Stories for April 2020

Monday, April 13th 2020 - 07:34 UTC
March 2020, the driest March in Falklands on record

March 2020 was the driest March on record according to data from the Met Office at Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands, with rainfall less than a third of the monthly average.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 07:27 UTC
Boris Johnson leaves hospital, thanks nurses, praises NHS, but ministers under fire as UK death toll is over 10.000

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left the hospital on Sunday and thanked the staff for saving his life from COVID-19, but his government was forced to defend its response to the coronavirus outbreak as the national death toll passed 10,000.
Monday, April 13th 2020 - 07:19 UTC
Portuguese president praises Porto nurse Luis who cared for Boris Johnson

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Sunday expressed his thanks to a Portuguese nurse who had tended to coronavirus-stricken British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care, according to a statement by the presidency.
Saturday, April 11th 2020 - 10:59 UTC
“Gracias Uruguay”: stranded “Greg Mortimer” Australian cruisers will be back on Easter Sunday

With a large improvised banner reading “Gracias Uruguay” (Thank you Uruguay) on starboard the COVID-19 infected “Greg Mortimer” finally docked in the port of Montevideo on Friday and at 22:00 Uruguay hour started the medical evacuation of over a hundred cruisers from Australia and New Zealand who are to be charter flown to Melbourne, and expected to arrive on Easter Sunday.
Saturday, April 11th 2020 - 10:20 UTC
China pledges support to Argentina in its fight against COVID-19

President Xi Jinping said China is ready to continue sharing COVID-19 prevention and control experience with Argentina and offering assistance within its capacity. Xi made the remarks in a recent exchange of messages with Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez.
Saturday, April 11th 2020 - 10:18 UTC
YPF slashes oil production 50% as consumption slumps and depots are overflowing

Argentina’s state-held energy firm YPF slashed by 50% the oil production from its key development area in the vast Vaca Muerta shale play this week due to tumbling fuel demand in Argentina’s lockdown, local news outlet Rio Negro reports.
Saturday, April 11th 2020 - 10:08 UTC
Argentina extends lockdown in urban areas until April 27

Argentina will extend until April 27 the lockdown it imposed last month to control the spread of the coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez said in a televised address on Friday, adding that the measure would be applied only in major cities.
Friday, April 10th 2020 - 15:50 UTC
UN agencies call on governments to condone debts of the poorest countries

More than 60 U.N. agencies and international organizations urged governments on Thursday to take immediate steps to address the unfolding global recession and financial crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the world’s poorest countries.
Friday, April 10th 2020 - 15:45 UTC
IMF sees emerging markets and low income nations as the most exposed to the coming recession

The International Monetary Fund sees the world economy suffering its worst recession since the Great Depression this year, with emerging markets and low-income nations in Africa, Latin America and Asia at particularly high risk.
Friday, April 10th 2020 - 15:37 UTC
Brazilian March inflation the lowest in 25 years, with several consumer items in deflation

Brazilian inflation slowed sharply in March, official figures showed on Thursday, falling to its lowest for that month in over quarter of a century as the new coronavirus crisis sapped demand for household goods and transport.