Stories for May 2020

Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:31 UTC
Spread of coronavirus threatening Brazilian slaughterhouses

Brazilian food company BRF SA said the potential closure of slaughterhouses due the spread of the novel coronavirus at meat production sites would make it impossible to keep output at current levels.
Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Spain will open gradually to tourism, beginning with European countries

Spain will open gradually to tourism this summer, starting with European countries, and will ensure visitors only go to areas that have the coronavirus under control, Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said.
Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:18 UTC
WHO alerts on tobacco industry exploitation of children and young people

The World Health Organization is launching on Friday a new kit for school students aged 13-17 to alert them to the tobacco industry tactics used to hook them to addictive products. Every year the tobacco industry invests more than US$ 9 billion to advertise its products.
Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:09 UTC
Falklands commemorates 38th anniversary of Goose Green battle and liberation

The Falkland Islands Governor, members of the elected government and public in general will be participating this Friday morning in the commemoration of the liberation of Goose Green settlement 38 years ago. However because of the Covid-19 pandemic the ceremony will be a shorter service to mark the occasion.
Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:04 UTC
Falklands drafting “prudent” budget with no proposal to increase fees and charges

The Falkland Islands Government this week unveiled plans for a “prudent” budget that maintains the current levels of expenditure but does not propose any increase in fees and charges. The budget aims to keep the current levels of service delivery but shies away from major investments or increases in operating costs.
Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:56 UTC
Sea turtles spotted next to Rio's coastal airport as flights drops dramatically

Sea turtles have been spotted swimming amid garbage next to an airport in Brazil’s tourist hotspot of Rio de Janeiro, as the scream of jet engines that would normally keep them away has been largely silenced due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:46 UTC
Rioting in US Twin Cities following the death by police of a handcuffed black man

Authorities in Minneapolis and its sister city St Paul got reinforcements from the National Guard on Thursday as they girded for fresh protests and violence over the shocking police killing of a handcuffed black man.
Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:33 UTC
German economy to shrink 6,6% this year but rebound 10,2% in 2021

The German economy is likely to shrink by 6.6% this year as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic before growing by 10.2% in 2021, the Ifo Institute said on Thursday in its latest update.
Friday, May 29th 2020 - 07:25 UTC
Johnson, under growing pressure over Cummings issue, announces easing of lockdown conditions

The coronavirus lockdown will ease next week for most of Britain's population, Boris Johnson announced on Thursday, as a row persisted over the prime minister's closest adviser taking a long-distance journey during lockdown.
Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 09:29 UTC
IDB US$ 1,7bn loan for Uruguay to address the Covid-19 pandemic

Uruguay's Economy minister Azucena Arbeleche confirmed that the Inter American Development Bank had awarded the country a 1,7bn dollars soft loan to address the sanitary, social and economic emergency as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.