Montevideo, 18 Feb 2021 (AFP) –
They reveal in Colombia the execution of 6,402 civilians by the military between 2002 and 2008
BOGOTA: At least 6,400 civilians were executed by the military in Colombia and presented as killed in combat, a figure that triples the number of victims estimated so far, revealed this Thursday the court that investigates the most heinous crimes of the internal conflict.
(Colombia conflict justice armed forces homicide – 18H00 GMT)
Perseverance, the rover willing to discover if there was life on Mars
WASHINGTON: Seven months of space travel, decades of work, and billions of dollars invested to answer a single question: Did life ever exist anywhere other than Earth? NASA tries to answer this question with the landing on Thursday of its latest rover, the Perseverance.
(US space aerospace science – 21:00 GMT)
El Salvador begins vaccination against coronavirus
SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador began vaccination against the coronavirus on Wednesday, after receiving the first batch of 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca. For President Nayib Bukele, “it is a light at the end of the tunnel” because the end of the pandemic is seen “near”.
(ElSalvador health virus epidemic pharmaceutical vaccines – Now available)
Tourist town of Cuba returns to sow the land in the absence of travelers
VIÑALES, Cuba: Tourism had brought incipient prosperity to Viñales, in western Cuba. But everything came to a halt with the arrival of the covid-19 pandemic, forcing many to leave their jobs in tourism to return to work the land.
(Cuba epidemic health tourism agriculture pandemic poverty virus -18H00 GMT)
At the foot of the Pyrenees, planes from all over the world wait until they can fly again
TARBES, France: At the foot of the French Pyrenees, dozens of airplanes from around the world line up meticulously like toys in a gigantic parking lot. Since the COVID-19 crisis, the Tarmac Aerosave company has been overwhelmed by the demand for storage from airlines.
(France social epidemic aviation virus health -20H00 GMT) NEW VIDEO
US factory has 30 million N95 masks and does not find a buyer
MIAMI, USA: A Florida company that saw an opportunity in the N95 mask shortage when the coronavirus pandemic began last year, now has 30 million unsold masks because it cannot find buyers in the United States.
(US Florida pandemic epidemic health masks – 17:00 GMT)
In Turkey, medical personnel overcome the weather and mistrust to vaccinate in the mountains
IMAMLI, Turkey: In remote villages in the Turkish mountains, Dr. Sergan Saracoglu, with his briefcase full of syringes, faces a double challenge in inoculating the covid vaccine to older people: extreme weather and recalcitrant ancestral beliefs.
(Turkey pandemic virus health vaccines epidemic – 18h30 GMT)
Facebook announces it will restrict news sharing in Australia
WASHINGTON: Facebook to restrict the sharing of news content in Australia, in retaliation for a bill that seeks to force the social media giant to share its revenues with the media.
(USA Australia computing internet Facebook – Now available)
Thousands of protesters demand justice in case of femicide in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES: Thousands of people gathered on Wednesday in front of the courthouse in Buenos Aires to demand justice for Úrsula Bahillo, a young woman allegedly murdered by her ex-partner, a police officer, in a case that shakes Argentina.
(Argentina homicide justice sexism demonstrations – Now available)
Hundreds of Haitian migrants have been stranded on the Brazil-Peru border for six days
IÑAPARI, Peru: Some 450 migrants, mostly Haitians, spent six days stranded on Wednesday trying unsuccessfully to enter Peru from Brazil over a border bridge in the Amazon, guarded by the military and police, observed an AFP reporter.
(Peru Haiti Brazil migration – Now available)
NATO seeks to define its new relations with Washington
BRUSSELS: NATO began a review of its relations with the new US government with an agenda loaded with issues of extreme sensitivity, such as the exit from Afghanistan, the eternal budget problems and the aggravation of tensions with Turkey.
(NATO US defense diplomacy – now available)
Kites in the sky to celebrate 400 years of the largest neighborhood in Venezuela
CARACAS: The Caracas neighborhood of Petare, the largest in Venezuela and with a very poor population, celebrated 400 years of its founding with dozens of children flying kites of “hope”.
(Venezuela poverty society – Now available) NEW VIDEO
Seiko Hashimoto, politician and Olympic medalist, takes reins of Tokyo-2020 after sexist scandal
TOKYO: The Japanese Minister of the Olympic Games, Seiko Hashimoto, 56, was appointed this Thursday as president of the organization committee of the Tokyo 2020 Games, replacing Yoshiro Mori, who had to resign last Friday after having made some sexist comments that had caused a major scandal.
(Oly sexism pandemic government Health Japan epidemic JPN 2021 2020 virus – 16H30 GMT)
Tourist town of Cuba returns to sow the land in the absence of travelers
VIÑALES, Cuba: At the foot of the magical rocky elevations of Viñales, the terraces of the restaurants and the lodgings look empty. The incipient prosperity of this Cuban people stopped with the covid-19, forcing many to leave their jobs in tourism to return to work the land. SUBTITLED VERSION
(Cuba epidemic health tourism agriculture pandemic – Now available)
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