Stories for June 2019

Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
US and China seem willing to reach a trade deal next Saturday in Osaka

United States president Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping was possible this weekend but he is prepared to impose U.S. tariffs on virtually all remaining Chinese imports if the two countries continue to disagree.
Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Giant squid filmed in the Gulf of Mexico, some 100 miles from New Orleans

On June 19, Nathan Robinson was on board a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, surveying footage taken by the Medusa, a deep sea camera system. Shrimp, jellyfish, lantern sharks—the usual suspects—floated across the screen. But then, something utterly unusual crept into view: a tubular creature that suddenly unfurled its tentacles, wrapping them around the Medusa. Robinson raced to alert his colleagues to what he thought he had seen: a giant squid.
Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 08:59 UTC
Impersonation of Kim Jong-un and Trump dining ahead of the G20 summit

The residents of Japan’s capital were treated to the extraordinary sight of Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un casually dining together, just days before the G20 summit in Osaka, only to realize the pair in question were uncanny lookalikes.
Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 08:50 UTC
Angela Merkel, despite Bayer anticipates the end of weed-killer glyphosate

The use of Bayer's contested weed-killer glyphosate, the subject of more than 10,000 lawsuits in the US over claims it causes cancer, will eventually die out, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the country's lower house on Wednesday.
Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 08:35 UTC
 Spanish and Portuguese vessels overfishing sharks in the North Atlantic, claims Greenpeace

Thousands of endangered sharks are killed each year in the North Atlantic due to a lack of protection against overfishing in international waters, Greenpeace said on Thursday .
Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 19:21 UTC
US$ 1.3 million found in a Venezuelan airplane in the Dominican Republic

Dominican authorities found 1,378,178 million dollars inside a private plane with Venezuelan registration. It is being investigated if the confiscated money was the product of an international drug trafficking transaction.
Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
C24 reiterates call for Argentina/UK negotiations on Falklands/Malvinas dispute

The United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24, reiterated its call on Argentina and the UK to resume bilateral negotiations for a “peaceful and long-lasting” solution to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.
Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Morabito jailbreak: the Calabria mafia boss paid his way out from Uruguay's police headquarters

Uruguay's prisons chief resigned on Tuesday in the wake of a sensational jailbreak by Italian mob boss Rocco Morabito, “Milan's cocaine king” that angered Rome, which was awaiting his extradition.
Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Lula's appeal to be freed delayed until at least August

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed until August its decision on an appeal by imprisoned former President Lula da Silva who argued he should be freed because leaked private messages showed that the judge who convicted him was not impartial.
Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Bolsonaro revokes a bill to loosen gun control laws

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday reversed a move to loosen gun control laws by presidential decree, in a strategic retreat after lawmakers pushed back on one of the far-right leader’s key campaign promises.