Stories for 2020

Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:58 UTC
Growing opinion in US that China's coronavirus figures are a “major cover-up operation”

President Donald Trump cast doubt on Wednesday on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US lawmakers, citing an intelligence report, accused Beijing of a cover-up.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:55 UTC
Antarctica some 90 million years ago was a temperate, swampy rainforest

Antarctica is now a harsh land of ice and snow but has not always been that way. Earth's southernmost continent long ago was home to temperate, swampy rainforests teeming with life, scientists said on Wednesday based on pristinely preserved forest soil they retrieved by drilling under the seafloor off Antarctica's coast.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:51 UTC
Carnival Cruises raises US$ 6,25bn in new debt and equity but at very high cost

Carnival Corp, the world's largest cruise operator, said it has raised US$6.25 billion by issuing new debt and equity on Wednesday, borrowing at a high cost to weather the economic storm of the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:50 UTC
US unemployment claims expected at record high: 80% Americans under some form of lockdown

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits likely shot to a record high for a second week in a row as more jurisdictions enforced stay-at-home measures to curb the coronavirus pandemic, which economists say has pushed the economy into recession.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:49 UTC
Two US babies coronavirus deaths surprise the medical community

A six-week-old infant has died of complications relating to COVID-19, the governor of the US state of Connecticut said on Wednesday, in one of the youngest recorded deaths from the virus. