MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 12th 2020
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Friday, June 12th 2020 - 10:09 UTC
Brazil death toll climbs to 40,000 and could overtake Britain this Friday
Brazil has surpassed 40,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 800,000 cases, according to the latest figures from the health ministry on Thursday. The news came as the number of Latin American cases of the virus broke through the 1.5 million barrier.
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Friday, June 12th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Fallout from pandemic could plunge 395 million people into extreme poverty
The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty and swell the total number of those living on less than US$1.90 a day worldwide to more than 1 billion, researchers said in a report on Friday.
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Friday, June 12th 2020 - 09:51 UTC
Gibraltar residents able to cross the frontier into Spain
Gibraltar confirmed hat following direct contact between the Chief Minister and the Spanish Minister of the Interior, residents of Gibraltar and EU residents of Gibraltar are now able to cross the frontier into Spain.
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Friday, June 12th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
UK sales of beer slump to the lowest on record, claims Pub Association
UK sales of beer have slumped to the lowest level on the record because of the coronavirus outbreak, trade industry body the British Beer and Pub Association said on Thursday.
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Friday, June 12th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
UK economy contracted 20,4% in April, according to Stats Office
The UK economy shrank by 20.4% in April, according to figures outlined by the Office for National Statistics on Friday morning.
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Friday, June 12th 2020 - 07:08 UTC
“Falkland Facts and Fallacies”, a new contribution to the Falklands' debate
By historian David Tatham (*) - This book by Graham Pascoe describes itself as a refutation of a work by two Argentine lawyers, Professor Marcelo Kohen and Facundo Rodríguez – and that is just what it is.
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Friday, June 12th 2020 - 05:39 UTC
Uruguay: Minister Ernesto Talvi agrees to leave the Foreign Ministry
The Uruguayan chancellor would be the first cabinet minister chaired by Luis Lacalle Pou to leave office. Although he will not do so immediately, since he announced this Thursday that he has not yet submitted any resignation, Talvi met last Tuesday with the president to agree to his departure from the executive power.
