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Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof applauds as a citizen is vaccinated against Covid-19.

Global push to waive Covid vaccine patents runs into opposition

Yesterdat 01:14 EU, pharma firms sceptical of push to lift Covid vaccine patents, despite support from US President Joe Biden, WHO; Foreign Ministry reiterates Argentina's support for initiative.

Pope Francis speaks with President Alberto Fernández during a private audience at the Vatican on January 31, 2020.

Alberto heads to Europe

President heads to Europe with IMF and Paris Club debts on agenda

07-05-2021 01:58 Further details emerge of Peronist leader's trip to Europe, which will take in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.

British Ambassador to Argentina Mark Kent (left), Health Minister Carla Vizzotti and Preisdential Advisor Cecilia Nicolini.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Argentina offers to manufacture delayed AstraZeneca vaccines

07-05-2021 01:50 With delays on Mexican end of mass co-production, Argentina seeks to unblock production of AstraZeneca-Oxford shots, offering to manufacture the entire vaccine domestically.

President Alberto Fernandez and Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.

International Politics

Fernández set to depart on Euro tour with Guzmán in tow

06-05-2021 15:08 President Alberto Fernández will fly off to Europe on Friday, ahead of a series of meetings with various European leaders, including the Pope and Spain's King Felipe.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at Canvas Kick Off at the carpenters Union in Scranton, Pennsylvania on November 3, 2020.

COVID-19 VACCINES

US backs plan to waive Covid-19 vaccine patents

06-05-2021 11:09 US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced support for a global waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, offering hope to poor nations that have struggled to access the life-saving doses.

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at an event at the State Dining Room of the White House May 5, 2021 in Washington, DC.

US Politics

Biden says Republicans have lost their way in 'mini-revolution'

05-05-2021 19:10 US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that America's Republicans face an identity crisis after Donald Trump's turbulent presidency.

Pope Francis delivers his blessing from his studio's window overlooking Saint Peter's Square, at the Vatican, during the Sunday Angelus prayer on May 2, 2021.

ARGENTINE PONTIFF

Pope urges more regulation of financial markets

04-05-2021 14:26 Pope Francis called Tuesday for tougher regulation of financial markets in a video message published through his Worldwide Prayer Network.

Secretary general of Austria's National Fund for the victims of the Nazi era, Hannah Lessing, poses for photos during an interview with AFP in Vienna on February 9, 2021.

LONG READ

Austria's newest citizens reclaim birthright stolen by the Nazis

03-05-2021 12:09 Almost 76 years after the end of the Holocaust, the descendants of those forced out of Austria by the Nazis are reclaiming the nationality stolen from their refugee ancestors.

As I see it

Life after the great pandemic

01-05-2021 00:43 Hopes that the pandemic would abolish history by putting things in perspective and unite the world are still floating around, but they owe more to wishful thinking than to anything else.

by James Neilson

In this file photo taken on February 02, 2021, an Amazon delivery driver carries boxes into a van outside of a distribution facility in Hawthorne, California.

BIG TECH, MASSIVE PROFITS

Amazon caps blockbuster Big Tech earnings reports

29-04-2021 12:15 A week of blockbuster earnings reports from Big Tech culminated Thursday with Amazon crushing forecasts of how much money it would rake in from pandemic-revved online shopping and growing reliance on internet-hosted services.

This photo taken and handout on January 13, 2021 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (Rear R) holding a live streamed weekly private audience in the library of the apostolic palace in The Vatican.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope Francis tightens Vatican's anti-corruption rules

29-04-2021 12:00 Pope Francis on Thursday announced new anti-corruption rules for top officials as part of his drive to clean up the Vatican following a series of scandals.

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress as Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) look on in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC.

TAXING THE RICH

Joe Biden puts taxing the rich back in the spotlight

29-04-2021 00:35 US president unveils plan to nearly double the capital gains tax to 39.6% for US households making over $1 million, in his first speech to Congress.

Glaciers in Alaska, the Alps and Iceland are among those disappearing at the fastest pace.

ENVIRONMENT

Glaciers are melting more rapidly, risking floods and droughts

28-04-2021 17:59 The world’s glaciers are shrinking at a faster rate than before, with densely-populated parts of Asia at risk of flood and water shortages if the trend continues.

