MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 23rd 2020
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Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:23 UTC
Peruvian city prays to the Virgin of Socorro, flown in a police helicopter, for the end of coronavirus
Every five years, a statue of the Virgin of Socorro is paraded through the streets of Peru’s third-largest city, Trujillo. But this year, the coronavirus lockdown meant the city’s patron saint could not make her rounds as usual.
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Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Soros warns EU survival threatened unless it issues perpetual bonds to prop weak members
George Soros, the billionaire financier, has cautioned that the European Union's survival was threatened by the novel coronavirus unless it could issue perpetual bonds or “consols” to help weak members such as Italy.
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Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Falklands announces the appointment of a new Director of Education
The Falkland Islands Government announced the appointment of Marie Horton as the new Director of Education, taking up her position from the 27 May 2020. Ms Horton is an experienced education professional and holds an initial degree from Cardiff University, a Master’s degree from Bristol University and has undertaken further professional qualifications from Liverpool Hope University.
