Stories for June 9th 2020

Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:59 UTC
Brazil central bank survey shows economy forecasted to contract 6,5% this year

The outlook for Brazil’s economy deteriorated for a 17th week in a row, with Latin America’s largest economy now expected to shrink by 6.5% this year, a central bank survey of economists showed on Monday.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:57 UTC
Basic stats on world fisheries: fish consumption reached a record 20,5 k per capita

Worldwide per capita fish consumption has reached a new record of 20.5 kilograms per year and is poised to increase further in the decade ahead, underscoring its critical role in global food and nutrition security.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:49 UTC
Brazil anticipates 40% fall in sales of cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses, this year

Brazil's National Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Anfavea), predicts a 40% drop for the sale of the set of new vehicles, composed of cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses in 2020.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:44 UTC
“I ask all Member States to commit to protecting 30% of our blue planet by 2030”

On World Oceans Day we recall that life underwater is essential to life on land. The ocean produces half of the oxygen we breathe. As a major heat and carbon sink, the ocean plays a fundamental role in mitigating climate change. The ocean also provides food for billions around the world.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:09 UTC
”On this World Oceans Day, we focus on Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean

The COVID-19 pandemic is a sharp reminder of how we are all intimately connected -- to each other and to nature. As we work to end the pandemic and build back better, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity – and responsibility -- to correct our relationship with the natural world, including the world’s seas and oceans.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 10:38 UTC
Prince Andrew can't get rid of Epstein's curse

The U.S. prosecutors and attorneys for Britain’s Prince Andrew sniped at one another across the Atlantic on Monday, each saying the other side was to blame for the duke’s failure to participate in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking probe.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 08:14 UTC
Argentina's economy could contract 9,5% in 2020, according to central bank poll

Argentina’s economy is seen shrinking 9.5% in 2020, according to a monthly poll of analysts by the central bank released on Friday, compared with an estimated 7% decline in the previous survey, as the activity gets walloped by a nationwide lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 08:12 UTC
Jacinda declares NZ free of Covid 19 and lifts all social and economic restrictions

New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls after declaring on Monday it was free of the coronavirus, one of the first countries in the world to return to pre-pandemic normality.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Mexican NAFTA negotiator, candidate for director general of WTO

Mexico is set to propose senior trade official Jesus Seade, who helped rework the North American Free Trade Agreement, as a candidate to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), government sources said.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 07:53 UTC
Germany considers “unacceptable” Trump's decision to withdraw 9,500 troops

Germany’s coordinator for transatlantic ties has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany. Trump has ordered the U.S. military to remove 9,500 troops from Germany, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.