Stories for September 18th 2020

Friday, September 18th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Latin America resuming normal social and public life too soon, warns WHO

Latin America has started to resume normal social and public life at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic still requires major control interventions, World Health Organization regional director Carissa Etienne warned.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 09:36 UTC
The attraction of oil: first ever US Secretary of State visit to Suriname and Guyana

Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first US secretary of state to visit Guyana and Suriname as the discovery of oil fuels a sudden new interest in the small South American nations.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:56 UTC
Biden warns UK must honor Northern Ireland Good Friday 1998 peace agreement

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned the United Kingdom that it must honour Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement as it withdraws from the European Union or there would be no separate U.S. trade deal.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Falklands new port: contractors unveil details of the major infrastructure project

The planned new port for the Falkland Islands to be constructed at Stanley Harbor was analyzed during a presentation this week to members of the public in the Town Hall, by a team from BAM Nuttall and Royal Haskoning, the companies responsible for the planning and construction of the project.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
World Bank chief economist estimates five years for economic recovery from the pandemic

The global economic recovery from the crisis originated by the coronavirus pandemic may take as much as five years, the World Bank's chief economist Carmen Reinhart said on Thursday.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:42 UTC
Racial and ethnic minorities suffer the most adult obesity in the US

Adult obesity is rising in the United States, with a greater impact on racial and ethnic minorities, a US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) report showed, at a time when the health condition is seen causing heightened risk for severe COVID-19.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Falklands: Standard Chartered Bank donates £12,000 from its Covid-19 assistance fund

Standard Chartered has announced further details on how the Bank is providing both short-term relief, and longer-term assistance, to communities across its British, European and American markets via the Bank’s recently launched US$ 50 million Covid-19 global charitable fund.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:32 UTC
UN food chief calls on billionaires to save 30 million people at risk of dying

United Nations food chief David Beasley called on the world's billionaires on Thursday to step up to help save about 30 million people he said are at risk of dying if they don't receive help from the World Food Programme.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Michigan state sprayed to contain outbreak of Eastern Equine Encephalitis

After months of trying to contain the coronavirus pandemic, officials in Michigan intensified their fight on Thursday against a different and potentially deadlier disease: Eastern equine encephalitis, a brain infection transmitted by mosquitoes.