Stories for July 2019

Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:45 UTC
“Seabed Constructor” which discovered the ARA San Juan has located a French sub lost near Toulon in 1968

A French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean in 1968 has been located during a search mission, officials said on Monday, ending a 51-year wait for families of the deceased who continue to seek answers to the naval disaster.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:41 UTC
Canada to the rescue of thousands of migrating salmon blocked by a rockslide

 Canada is airlifting thousands of salmon upstream after a rockslide blocked the path of the migrating fish, triggering concerns of a permanent loss of fish populations, government officials said.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:40 UTC
UK pound down on fears of Johnson PM and a no deal exit from the EU

Expectations of policy easing by major central banks such as the Federal Reserve propped up global stocks on Tuesday, while the pound sagged as Britain braced for a new prime minister who could pave the way for a no-deal exit from the European Union.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Brazil seizes record volumes of cocaine, mostly in the Santos port hub

Brazil seized 25.3 tons of cocaine bound for Europe and Africa in the first half of 2019, up more than 90 percent on the same period last year, officials said on Monday. Nearly half of the drugs were found at Santos port in southern Brazil, not far from where police recently arrested two men suspected of belonging to Italian mafia 'Ndrangheta'.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Trump and Congress agree to suspend the debt limit until after the 2020 election

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a “compromise” bipartisan budget agreement has been reached that will boost federal spending by US$320 billion and suspend the debt limit beyond the next presidential election.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:31 UTC
Expelled German ambassador back in Caracas; Germany continues to recognize Guaidó

Germany's ambassador to Venezuela has returned after being expelled by President Nicolas Maduro's government in March over Berlin's backing of opposition leader Juan Guaido's claim to the presidency, the German embassy said on Monday.
Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 09:12 UTC
Ebola experimental vaccines trigger cabinet dispute in Congo

 Congo's health minister, Oly Ilunga, resigned on Monday in protest at the presidency's announcement last week that it was stripping his team of control over the response to the Ebola outbreak.
Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Bolsonaro again criticizes the state agency monitoring the Amazon forest

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro again criticized a state agency that monitors the Amazon, saying on Sunday that its latest report on increased deforestation damages Brazil’s reputation amid what he says is an “environmental psychosis” overseas about environmental protection in South America’s biggest nation.
Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Air incident over the Caribbean: Venezuelan fighter “aggressively shadows” US intelligence aircraft

A Venezuelan fighter jet “aggressively shadowed” an American intelligence plane over the Caribbean Sea, US defense officials said on Sunday, slamming the maneuver as “unprofessional.”
Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:52 UTC
More Iranian bulk carriers stranded in Brazil, since Petrobras refuses to refuel them fearing US sanctions

Two more Iranian bulk carriers that came to Brazil carrying urea and were expected to return home with corn could be left without enough fuel, as Brazil's Petrobras refuses to provide them with bunker fuel due to U.S. sanctions.