MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 20th 2016
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Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 06:06 UTC
Scientists spot bright purple googly-eyed squid on Southern California ocean floor
Scientists scanning the rocky ocean floor off Southern California have spotted a bright purple, googly-eyed stubby squid. The creature, a stubby squid, was discovered by the Exploration Vessel Nautilus team after they placed a camera on a remote-operated vehicle and came across the iridescent cephalopod with giant round eyes.
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Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:54 UTC
July was the northern hemisphere hottest month in history of record- keeping
July is typically the hottest month for the globe in the northern hemisphere, and last month didn’t disappoint. But this time around, it was not only the hottest July on record, but the hottest month in the history of record-keeping.
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Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:40 UTC
Peru Supreme Court overturns sentence against ex president Fujimori for alleged diversion of public funds
Peru’s Judiciary overturned an eight-year sentence against former president Alberto Fujimori for alleged diversion of public funds to tabloids to facilitate his second re-election in 2000. The Supreme Court said in a ruling “there isn’t enough material evidence” to declare any criminal responsibility of Fujimori, who is serving another 25-year sentence in prison for crimes against humanity.
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Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:29 UTC
UK strongly supports innovative solutions for the Chilean mining sector
The British Embassy in Chile participated at the mining conference Medmin to strengthen the importance of British innovative solutions for the mining sector in a country which is highly dependent on minerals and is the world's leading exporter of copper.
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Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 01:50 UTC
Falklands allows return of abandoned Argentine yacht rescued in Islands waters last October
The Argentine flagged yacht “La Sanmartiniana” which was rescued in October 2015 while abandoned and adrift, by a Falkland Islands Fisheries Protection Vessel and towed to Stanley, where it has remained since waiting for claimants, has finally been released, after the Argentine group FIPCA complied with all the formalities for its recovery.
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Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 01:45 UTC
UN acknowledges role in the Haiti imported cholera epidemic that killed thousands
For the first time since a cholera epidemic believed to be imported by the United Nations peacekeepers began killing thousands of Haitians nearly six years ago, the office of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged that the United Nations played a role in the initial outbreak and that a “significant new set of U.N. actions” will be needed to respond to the crisis.
