Stories for August 2019

Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:35 UTC
Fierce leopard seals pack to feast on King penguins (*)

Some people don’t like sharing their food – we all have a friend who gets cranky when you steal a chip from their plate. For wild animals, this makes sense, because any food shared is energy lost that could otherwise have been used to pursue more food.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:35 UTC
Brazilian justice releases Batista once the country's richest man

A Brazilian judge ordered the release of ex-billionaire Eike Batista late Saturday after he was detained for violating the terms of his house arrest, local media reported.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:29 UTC
Germany will partially suspend funds to protect the Amazon forest

Germany will partially suspend funds sent to Brazil to finance projects aimed at preserving the Amazon forest due to increasing deforestation, Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:19 UTC
Fears that Salvini might pull Italy out of the European Union

Matteo Salvini, who has plunged Italy into turmoil by pulling out of a coalition government, could eventually take the country out of the EU, a former prime minister warned on Sunday.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:07 UTC
US identifies 17 Latin American countries as major drug transit and producing areas

President Donald Trump has warned he may take action against Mexico if it doesn't do more against drug trafficking. México is among the 22 major drug transit and drug-producing countries identified in a presidential memorandum released Thursday night by the White House.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 06:38 UTC
Oil prices down dragged by the China/US trade conflict

Oil prices fell on Monday, dragged down by an economic slowdown and worries about the Sino-U.S. trade war, which have led to a cut in the growth outlook for oil demand.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 05:55 UTC
Landslide victory for the opposition in Argentina: Macri's reelection undermined; challenging Monday for markets

President Mauricio Macri suffered a crushing defeat as Argentines voted in party primaries on Sunday ahead of October's general election. Given that all of the recession-hit country's major parties have already chosen their presidential candidates, the primaries effectively served as a nationwide pre-election opinion poll.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 05:43 UTC
Joint Falklands/UK/Argentina scientific fisheries cruise in September

Argentina and the Falkland Islands will be involved in a scientific assessment cruise of Southern Bluewitting stocks beginning next 9 September. The cruise, the second this year, will take place in the Argentine state of the art scientific vessel “Victor Angelescu”, belonging to the Mar del Plata based Fisheries Investigation and Development Institute, INIDEP.
Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
On Sunday 33.8 million Argentines will decide if they still believe in populism

Argentines are facing what is probably the tightest presidential race since the return of the country’s democracy in 1983 with conservative President Mauricio Macri facing an opposition ticket including ex-President Cristina Fernández, and the primary elections Sunday are expected to provide a hint of who might win October’s vote.
Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 08:05 UTC
Eat less, poop every other day, suggests Bolsonaro, if you want to save the world

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggested on Friday that people “poop every other day” as a way to save the environment after he came under fire for a surge in deforestation of the Amazon since he came to power.