Section: South America
Biden Speaks with Putin about Extending Nuke Accord, Ukraine and Navalny
US President Joe Biden spoke on Tuesday by telephone with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, a conversation in which they discussed the New START nuclear disarmament accord, the circumstances of arrested Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the situation in Ukraine, where Russia has fomented conflict both before and after annexing...
Germany Welcomes Pfizer News; Ukraine President Positive for COVID
Germany’s government said on Monday it hopes the promising Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be approved in Europe as well as the United States. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Record Cases in Ukraine; Spanish Tourism Hit; Portugal Deaths Up
A record number of daily coronavirus infections were reported in Ukraine on Tuesday while deaths spiked in Portugal. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Spain Upset by Ukraine in Nations League; Germany, Switzerland Draw 3-3
Spain lost 1-0 on Tuesday to Ukraine in UEFA Nations League top-division action, although it caught a break when a goal fest between Germany and Switzerland ended in a 3-3 draw. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Spain, Germany Victorious in Nations League Action
Spain had to work hard on Saturday to beat Switzerland and retain the top spot in League A Group 4 of the UEFA Nations League, while Germany came alive against Ukraine to post its first win of the 2020-2021 edition of the competition. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Daily COVID-19 Records in Central/East Europe; France Halves Quarantine
Health authorities in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Ukraine all reported record single day numbers of coronavirus infections on Friday, while Portugal registered its highest daily infection toll since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in April and France decided to cut the mandatory quarantine period from 14 to seven days. …read more...
Ukraine Honors Heroic Liquidators 34 Years after Nuclear Tragedy
Ukraine honored the Chernobyl liquidators on Sunday, 34 years after the worst nuclear tragedy in history. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine Deploys Troops to Protect Quarantined Wuhan Evacuees
National guards have been deployed to protect 72 evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan after the group was attacked in Ukraine Thursday night when being transferred on a bus to a medical center, Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk announced on Friday. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Pompeo, Zelensky in United Front amid Trump Impeachment Trial
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky put on a united front in Kiev on Friday in a visit that coincides with an impeachment trial against Donald Trump over an alleged pressure campaign against Ukraine’s new leader. …read more Source:: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine gets on the nerves of Pompeo and dumps reporter from the press pool
The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s upcoming foreign trip, a press association and NPR said on Monday, days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalist’s interview with him. …read more Source::...
