Stories for November 28th 2020

Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Maradona: why the English can’t let go of the Hand of God and Latin Americans love it

By Matthew Brown, Professor of Latina American History, University of Bristol – The death of the greatest player in the history of the game of Association Football, Diego Armando Maradona, on November 25 produced an outpouring of grief and nostalgia around the world. He was such an important figure in his native Argentina that the president declared three days of mourning.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Brazilian municipal runoffs in 57 cities with plenty of “wild west” shooting and killings in campaigns

Brazilians return to the polls in 57 cities on Sunday for the runoffs of municipal elections that have seen surging violence involving assassinations and physical attacks on candidates.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:18 UTC
Major sanitary data leak in Brazil: personal records of 16 million patients infected with Covid-19 exposed

Personal details of millions of Brazilians infected with Covid-19 have been exposed after passwords to systems from the Ministry of Health (MoH) were openly published online, it has been revealed.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:18 UTC
Scottish leader anticipates an independence referendum earlier next year

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said an independence referendum that could wrench apart the United Kingdom after Brexit should take place in the earlier part of the devolved parliament’s next term, which begins next year.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:14 UTC
Europol busts Brazilian/European drug trafficking network: 52 tons of cocaine

Forty-five people have been arrested in a major international operation against a drug-trafficking network between Brazil and Europe, Europol announced on Friday. The European police agency also revealed that more than 52 tons of cocaine were also seized by law enforcement agencies.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Record unemployment in Brazil, 14,4% and underemployment, 30,3%

The number of registered Brazilians out of work and the national unemployment rate rose to the highest on record, official figures showed on Friday, as the easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures encouraged people to look for work again.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:04 UTC
British Overseas Territories and the Joint Ministerial Council

This week Penguin News gave up its editorial space to allow for the publication of a last-minute Op-ed from Wendy Morton MP, Minister responsible for the Falkland Islands in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, on the Joint Ministerial Council 2020
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
Australia's extreme heat wave with 40c temperatures announced for this weekend

Australia’s extreme weekend heatwave has begun, with temperatures set to soar to 40 centigrade and increase the risk of bushfires in some states. The Bureau of Meteorology has dubbed it “the most significant heat wave of the season yet” and said it will impact millions of Aussies.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 08:52 UTC
Producer inflation in Brazil rose 3,4% in October and 19,1% in twelve months

Producer price inflation in Brazil jumped to its highest on record in October, figures showed on Thursday, led by another month of rising food prices, which will likely stir the debate further on the wider outlook for inflation and interest rates.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 08:14 UTC
Iran's top nuclear scientist ambushed and killed: Teheran points to Israel and Trump

An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb program was killed in an ambush near Teheran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.