Updated on 10/14/2021 10:24 am China affirmed that it opposes “any kind of political manipulation” on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday the composition of a new committee to continue investigating how COVID emerged. 19. This new committee, called the Scientific Advisory Group on the Origin […]
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Global supply chain of raw materials and inputs suffers widespread blockages
The global supply chain for inputs and raw materials is stagnant, forcing factories to close and causing operational problems at ports. Shortages punish global growth, as the IMF recalled this week. But where are the missing products and why? Raw material shortage “Raw materials still come mainly from emerging countries where managing the pandemic has […]
Booster vaccine combination raises antibodies: study
Updated on 10/14/2021 04:23 am The combination of vaccines against COVID produces as many or more antibodies as the use of it vaccine as reinforcement, according to preliminary results of a highly anticipated trial sponsored by the Government of USA. The trial is the first major US study comparing the effects of using different vaccines […]
Sebastián Piñera, a skilled businessman surpassed by a turbulent Chile
The president of Chile, Sebastian PiñeraA skilled and millionaire businessman, he was at a crossroads in the final stretch of his second government, marked by a social outbreak, an economic and health crisis, and now engulfed in uncertainty by an impeachment process. At 71 years of age, Piñera, owner of an estimated net worth of […]
Russia says its single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine is 70% effective against delta variant
Updated 10/13/2021 09:42 am The developers of the single-dose Russian anti-COVID Sputnik Light vaccine claimed that the preparation is 70% effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus three months after inoculation. The Gamaleya Center, which developed the vaccine – it is the first dose of the Sputnik V vaccine – and the Direct Investment […]
WHO appoints a committee of 26 experts to investigate the origin of COVID-19
Updated 10/13/2021 09:33 am The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the composition of its new Scientific Advisory Group on the Origin of New Pathogens (SAGO), in which the Cuban epidemiologist María Guzmán, along with 25 other experts, will have the mission of continuing to investigate how COVID-19 emerged, among other diseases. Along with Guzmán, from […]
IMF urges countries to “calibrate” their spending in the face of high debt
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged countries to “calibrate” their spending after debt burdens soared last year amid the pandemic. World debt in 2020, including public and private loans, “jumped 14%, to a record US $ 226 trillion,” according to the report “Fiscal Monitor” of the IMF. “A significant number of countries are in debt […]
OECD report: 22 million more unemployed due to corona pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has worse consequences for the labor market than the 2008 financial crisis. Women, young people and low-wage earners are hardest hit. This emerges from the OECD report on labor markets, which has now been published in Paris. 22 million fewer jobs In the 38 OECD countries, the 2020 corona crisis cost 22 […]
Amazon: Founder Jeff Bezos gives up day-to-day business
On July 5th, exactly 27 years after the founding of Amazon, Jeff Bezos withdrew from the day-to-day business of his e-commerce multinational. The richest person in the world (Forbes (June 2021): 198.3 billion US dollars – 167.10 billion euros) is handing over the chairmanship to Andy Jassy, who previously led the cloud computing business in […]
“Annette” opens Cannes: Drama on the Côte d’Azur
The hall gets dark, the film starts, but the image on the screen remains black. Instead, a man’s voice speaks, English with a French accent. It demands absolute attention and silence, total concentration on the show that is about to start. “Even breathing cannot be tolerated,” she says. “Take another breath before you start.” And […]