Stories for August 2018

Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 21:21 UTC
Dengue viral infection fought off with special mosquitoes in Australian city

A deployment of special mosquitoes in Australia has for the first time protected an entire city from the viral infection dengue. The captive-bred mosquitoes were released in the city of Townsville, Queensland, where they mated with local mosquitoes.
Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 20:04 UTC
Bloody Sunday 1972 investigation is going ahead, confirms North Ireland police service

A senior detective has said police in Northern Ireland are legally obliged to investigate Bloody Sunday. This comes after the former head of the British Army urged the government to put a stop to the “macabre charade” that could see Northern Ireland veterans facing legal action.
Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 10:33 UTC
Pep Guardiola furious with Argentina for linking him as possible coach of the national team

Pep Guardiola has rejected stories linking him to the vacant job as Argentina coach following the country's disappointing performance at the World Cup.
Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:53 UTC
Monsanto loses Roundup weed killer case and will have to pay US$ 289 million

A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay US$ 289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company's popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease.
Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:37 UTC
'K notebooks' corruption: companies won't be punished for what employees may have done

The Argentine government will allow companies whose officials are named in a corruption probe to continue work on existing projects and to bid for new ones. Contracts will be honored and companies won’t be punished for what employees may have done, Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich said in an interview in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:13 UTC
Black Friday for Argentina: dollar climbs 3.86% and sovereign credit risk reaches 700 points

Argentina’s peso closed down 3.86% on Friday and the stock market ended 1.44%, pressured by emerging markets turmoil, particularly in Turkey, and a corruption scandal that has touched some of the country’s top business leaders, traders said.
Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:02 UTC
Three more graves have names in the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin

Argentina confirmed on Friday the identification of three more soldiers fallen during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982, and whose remains rest in the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin in the Falkland Islands.
Friday, August 10th 2018 - 08:32 UTC
South West England voters back a second referendum on a Brexit deal

Voters in the South West of England back a second referendum on the Brexit deal by a margin of 42% to 35%, according to a new poll. The poll, for the People’s Vote campaign, was released ahead of a day of action by the group across the region on Saturday, culminating in a rally in Bristol.
Friday, August 10th 2018 - 08:26 UTC
Brazil farmers criticize law establishing minimum truck freight rates

Brazil’s President Michel Temer signed into law a bill authorizing the government to set minimum truck freight prices, drawing criticism from farm groups who said the measures would drive up costs for food.
Friday, August 10th 2018 - 07:55 UTC
Insurance industry predicts a “nightmare scenario” in a no-deal Brexit

A no-deal Brexit would be a “nightmare scenario” for the insurance industry and must be avoided “at all costs” to safeguard the future of the sector, a new report has warned.The report by global law firm Kennedys said that slow progress in Brexit negotiations has forced many insurance companies to draw up – and in some cases implement – plans to move part of their business out of the UK, with Dublin a favored destination.