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16 million Brazilian Covid patients’ personal info leaked online
Healthcare records and personal information of 16 million Covid-19 patients in Brazil were found exposed online, according to media reports.
Exclusive: Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions
Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according...
Communists pay tribute to late leader Fidel Castro four years after his passing
Cuban artists and musicians on Wednesday gathered at the University of Havana's grand staircase to pay tribute to the country's late President...
Bus, truck collide head on, killing 40 in South East Brazil
A doubledecker bus transporting textile factory workers collided head on with a truck in southeastern Brazil's Sao Paulo state on Wednesday, killing...
Argentines bid farewell to Maradona as nation mourns flawed hero
Argentines lined up in the streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday to say goodbye to soccer great Diego Maradona, whose casket lay...
Chilean president calls for election of Constituent Assembly
The President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, signed a presidential decree that formally calls for the election of the members of a Constituent...
9 Million people to receive COVID vaccine in Ecuador next year
At least 9 million people will be vaccinated in Ecuador against COVID-19 early next year, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno said on Monday.
Brazil signs letter of intent to purchase five COVID vaccines
Brazil’s health ministry said on Sunday it will sign non-binding letters of intent to purchase coronavirus vaccines from four companies and Russia’s...
Violence erupts in Brazil after Black man beaten to death at Carrefour store
More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards...
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Hungarian deputy quits Fidesz after Brussels scandal, Orban says his acts ‘indefensible’
Hungarian politician Jozsef Szajer, who was conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s strongest voice in the European Parliament, resigned from his ruling party...
Azerbaijan says 2,783 of its soldiers killed in Karabakh conflict
Azerbaijan said on Thursday that 2,783 of its soldiers were killed during its conflict with ethnic Armenian forces over the enclave of...
Countryside chairman to step down after investor calls for ouster
British housebuilder Countryside Properties Plc said its Chairman David Howell would step down from the board in 2021 on Thursday, a day...