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson point at Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (unseen) during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in a socially distanced, hybrid session at the House of Commons, in central London on April 28, 2021.

TORY SLEAZE ALLEGATIONS

UK PM Johnson's woes deepen as watchdog launches apartment probe

28-04-2021 17:48 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday denied breaking the rules over the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, as Britain's Electoral Commission watchdog launched a formal probe.

A screenshot from a video promoting the SIMA Monitoreo de Cultivos app.

Agriculture

Argentine crop-monitoring app SIMA takes off with NASA's help

28-04-2021 00:01 Team behind the SIMA Monitoreo de Cultivos crop-monitoring app eyes further growth across Latin America after partnering with NASA.

A girl fills a tank with clean water at the 28 de Octubre neighbourhood, in La Matanza municipality, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on April 15, 2021.

Climate Change

Progressive climate policy can reduce extreme poverty, says study

27-04-2021 13:07 Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have found that ambitious climate policies could reduce extreme poverty in developing countries if governments opted for robust taxes on emitters that were then fairly distributed to help the poor.

In this file photo taken on April 15, 2021, a health worker shows vials of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19, at a vaccination centre at the Tecnopolis park in Villa Martelli, Buenos Aires Province.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Russia says Brazil's refusal to import Sputnik V vaccine is 'political'

27-04-2021 09:25 Developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday criticised Brazil's refusal to import the jab, describing it as politically motivated.

US President Joe Biden leave after speaking about Covid-19 vaccinations from the White House campus on April 21, 2021, in Washington, DC.

COVID-19 VACCINES

US announces export of up to 60 million AstraZeneca Covid vaccines

26-04-2021 15:37 US will release up to 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, amid mounting criticism that the Biden administration was hoarding shots while other countries suffered.

Turkish President and leader of Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during his ruling AK Party's group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT), in Ankara, on April 21, 2021.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Erdoğan slams Biden's 'destructive' recognition of Armenian genocide

26-04-2021 15:28 Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday denounced US President Joe Biden's recognition of the Armenian genocide as "groundless" and harmful to bilateral ties.

SUPER LEAGUE ROW

Italian clubs who break away 'will be banned from Serie A'

26-04-2021 13:11 The Italian football federation (FIGC) said on Monday that clubs who join a breakaway league would be banned from all domestic competitions including Serie A.

As I see it

Going green will be anything but easy

24-04-2021 10:00 Shutting down much of industry, replacing oil and coal with solar panels, wind turbines and devices that have yet to be invented may appeal to the wealthy, but the same cannot be said for those who will continue to depend on old-fashioned sources of energy.

by James Neilson

Super League

Europe’s rebel Super League collapses after fan pressure

24-04-2021 09:37 Football's most powerful clubs face mounting calls for reprisals over Super League fiasco underlines greed and lack of respect for fans.

EARTH DAY SUMMIT

President reiterates ‘debt swaps for climate action’ call

24-04-2021 01:52 Alberto Fernández pledges Argentina’s commitment to tackling climate change,saying he has “put climate and environmental action at the centre of his government’s convictions.”

Joe Biden, the next president of the United States of America.

CLIMATE CHANGE

Biden summit brings new hope on climate but hard path ahead

24-04-2021 01:48 US president hosts Earth Day summit bringing together world leaders, but is this action too little, too late?

COVID-19 GEOPOLITICS

United States set to embark on campaign of ‘vaccine diplomacy’

24-04-2021 01:38 US President Joe Biden will launch a campaign to share its stock of Covid-19 vaccines "as soon as possible," to prevent China and Russia from hogging the field in Latin America.

by Leandro Dario

COVID-19 VACCINES

Sputnik VIDA vaccine will be ‘principally for Argentina’

24-04-2021 01:27 Laboratorios Richmond chief Marcelo Figueras says first batch of homemade Covid-19 vaccine has been produced, with more than 21,000 doses now in Moscow for quality control checks.

Marcelo Figueiras, the president and owner of Laboratorios Richmond.

INTERVIEW

Marcelo Figueiras: ‘Argentina has to achieve health sovereignty’

24-04-2021 01:22 Marcelo Figueiras, president and leading shareholder of Laboratorios Richmond, discusses the challenges of producing Sputnik VIDA, when production will commence and future investments.

by Claudio Celano Gómez

FOOTBALL

European Super League flop a familiar sight for South Americans

23-04-2021 23:37 South America has seen several attempts by clubs to take organisational matters into their own hands.

