Stories for 2020

Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:26 UTC
US russet potatoes farmers giving away production before next July crop

When Tina Yates pulled her truck up to a mall in western Washington state on Thursday, workers waved her past hundreds of cars waiting to pick up free russet potatoes.
Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:04 UTC
Chinese scientists detect coronavirus in the semen of infected men

Chinese scientists have detected coronavirus in the semen of infected men but further research will be needed to determine whether the virus can be sexually transmitted. The findings from a study of coronavirus patients at a Chinese hospital were published on Thursday in the JAMA Network Open medical journal.
Friday, May 8th 2020 - 08:01 UTC
Spanish La Liga football season could resume on 20 June

La Liga has refused to confirm Leganes coach Javier Aguirre's announcement that the Spanish soccer season will re-start on June 20 after being halted for more than three months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, May 8th 2020 - 07:41 UTC
Trump and Pence test negative as a White House valet comes down with the virus

United States President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence have tested negative for the novel coronavirus after a member of the US military who works at the White House as a valet came down with the virus.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 13:11 UTC
Venezuela television shows a captured US “terrorist” as part of a plot to oust Maduro

Venezuelan state television broadcast on Wednesday a video of captured American Luke Denman, in which he said he was instructed to seize control of Caracas' airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 13:10 UTC
Hundreds of activists in Buenos Aires demand food for soup kitchens

Several hundred activists blocked this week one of Buenos Aires' main avenues for hours to demand food for soup kitchens that feed hundreds of thousands in poor neighborhoods during the mandatory lockdown aimed at preventing the spread of the new coronavirus.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 13:09 UTC
Genetic analysis of COVID-19 samples suggest it is rapidly adapting to human hosts, UCL report

A genetic analysis of samples from more than 7,500 people infected with COVID-19 suggests that the new coronavirus spread quickly around the world late last year and is adapting to its human hosts, scientists said on Wednesday.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 13:04 UTC
Chile anticipates a glut of some 200.000/300.000 tons of copper in 2020

The global copper market is headed for a surplus of between 200,000-300,000 tons in 2020, the head of the miner Antofagasta told Chilean media, with operation halts at some mines offsetting depressed demand due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 13:01 UTC
Bank of England preparing new stimuli; economy could shrink 14% this year but bounce back 15% in 2021

The Bank of England said Britain could be headed for its biggest economic slump in over 300 years due to the coronavirus lockdown and kept the door open on Thursday for further stimulus.
Thursday, May 7th 2020 - 12:58 UTC
Chilean economy contracts 3.5% in March over a year ago

Chile’s economic activity dropped 3.5% in March from a year earlier, the central bank said. The bank’s IMACEC economic activity index declined 5.7% compared with the previous month, as the country went into an economic and social shutdown after the arrival in Chile of the new coronavirus.