 1, 2021.

EUROPE

Defiant Sarkozy on offensive after graft conviction

03-03-2021 10:54 Former France president Nicolas Sarkozy launches offensive to clear his name after being handed a three-year sentence for corruption, lambasting the verdict and mulling a petition to Europe's top rights court.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon removes her face covering as she arrives to give evidence to The Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints at Holyrood in Edinburgh, examining the government's handling of harassment allegations against former Scottish National Party leader and former first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond on March 3, 2021.

EUROPEAN POLITICS

Scotland leader fends off calls to quit over case against ex-ally

03-03-2021 10:43 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon defends handling of sexual assault claims against her predecessor Alex Salmond, in a case that has erupted into a full-blown crisis.

Handout picture released by the Colombian Presidency shows airport workers unloading 117,000 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 delivered through the Covax mechanism, at El Dorado airport international in Bogota on March 1, 2021.

Global pandemic

Covax details rollout of 238 million Covid-19 vaccine doses

02-03-2021 18:16 More than 238 million doses will be distributed around the world by the end of May through the Covax programme aimed at boosting access to coronavirus jabs in poorer nations.

Paris Saint-Germain's Argentine head coach Mauricio Pochettino poses at the team's training grounds in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, outside Paris, on March 1, 2021.

Football

Refreshed Mauricio Pochettino embraces the PSG project

02-03-2021 14:36 Mauricio Pochettino was given the luxury of time at Tottenham Hotspur to build a team that would go on to reach a Champions League final, but the Argentine knows the demands are different now he is in charge at Paris Saint-Germain.

Picture of vials of the Sputnik V vaccine seen at the Centenario Hospital in Rosario, Santa Fe Province.

Coronavirus vaccines

Fresh Sputnik batch lifts Argentina's vaccine count to four million doses

01-03-2021 22:24 Government has now managed to acquire four million doses of various coronavirus vaccines, lower than its initial target set last year.

Global Pandemic

EU to propose vaccine 'digital green pass' for safe movement

01-03-2021 12:37 This month, the European Commission will propose rules for an EU "Digital Green Pass" showing proof of Covid-19 vaccination and test results.

Pope Francis gestures as he speaks from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's Square on February 21, 2021 during the weekly Angelus prayer in The Vatican.

Argentine pontiff

Pope Francis expects to spend his final days in Rome, says new book

28-02-2021 07:01 Asked how he sees his final days, 84-year-old Argentine pontiff tells Nelson Castro: "I will be pope, either active or emeritus, and in Rome. I will not return to Argentina."

MERCOSUR BLOC

Brazil again pushes for loosening of Mercosur trade deal rules

27-02-2021 08:21 Bolsonaro set to visit Buenos Aires for trade bloc’s next summit; Brazilian foreign minister accuses ‘interest groups’ using the environment as ‘pretext’ to block ratification of EU-Mercosur deal.

The Internet is at its most basic element a human network, maintained by machines but structured and utilised by and for humans.

SEARCH FOR A DIGITAL MANIFESTO

News in the age of the Internet

27-02-2021 07:51 At stake is the health of our information ecosystem, and therefore the robustness of democracy. This is the time for everyone with a vested interest in a strong field of journalistic production to act.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

US pharma giant accused of “bullying” Latin American governments in Covid vaccine negotiations, even asking Argentina and Brazil to put up sovereign assets as guarantees against any future legal costs.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

‘Held to ransom’: Pfizer demands governments gamble with state assets to secure vaccine deal

27-02-2021 07:41 US pharma giant accused of “bullying” Latin American governments in Covid vaccine negotiations, even asking Argentina and Brazil to put up sovereign assets as guarantees against any future legal costs.

by MADLEN DAVIES, IVÁN RUIZ, JILL LANGOIS & ROSA FURNEAUX, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

A health worker holds a box with five doses of the Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, before vaccination health and education workers in a school in Bernal on February 18, 2021.

Coronavirus vaccines

Laboratory agrees deal to produce Sputnik V vaccine in Argentina

26-02-2021 14:08 Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to be produced and manufactured in Argentina by local firm Laboratorios Richmond.

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 26, 2021. President Biden travels to Texas to visit a food bank and emergency operations center after a winter storm left millions without electricity and clean water for days.US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 26, 2021. President Biden travels to Texas to visit a food bank and emergency operations center after a winter storm left millions without electricity and clean water for days.

AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA

Biden launches first military action, striking Syria militias

26-02-2021 13:22 US carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria on sites connected to Iranian-backed groups believed to be involved in recent attacks in Iraq, first overt use of military force under President Joe Biden.