US PRESIDENT

Biden expected to label 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide

23-04-2021 12:35 US President Joe Biden is preparing to recognise the World War I-era 1915 killings of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide this weekend, according to US media.

Netflix shares tumbled some 10 percent on April 20, 2021 after the leading streaming service reported cooling growth in paid subscriptions that caught fire during the pandemic.

Culture

From Mumbai to Rio, Netflix dominates cultural conversation

22-04-2021 23:34 With 207 million subscribers across the globe, Netflix is able to monopolise the crowded streaming market, and it is now prioritising emerging Latin American and Asian markets.

Relatives and staff carry a dead body of a Covid-19 victim at Nigambodh Ghat Crematorium, on the banks of the Yamuna river in New Delhi in the early hour of April 22, 2021.

Global pandemic

India posts global record of 314,000 daily Covid cases

22-04-2021 17:08 India's Health Ministry data on Thursday showed 314,835 new infections in the past 24 hours – the most of any country since the pandemic began – as hospitals sent out desperate warnings that patients could die without fresh oxygen supplies.

BLOOMBERG

Oil tycoon Bulgheroni's low-carbon frack dream is proving a tough sell

22-04-2021 12:31 Billionaire Alejandro Bulgheroni’s dream of making fracking more environmentally friendly is running up against the reality of shale-patch economics.

Football supporters demonstrate against the proposed European Super League outside of Stamford Bridge football stadium in London on April 20, 2021, ahead of the English Premier League match between Chelsea and Brighton and Hove Albion.

EUROPEAN FOOTBALL

English fan power forces Super League billionaires into hasty retreat

21-04-2021 09:24 Leaders of the breakaway European Super League were searching for ways to rescue the ill-fated project on Wednesday after all six English clubs pulled out amid a furious reaction from fans, officials and politicians.

People hold placards as they protest outside of the Courthouse during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 19, 2021. Jurors on Monday began mulling the fate of the white ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing African-American George Floyd, a death that sparked a nationwide reckoning on racism and which prosecutors called a "shocking abuse of authority".

KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD

George Floyd murder trial: ex-Policeman found guilty of murder

20-04-2021 17:33 A jury in the United States reached a verdict on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white former police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for the death of African-American George Floyd.

Health Minister Carla Vizzotti (centre), Presidential Advisor Cecilia Nicolini (left), and the President of Laboratorios Richmond, Marcelo Figueiras, pose for a photograph with a vial of locally made Sputnik V vaccine.

SPUTNIK PRODUCTION

Pharmaceutical firm produces first batch of Sputnik V vaccine in Argentina

20-04-2021 13:44 Argentine pharmaceutical firm Laboratorios Richmond says it has complete the first local batch of the Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus and will be dispatching it to Moscow for quality control checks. Mass production could begin in June.

Migrants who travelled across the Rio Grande to the United States on April 15, 2021 in Roma, Texas.

US Border Crisis

Massive increase of migrant children at Mexico-US border, says UNICEF

20-04-2021 13:09 According to UNICEF, Mexican authorities are recording an average of 275 new migrant children a day waiting to cross into the United States or having been sent back from the northern side of the border.

A group of supporters hold up placards critical of the idea of a new European Super League, outside English Premier League club Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium in London on April 20, 2021, ahead of their game against Brighton. The 14 Premier League clubs not involved in the proposed European Super League "unanimously and vigorously rejected" the plans at an emergency meeting on Tuesday. Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur are the English clubs involved.

European football

FIFA vows 'consequences' for Super League clubs as backlash intensifies

20-04-2021 11:51 Breakaway plan prompts furious reaction from fans and officials, with UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin saying Monday it was motivated by "greediness, selfishness and narcissism."

RUSSIA

Doctors denied access to 'very weak' opposition Russian leader Navalny

20-04-2021 11:50 Alexei Navalny's doctors were again denied access Tuesday to the jailed Kremlin critic, as lawyers for the hunger-striking opposition figure said he was "very weak."

Sputnik shots are loaded onboard an Aerolíneas Argentinas plane.

