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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.

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.

UK faces up to painful lessons after 100,000 Covid deaths

30-01-2021 09:20 Britain this week became the first European country to pass 100,000 Covid deaths, in a grim milestone nearly one year since its first case of the disease.

Argentina detects first case of British coronavirus variant

16-01-2021 16:24 Argentina has detected its first case of a British-identified coronavirus variant that appears to be more infectious, authorities said Saturday.

Britain records new daily high of more than 53,000 virus cases

29-12-2020 16:30 Britain on Tuesday registered a new daily high of more than 53,000 Covid-19 cases, as concern mounted about spiralling numbers of positive tests and pressure on health services.

Grandmother, 90, gets first Covid jab as UK starts vaccine drive

08-12-2020 08:08 Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother, becomes the first person in a Western country to receive an approved coronavirus vaccine. The second, would you believe it, was called William Shakespeare.

England to enter new lockdown; UK virus cases pass one million

01-11-2020 07:56 As United Kingdom surpasses one million confirmed Covid-19 cases, UK PM makes sudden about-face and confirms that stringent restrictions on business and daily life would begin Thursday and last until December 2.

Control of Venezuelan gold held in London cast into doubt

05-10-2020 17:07 British court throws in question who controls nearly US$2 billion in Venezuelan gold stowed in a London bank vault amid a power struggle between President Nicolás Maduro and US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

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.

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

20-07-2020 13:01 Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.

Royal Ballet training online to keep fit, explains star Argentine ballerina

17-04-2020 13:00 For classical dancers, keeping fit during confinement is "a great challenge," says Marianela Núñez, the principal dancer of the London Royal Ballet, who is currently in Buenos Aires.

UK extends coronavirus lockdown by at least three weeks

16-04-2020 19:29 Downing Street will extend the country’s lockdown by at least three more weeks in an effort to stem the spread of coronavirus, while the prime minister is recovering from his own infection with the virus.

UK PM Johnson out of intensive care as condition improves

09-04-2020 16:10 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday left intensive care, where he had spent the three previous days for treatment against coronavirus, his Downing Street office said.

British PM Boris Johnson taken to intensive care, confirms Downing Street

06-04-2020 16:28 Conservative leader, who admitted he had the Covid-19 coronavirus on March 27, admitted to intensive care after condition worsens. He is believed to be conscious and has been moved as a precautionary step.

Harry Potter fans fill Buenos Aires British Embassy with magic

07-02-2020 13:48 1500 fans of the famous fantasy series written by author J.K. Rowling gathered at the British Embassy of Buenos Aires for the fifth annual Harry Potter Book Night.

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Foreign Ministry recalls ambassadors in diplomatic shake-up

23-01-2020 18:03 Foreign Minister Felipe Solá recalls Argentina's ambassador to the United Kingdom, Renato Carlos Sersale Di Cerisano, as part of a wider diplomatic shake-up that could see Alicia Castro head to Russia.

Former Malvinas foes to swap Virgin Mary statues at Vatican

25-09-2019 16:04 Pope to preside over the exchange of two symbolically powerful statues of 'La Virgen de Luján' between Argentine and British bishops, 37 years after the conflict in the South Atlantic between the two nations.

Man arrested in connection with death of Emiliano Sala

21-06-2019 08:35 Sala's body was recovered from the wreckage two weeks after the single-engine aircraft he was travelling on crashed in the English Channel.