Stories for June 2020

Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 07:50 UTC
Ocean floor topography to be completed by 2030; so far a fifth has been covered

Plans to map the entire ocean floor by 2030 are going ahead despite the challenges of the coronavirus crisis, officials leading the project said, with almost a fifth covered so far.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 07:43 UTC
London City Airport receives first commercial flight in three months

London City Airport received its first commercial flight in nearly three months on Sunday as Britain moved another step closer to fully emerging from its coronavirus lockdown on Jul 4.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 07:21 UTC
Reliance Industries chairman makes it to the top ten richest people of the world

Asia's richest man has entered a new league of wealth. The net worth of Mr. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, has jumped to US$64.5 billion, making him the only Asian tycoon in the exclusive club of the world's top 10 richest people, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Sunday, June 21st 2020 - 21:05 UTC
Colombian army frees tourists kidnapped three months ago by guerrillas

Colombia's army said on Friday it had freed a Swiss and a Brazilian kidnapped three months ago by suspected guerrillas.
Sunday, June 21st 2020 - 07:02 UTC
Waste water analysis in Europe advance the Covid 19 pandemic two/three months before fist reported cases

The coronavirus was already present in two large cities in northern Italy in December, over two months before the first case was detected, a national health institute study of waste water has found.
Sunday, June 21st 2020 - 06:57 UTC
Colgate-Palmolive reviewing name of Chinese “black person toothpaste”

Colgate-Palmolive said it was working to review and evolve its Chinese toothpaste brand, Darlie, the latest in a string of brand reassessments amid a US debate on racial inequality.
Sunday, June 21st 2020 - 06:40 UTC
Giant tortoises grown in captivity returned into the wild in Galapagos Islands

A group of giant tortoises who have lived in captivity for decades and helped rescue their species from the brink of extinction were released into the wild in the Galapagos Islands this week.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 11:05 UTC
Europe working with US on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization

European governments are working with the United States on plans to overhaul the World Health Organization, a top health official for a European country said, signalling that Europe shares some of the concerns that led Washington to say it would quit.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:20 UTC
Record breaking Brazil: over a million Covid-19 cases and 50,000 deaths

Brazil on Friday passed a total of more than 1 million COVID-19 cases, and nearly 50,000 deaths, according to Health Ministry data, in a new nadir for the world's second worst-hit country.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:19 UTC
Argentina extends deadline for bondholders to accept debt deal to July 24

Argentina extended a deadline for bondholders to accept a debt restructuring proposal for the fifth time as creditors blamed the government for “walking away” from talks.