Covid-19 vaccines

New delivery of 800,000 Sputnik V jabs due to arrive in Argentina

19-04-2021 12:18 Flight carrying more than 800,000 Sputnik V vaccines due to arrive at Ezeiza international airport later this evening. With this latest shipment, Argentina will now have taken delivery of more than nine billion doses.

Coronavirus Pandemic

The P1 or 'Brazilian' variant: what we know about new Covid strain

19-04-2021 11:58 Here's what we know about The "Brazil variant" — a more contagious mutation of the coronavirus that emerged in the Amazon late last year.

The Shankly Gates at Anfield stadium, home of English Premier League football club Liverpool, on April 19, 2021.

Football bombshell

Super League announcement opens unprecedented conflict in European football

19-04-2021 10:47 A planned breakaway Super League announced by 12 of European football's most powerful clubs and backed by US investment bank JPMorgan is roundly condemned by fans and federations across the continent.

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán taking part in a video conference organised by the Council of the Americas (COA) and the Americas Society (AS), from his office in Buenos Aires, on June 23, 2020.

Bloomberg

Argentina seeks Paris Club deal amid IMF talks, Guzmán says

18-04-2021 22:18 Argentina is pressing the Paris Club to renegotiate debt as separate talks to strike a deal with the International Monetary Fund drag on, says Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.

Handout picture released by the Presidency showing employees handling a shipment of 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the Netherlands, as part of the Covax programme, at Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Province, on April 18, 2021.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Second Covax delivery of 864,000 AstraZeneca doses arrives

18-04-2021 22:07 Argentina took delivery of a new shipment of Covid-19 vaccines on Sunday, receiving 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca shot via the World Health Organisation's COVAX scheme.

Pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim, 78, poses during an interview at the grand Palais in Aix-en- Provence, on April 3, 2021.

MUSIC

Daniel Barenboim: tireless maestro won’t let pandemic slow him down

17-04-2021 08:29 Argentina-born maestro has been on stage for 71 years and says he is always ready to "start again from scratch."

AS I SEE IT

Joe Biden sounds the retreat

17-04-2021 08:04 Biden, like Trump before him, decided that the time had come to pull all his country’s troops out of Afghanistan. The only difference is in the departure date.

by James Neilson

FOOTBALL

Bielsa denies he is close to signing new contract with Leeds

15-04-2021 12:24 Marcelo Bielsa denies La Nación reporting claiming he is "very close" to signing a new two-year contract with Leeds United.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) waves to supporters in a rally meeting during the ongoing Phase 4 of West Bengal's assembly election, at Kawakhali on the outskirts of Siliguri on April 10, 2021.

Raisina Dialogue

In an age of competition, we must not forget the spirit of cooperation

14-04-2021 23:52 The Covid-19 pandemic has presented us an opportunity to reshape the world order, to reorient our thinking.

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Bernie Madoff — the mastermind behind the worst financial scam in history.

Obituary

Bernard Madoff, mastermind of giant Ponzi scheme, dies at 82

14-04-2021 12:37 Bernard Madoff, the Manhattan investment adviser who promised stellar returns to his A-list clients and instead defrauded them of more than US$19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme, has died in jail at 82 years old.

Pope Francis receives Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.

GUZMÁN IN EUROPE

Guzmán discusses debt with Pope Francis at the Vatican

14-04-2021 12:33 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday, the latest stop on his European tour seeking support for Argentina's IMF debt talks.

copa américa

China's Sinovac to donate vaccine jabs for Copa América

13-04-2021 15:11 South American footballers will be given the Chinese Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the Copa América that starts in June, following donation of 50,000 doses.

“Default would only make bad worse. All too many people seem to think that there is nothing to lose with default, given the absence of any overseas credit or investment, but even in these desperate times anything would be better".

Global pandemic

Record sovereign defaults in pandemic-hit 2020: S&P

13-04-2021 14:18 Ratings agency S&P there were a record seven defaults on sovereign debt repayments in 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.

This handout picture released on April 6, 2021 by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as he attends a press conference following his meeting with his Russian counterpart in New Delhi.

An Indian perspective

Reimagining diplomacy in the post-Covid world

13-04-2021 13:47 Fashioning a robust response to the Covid-19 challenge is set to dominate global diplomacy in 2021.

by Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

OBITUARY: DUKE OF EDINBURGH

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.