News of other countries

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Xi’s Olympic guest list is mostly leaders of non-democracies

03-02-2022 12:23 Chinese President Xi Jinping will host 21 world leaders at the Winter Olympics, and a majority of them preside over non-democratic regimes.

COP26 SUMMIT

COP26 ambassador: Climate action ‘can raise the profile of Latin America’

29-10-2021 21:49 Fiona Clouder, COP26 Regional Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, discusses the upcoming climate summit and its implications for the region.

by Fermín Koop, Diálogo Chino

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip United Nations climate talks

28-10-2021 13:01 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will skip climate talks in Glasgow next week and instead visit an Italian town awarding him honorary citizenship.

Environment: COP26

Brazil plans combative strategy for climate talks

26-10-2021 17:03 Jair Bolsonaro's government will pursue a confrontational negotiating strategy at the upcoming UN climate summit, renewing calls for other countries to pay Brazil to preserve the Amazon.

ENVIRONMENT

Emissions rise across the G20 after pandemic disruption

20-10-2021 15:47 New Climate Transparency report finds G20 climate action far from meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, as countries continue to rely on fossil fuels; Argentina projected to exceed 2019 emissions levels.

by Fermin Koop

COVID-19 VACCINES

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

17-05-2021 15:15 G7 and EU nations can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising their own objectives, UNICEF said Monday.

DEBT RELIEF

Mexico, Argentina urge debt relief for middle-income nations

08-04-2021 11:36 Mexico and Argentina call for international debt relief for middle-income countries home to many of the people pushed into extreme poverty by the coronavirus pandemic; IMF open to doing more to support nations hit hard by virus crisis.

Coronavirus Pandemic

EU vaccine export-vetting scheme: 5 things to know

24-03-2021 12:47 The EU's Covid-19 vaccine export vetting scheme means companies making vaccines in the EU must ask for approval to export doses to non-EU countries. But how does it work?

Abortion rights

Abortion becomes legal in Argentina as Chile starts a debate

15-01-2021 13:12 President Alberto Fernández signs bill allowing abortion until 14th week of pregnancy into law.

ABORTO RIGHTS

A look at abortion rights around the world

30-12-2020 10:44 After Argentina became one of only a handful of South American nations to legalise the process, here's a snapshot of the global situation.

INTERNATIONAL APPROACH

Wealth taxes and extraordinary contributions – how other nations handle it

21-11-2020 10:14 Worldwide Germany and France are the two most practical examples of that class of taxes labelled “solidarity."

AS I SEE IT

The coronavirus remains far from beaten

14-11-2020 08:56 Will life ever return to “normal”? After a fashion, it probably will, but the after-effects of the great pandemic which took the world by surprise and has yet to be mastered will be felt for many years to come.

by James Neilson

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Poorer nations face vaccine wait as West locks down supply

13-11-2020 14:17 While richer nations plan their vaccination programmes through the end of 2021, experts warn that poorer and developing countries face hurdles that could deny billions the first proven protection against the coronavirus.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Fernández tightens AMBA lockdown until July 17 amid virus surge

27-06-2020 07:36 Government cranks up coronavirus lockdown in capital, as Peronist leader calls on citizens in Buenos Aires metropolitan to respect restrictions and ‘return to isolation’ until July 17.