Stories for 2020

Monday, June 8th 2020 - 11:17 UTC
Chile reviews deaths' database, resulting in an increase in Covid 19 fatalities

Chile revised its death toll linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak sharply higher on Sunday, adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been included.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 11:09 UTC
La Liga on Thursday with virtualized fans and audio for the international market

La Liga will use virtual images of stands in television broadcasts with added 'fan audio', produced by the makers of the FIFA video game when it returns to action on Thursday
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 10:59 UTC
Infantino preparing FIFA for the new normality

FIFA president Gianni Infantino called for discussions over proposals to introduce salary and transfer fee caps to football in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. World football's governing body intends to finalize plans in the coming weeks for a financial relief package following the economic damage caused to the sport by the global health crisis.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 09:12 UTC
Hong Kong: Japan drops out from a US, UK, Australia and Canada critical statement of Beijing

Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries involved
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Colin Powell criticizes the Republican party and announces he will vote for Biden

Colin Powell, who served as the United States' top military officer and top diplomat under Republican presidents, said on Sunday he will vote for Democrat Joe Biden, accusing Donald Trump of drifting from the US Constitution and Republicans of failing to hold him accountable.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 08:18 UTC
Kiwi relief operation for a longliner operating in Falklands/South Georgia zone

A New Zealand fishing boat has set off on what is quite possibly the longest and most expensive ride. It's gone to pick up 15 New Zealanders who've been fishing for toothfish halfway around the world off South Georgia.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:42 UTC
Bolsonaro limits information on the epidemic in Brazil, “...they don't reflect the moment the country is in”

Brazil removed from public view months of data on its coronavirus epidemic on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro defended delays and changes to official record-keeping of the world's second-largest Covid19 outbreak.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:33 UTC
Brazilians protest death of a black boy, son of a maid, entrusted to her white employer

Hundreds of Brazilians marched on Friday over the death of a black boy whose mother, a maid, had entrusted him to her white employer, in an echo of the protests sweeping across the US.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:25 UTC
End of Antarctic summer season: BAS staff and construction teams finally make it back to the UK

Almost a month after deciding on the repatriation operation, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research and support teams are returning from Antarctica to UK after a 20-day sea voyage onboard a charter ship and the Royal Research Ship (RRS) James Clark Ross. On Saturday the MS Hebridean Sky arrived at Portsmouth International, and this Tuesday RRS James Clark Ross is expected at Harwich Port.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:12 UTC
Hot winter in Brazil: rival demonstrations for and against Bolsonaro in main cities

Brazilians took to the streets in Sao Paulo and Brasilia for rival demonstrations on Sunday for and against President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been widely criticized over his response to the coronavirus pandemic.