Stories for June 29th 2020

Monday, June 29th 2020 - 18:32 UTC
Sea ice in the Weddell Sea has decreased by one million sq kilometers in five years

Scientists have discovered that summer sea ice (*) in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica has decreased by one million square kilometres – an area twice the size of Spain – in the last five years, with implications for the marine ecosystem. The findings are published this month in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:55 UTC
COVID-19 could crush Argentina’s shale boom

By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com – Holding some of the largest shale oil and gas reserves in the world, Argentina is often cited as the likely candidate for the next big shale boom, and Vaca Muerta is often described as having the potential to be South America’s Permian basin.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:30 UTC
Chile's Covid 19 death toll has risen to 5,509, including 162 reported on Sunday

Chile on Sunday reported a total of 271,982 coronavirus infections since the outbreak began in the country, and 4,216 in the last 24 hours, of which 12 correspond to the Magallanes region in the extreme south of the country.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:29 UTC
Massive support in Brazil for democracy, and only 10% for a military dictatorship

Some 75% of Brazilians support the country's current democracy, a poll by Datafolha released on Sunday showed, while just 10% of citizens support a dictatorship, the highest and lowest levels of support for the two forms of government in at least 30 years.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:28 UTC
Facebook advertising boycott campaign preparing to expand to major companies in Europe

Organizers of a Facebook advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global to increase pressure on the social media company to remove hate speech. The new chapter comes when PepsiCo had decided to stop advertising on Facebook Inc, according to Fox Business News.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:25 UTC
Controversy deepens in Rio de Janeiro following the re-opening of the football season

The Rio de Janeiro state football championship restarted once again on Sunday as Botafogo - one of the clubs opposed to what they see as a premature resumption of top-level football - took the field with a banner protesting the decision.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:09 UTC
Britain's most senior civil servant stands down

Britain's most senior civil servant, Mark Sedwill, told Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday he would stand down as cabinet secretary and national security adviser.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 09:21 UTC
Oklahoma shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for Chapter 11 protection

Chesapeake Energy Corp filed for Chapter 11 on Sunday, becoming the largest US oil and gas producer to seek bankruptcy protection in recent years as it bowed to heavy debts and the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on energy markets.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 07:47 UTC
Rolling Stones threaten legal action against Trump's campaign for the use of one of their songs

British rock legends The Rolling Stones have threatened legal action against Donald Trump for the US president's use of their song You Can't Always Get What You Want at campaign rallies.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 07:41 UTC
The “little Spanish girl” who has been re-elected mayor of Paris

Anne Hidalgo, re-elected Paris mayor on Sunday, is a Spanish-born socialist who has waged a divisive but ambitious campaign to push cars out of the centre of the French capital. Hidalgo, 61, became in 2014 the first-ever woman to head the French capital's city hall that had once been the political springboard for late president Jacques Chirac.