Stories for February 2020

Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 10:07 UTC
Falklands fishing vessels briefed on coronavirus measures as new season begins

Fishing vessels are being briefed on their health obligations regarding novel coronavirus, as the new fishing season begins in the Falkland Islands. Border messaging was introduced last week for air and sea visitors to the Falklands, giving advice on what a person should do if they feel unwell during their time here.
Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:56 UTC
Suspects of journalist terrorist killing in Londonderry arrested and charged

Police in Northern Ireland on Wednesday charged a middle-aged man with the 2019 murder of journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead during rioting in the city of Londonderry.
Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Eight malnourished children die in northern Argentina indigenous reservations

News of the death of at least eight extremely malnourished children in the province of Salta, in northwestern Argentina, has exposed a crisis of hunger of immense proportions in this country, an important exporter of food to the rest of the world. A seventh victim was an adult woman, who died giving birth.
Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:49 UTC
The first Coronavirus test kits sent by US health authorities were faulty

The number of test kits sent out by US health authorities to labs across the country to diagnose the deadly novel coronavirus is faulty, a senior official said on Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began shipping 200 test kits nationwide on Feb 5 to speed up the diagnosis of US cases of COVID-19, which currently number 13.
Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Investigation into French connection of killing of Maltese journalist

French justice officials have opened an investigation in connection with the 2017 killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia to determine if there was a French connection, they said on Wednesday.
Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 08:25 UTC
Francis dismisses proposal to allow married men to be ordained in Amazon region

Pope Francis, in one of the most significant decisions of his papacy, on Wednesday dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in the Amazon region to ease an acute scarcity of priests.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 11:24 UTC
Heathrow may fall behind Paris as Europe’s number 1 airport hub

Despite record-breaking start to the year at Heathrow, latest figures show that EU competitor, Charles de Gaulle, is growing at twice the rate and is set to overtake as Europe’s leading hub airport within the next 2 years.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:52 UTC
Argentine flatworm and predator Obama nungara, has become a plague of French gardens

One of the consequences of globalization is the inadvertent human-mediated spread of invasive species. The presence of a new invader, named Obama nungara, is reported in France by an international team led by Jean-Lou Justine of ISYEB (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France). This is the first study of this invasion, reported in an article published in the open-access journal PeerJ.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:45 UTC
Brazilian minister Guedes apologizes for calling state employees as “parasites”

Brazilian Economy Minister Paulo Guedes apologized on Monday for using the term “parasite” to describe state employees, risking a backlash as the government tries to push forward a bill that would reduce public sector costs and benefits.
Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 09:38 UTC
New chapter of the legal saga: Google will appeal a 2.4bn Euro penalty from the EU's antitrust regulator

Google and the EU have a big day in court on Wednesday as the search engine giant enters a new phase of a legal saga that began a decade ago. The Silicon Valley juggernaut is appealing a 2.4 billion Euro (US$2.6 billion) fine from 2017 that was the first in a series of major penalties from the European Commission, the EU's powerful anti-trust regulator.