MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 29th 2016
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Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 14:28 UTC
World health experts call for Rio Olympics to be postponed or moved given Zika spread fears
More than 100 health experts have called for the Rio Olympic Games to be postponed or moved because of fears that the event could speed up the spread of the Zika virus around the world, according to a public letter published online.
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Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 14:18 UTC
British tourists target holidays in Spain and Portugal instead of Egypt and Tunisia
More British tourists are set to spend their summer holidays in Spain and Portugal as demand for sunshine breaks in Tunisia and Egypt declines over fears of violence, travel agents said. Trade body the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) cited figures showing that bookings to Portugal were up 29%, while Spain was up 26% and Cyprus increased 18% compared to last year.
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Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 13:06 UTC
Superbug in US: Doctors fear it could herald a post-antibiotic era
A superbug resistant to all known medications has been found in the United States for the first time, raising new concern about the dwindling effectiveness of antibiotics, the top US public health official said this week. . The case involved a 49-year-old woman in Pennsylvania whose urinary tract infection tested positive for a strain of E. coli that is resistant to the antibiotic of last resort for such infections, known as colistin.
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Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 12:58 UTC
Chile has cleared 140 of 194 minefields; by 2020 the territory should entirely free
Chile has cleared 72% of minefields in its territory, and expects to have finished the task by March 2020, according to the head of the country's De-mining Committee Army Colonel Rodrigo Ventura.
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Sunday, May 29th 2016 - 08:23 UTC
“Modern Times”, robots rapidly replacing workers in electronics factories
Apple and Samsung supplier Foxconn has reportedly replaced 60,000 factory workers with robots. One factory has “reduced employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000 thanks to the introduction of robots”, a government official told the South China Morning Star.
