Stories for July 2020

Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:48 UTC
OECD Investment Committee report helps Uruguay with its full membership incorporation

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Investments Committee has decided to support Uruguay's incorporation as full member of that committee. The decision follows a review by the Committee of Uruguayan investment policies.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
White House and Beijing on clash course over TikTok and WeChat applications, all info goes to “Chinese military servers”

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said on Sunday he expected President Donald Trump to act firmly against the TikTok and WeChat applications, amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. Trump last week had said he is considering banning the wildly-popular TikTok app as a way to punish China over the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Boris Johnson expected to announce staff should return to their working places

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell employers next week to start ordering staff back into their places of work, as long as it is safe to do so, in order to stem the coronavirus hit to the economy, the Daily Mail said.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:39 UTC
Copper prices hit their highest in two years, over a Chilean miners' strike

Shanghai copper hit its highest in nearly 25 months on Monday, while London copper scaled a 24-month high, on supply worries from top producer Chile due to a potential strike at a mine.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:06 UTC
Bolsonaro's wife and two daughters test negative for the virus

Michelle Bolsonaro, the wife of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who is sick with the new coronavirus, said on Saturday that she and her two daughters had tested negative for the virus.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:01 UTC
Despite Bolsonaro's pledges, Amazon deforestation continues to increase

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June, preliminary government data on Friday showed, heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro who is under fire for worsening destruction of the rainforest on his watch.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Bolivian president is “asymptomatic” after testing positive for Covid 19 on Thursday

Bolivia's interim leader Jeanine Anez is self-isolating but is “asymptomatic” after testing positive for the coronavirus, her personal doctor announced on Friday. The 53-year-old, a candidate the September 6 presidential elections, is isolating in the official residence in La Paz, Andrei Miranda told Bolivia's Cadena A television.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Medical experts disagree on air transmission of coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed a clash among medical experts over disease transmission that stretches back nearly a century - to the very origins of germ theory. The Geneva-based World Health Organization acknowledged this week that the novel coronavirus can spread through tiny droplets floating in the air, a nod to more than 200 experts in aerosol science who publicly complained that the UN agency had failed to warn the public about this risk.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Venezuelan oil minister tests positive for Covid-19

Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami has tested positive for COVID-19, he said on Twitter on Friday, a day after the leader of the socialist party, Diosdado Cabello, tested positive for the virus as well.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Cruise Lines react to Foreign Office's guidance on travel for the over 70 or underlying conditions

Cruise lines have responded to new Foreign Office guidance which advises those aged over 70 and those with underlying health conditions not to go on cruises. Many have are contacting customers affected and offering further cruise credit.