Stories for January 2020

Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:14 UTC
Mexican National Guard fires tear gas to prevent migrant caravan crossing from Guatemala

Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to force their way into Mexico on Monday by crossing the river that divides the country from Guatemala, prompting the National Guard to fire tear gas.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:06 UTC
Boris Johnson loses votes in the Lords over Brexit legislation

The government of Boris Johnson lost three votes in the Lords over its Brexit legislation - its first defeats since the election. Peers supported calls for EU nationals to be given a physical document as proof they have the right to live in the UK after it leaves the bloc.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:58 UTC
Johnson hosts summit with African leaders to boost trade and pledges fairer migration

Prime Minister Boris Johnson told African leaders on Monday that Britain would be more open to migrants from their continent after Brexit as he hosted a summit intended to boost trading ties.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:51 UTC
European top clubs destabilizing effects, warns La Liga president

La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned Europe's top clubs of the destabilizing effect seeking further riches through a revamped Champions League or FIFA's new Club World Cup will have on national leagues.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:43 UTC
New Coronavirus strain human-to-human transmission confirmed; fears for Chinese New Year celebrations

A SARS-like virus that has spread across China and reached three other Asian nations is contagious between humans, a government expert said, and the World Health Organization announced that a key emergency committee would meet this week to discuss the infections. The news came as Wuhan health authorities reported on Tuesday that a fourth person had died of the coronavirus.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:34 UTC
More than 470 million currently unemployed or underemployed, warns UN

More than 470 million people worldwide are currently unemployed or underemployed, the UN said on Monday, warning that a lack of access to decent jobs was contributing to social unrest. The global unemployment rate has remained relatively stable over much of the past decade, according to the UN's International Labour Organization.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:25 UTC
Panama begins exhuming a mass grave from the 1989 invasion by the US

Authorities in Panama on Monday began exhuming a mass grave containing the remains of unknown civilians killed during the 1989 US invasion of the Central American country. The move follows a decades-long effort by families of missing people to identify remains buried in a common grave in the capital's Jardin de Paz cemetery.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:18 UTC
Brazil's Embraer studying to launch a turboprop aircraft to compete with Franco-Italian ATR

Brazilian planemaker Embraer is in the advanced stages of studying the launch of a new turboprop aircraft to be developed through a venture it is planning with Boeing, subject to necessary approvals, a top executive said on Monday.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:11 UTC
Venetians in rowing boats protest against giant cruise ships “making waves”

Hundreds of people in small rowing boats protested in front of Venice's St Mark's Square over the weekend to denounce what they say is a proliferation of motor boats that have crowded the waters of the lagoon city.
Monday, January 20th 2020 - 15:59 UTC
Interview: “Pepe” Gómez, the Uruguayan big wave surfer who rubs shoulders with surfing legends

The surfer “Pepe” Gomez slid this week what may be the biggest wave ever surfed by an Uruguayan. He did it in Nazaré, Portugal, where a submarine valley creates the necessary conditions to break a worldwide known wave that reach up to 35 meters high.