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World remembers Diego Maradona on first anniversary of his death

25-11-2021 21:52 Commemorative events take place across Argentina and the rest of the world, as supporters mark the first anniversary of Diego’s passing.

ENVIRONMENT

Latin America’s climate to-do list after COP26

16-11-2021 16:23 Following intense talks, governments will now have to deliver on a set of commitments announced at the UK climate summit, from decarbonisation to ending deforestation

ENVIRONMENT

COP26 climate deal clinched as nations rally to compromise

13-11-2021 17:13 Nearly 200 nations came together Saturday on a global deal to combat climate change after two weeks of painful negotiation, but fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous temperature rises.

BLOOMBERG

Priciest food since 1970s is a big challenge for governments

15-09-2021 10:41 Governments across the world know that rising food costs can come with a political price. The dilemma is whether they can do enough to prevent having to pay it.

Covid-19 vaccines

Buenos Aires Province agrees to buy 10 million doses of Covaxin vaccine

04-06-2021 23:04 Governor Axel Kicillof says deal with Indian laboratory Bharat Biotech depends on four conditions and that province will offer shots "to the national government for distribution among all provinces."

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.

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

Covid-19 vaccine

Shipment of 580,000 vaccine doses arrives from India

17-02-2021 15:26 A shipment of 580,000 Covid-19 vaccines from India's Serum Institute arrives in Argentina to bolster government's immunisation campaign.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Argentina surpasses two million Covid-19 cases, 50,000 deaths

13-02-2021 08:55 Eleven months on from confirmation of the first case in the country, officials said Wednesday that more than two million people have tested positive for Covid-19.

Valeria Pacheco, AFP

Brazil's late and rocky start on vaccinations fuels public ire

25-01-2021 08:26 Brazil's newly launched vaccination campaign against Covid-19 has gotten off to a late and rocky start – as the country is hammered by a second wave of the disease, it is already close to running out of vaccine, syringes and other vital equipment.

Global Pandemic

In struggle against pandemic, populist leaders fare poorly

23-07-2020 16:03 “Fact-denying populism is being shown its limits," says German Chancellor Angela Merkel in regards to the high number of Covid-19 cases concentrated in populist led nations.

EMERGING MARKETS

Argentine bonds returned 9.6% in February despite virus

28-02-2020 16:49 Argentine bonds lead the way with 9.6% returns among risky sovereign securities of emerging markets in February, thanks to the rate cuts of the Central bank and despite the financial instability caused by Coronavirus.

FOSSIL FUEL

Air pollution global cost estimated at US$2.9 trillion a year

12-02-2020 12:25 Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Greenpeace Southeast Asia’s report shows that air pollution caused by fossil fuels cost US$8 billion a day, or roughly 3.3% of the entire world's economic output.