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Russia’s global vaccine ambitions stumble during supply shortage

30-07-2021 17:09 The Kremlin’s ambitions to win soft-power dividends around the world from Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine are being hampered by delays in delivering Sputnik V to foreign buyers clamouring for supplies.

Biden steps up efforts to fight virus surge fuelled by Delta variant

30-07-2021 02:27 Biden steps up actions to combat the spread of Covid-19's surging Delta variant, asking every US federal worker to either declare they are fully vaccinated or wear masks and be tested.

MercadoLibre, BigCommerce ally to boost US sales to Latin America

21-07-2021 10:46 MercadoLibre partners with Texas-based BigCommerce Holdings to give the online-shopping software-maker’s web merchants access to a new region.

Reports: Private Israeli malware Pegasus used to spy on journalists, activists

19-07-2021 11:46 Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using mobile phone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said over the weekend.

Fernández criticises 'inhumane' trade embargo against Cuba

13-07-2021 16:37 President Alberto Fernández delivers his first comments on protests in Cuba. “I don't know what is happening, but let’s end the blockade,” he says.

Cuba blames US for unprecedented anti-government protests

12-07-2021 15:19 Thousands of Cubans take part in demonstrations across country, chanting: "Down with the dictatorship," as President Miguel Diaz-Canel urges supporters to confront demonstrators.

Cafiero: Government to sign vaccine deal with Moderna on Monday

08-07-2021 18:23 Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero says talks are ongoing with Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson over the supply of additional vaccines.

US stocks fall amid worries over growth, Delta strain

08-07-2021 11:53 Wall Street stocks tumbled, threatening global growth due to bond yields and increasing prevalence of the Covid-19 Delta variant.

Rest of collapsed Florida apartment block demolished ahead of tropical storm

05-07-2021 08:47 Controlled explosion brings down unstable remains of collapsed apartment block in Florida ahead of a threatening tropical storm, with the confirmed death toll at 24 and 121 people missing.

A great time for malcontents

03-07-2021 23:17 In the rich Western countries and their cultural offshoots, what was once the fringe has become the centre.

by James Neilson

Death toll rises to 16 in Miami condo collapse

30-06-2021 16:56 At least 29 other Latin Americans still missing, with no news to date: nine from Argentina, six from Colombia, six from Paraguay, four from Venezuela, three from Uruguay and one from Chile. 

Facebook wins US antitrust dismissal, surges to US$1-trillion value

28-06-2021 19:23 A judge of the of the US District Court dismissed cases filed in December by the Federal Trade Commission and more than 40 states, which could have impeded Facebook's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp.

Nicolás Maduro: ‘The sanctions are illegal, immoral and should be lifted'

25-06-2021 23:30 Venezuela, says Nicolás Maduro, has broken free of "irrational, extremist, cruel" US oppression. But in between his denunciations of Yankee imperialism, the president is making a public plea and aiming it directly at Joe Biden. The message? It's time for a deal.

Former US cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder

25-06-2021 20:18 Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.

Massa talks debt and football with Bill Clinton as he wraps up US visit

19-06-2021 09:23 Renewal Front leader holds talks with key Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, as he pushes to secure future meeting between Alberto Fernández and US President Joe Biden.

Rights groups slam government for failing to back OAS vote on Nicaragua

18-06-2021 23:16 Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International strongly criticise Argentina’s government for abstaining in OAS vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders.

Massa heads to US on a special mission for Alberto Fernández

14-06-2021 17:15 Renewal Front leader lines up talks with key Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, and hopes to seal a date for a future meeting between Alberto Fernández and US President Joe Biden.

G7 leaders pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries

11-06-2021 23:48 Argentina does not feature on list of nations that will benefit.

Through the foreign-policy looking glass

05-06-2021 00:36 Why does the government led by Alberto Fernández go out of its way to snub the Western powers and their allies, so it can make common cause with the enemies of what, despite everything, still remains of the old international order?

by James Neilson

'An insult' — Trump responds to two-year Facebook ban

04-06-2021 14:59 Facebook says it has banned former US President Donald Trump for two years, saying he deserved the maximum punishment possible for violating platform rules over a deadly attack by his supporters on the US Capitol.