Stories for 2020

Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:43 UTC
Wall Street at record highs on housing data and hopes of a global rebound

Wall Street climbed to record highs on Friday, with major indexes turning in their strongest weekly gains since August, after strong U.S. housing data and signs of resilience in the Chinese economy raised hopes of a rebound in global growth.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:41 UTC
US will screen travelers from Chinese city of Wuhan for symptoms of new respiratory virus

The United States will begin screening efforts at three U.S. airports to detect travelers from the central Chinese city of Wuhan who may have symptoms of a new respiratory virus that so far has killed two people and infected 45 more, public health officials said on Friday (Jan 17).
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Rare 1937 Edward VIII sovereign coin sold for one million pounds

A rare 1937 Edward VIII sovereign coin has been bought by a private collector for 1 million pounds (US$1.31 million), making it the most expensive British coin ever. The coin was one of six prepared by the Royal Mint when Edward became king in 1936 and was due to be mass produced for general circulation from Jan 1, 1937.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:24 UTC
Sect satanic ritual kills and tortures indigenous members in the Panama jungle

Seven people were killed in a bizarre religious ritual in a jungle community in Panama, in which indigenous residents were rounded up by about 10 lay preachers and tortured, beaten, burned and hacked with machetes to make them “repent their sins”, the authorities said on Thursday.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Mexico offers jobs to a Central America migrants' caravan heading for the US

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador offered 4,000 jobs Friday to migrants in a new caravan currently crossing Central America toward the United States.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 17:34 UTC
Chinese media warned not to “nitpick” the US/Beijing Phase 1 trade deal

Chinese state media on Thursday warned against any “nitpicking” as Beijing portrayed the Phase 1 trade deal with United States and its new commitments to massive purchases of US goods as a boon for China's economy.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 17:02 UTC
Falklands/South Georgia governments relation mutually beneficial, but MOU “has not been made public”

The relationship between the Falkland Islands Government and South Georgia Government “brings both direct and indirect benefit to the Falklands” assured Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI ) Chief Executive Helen Havercroft.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:11 UTC
Amazon deforestation soared 85% in twelve months of 2019, Brazil's Space Research

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in northern Brazil soared 85% in 2019, compared with the previous year, official data showed Tuesday. The 9,166 square kilometers cleared was the highest number in at least five years, according to Brazil's National Institute for Space Research.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:09 UTC
Third person dies of contaminated craft beer in Brazil

A third person has died in Brazil of suspected poisoning from a batch of craft beer contaminated with a toxic chemical used in antifreeze and other products, police in the state of Minas Gerais said on Thursday.
Friday, January 17th 2020 - 16:07 UTC
Honduran migrant column heading for US, but Mexico warns it won't let them through

US President Donald Trump has put Mexico and Central American nations under pressure to accept a series of migration agreements that aim to shift the burden of dealing with asylum-seekers on to them, and away from the United States.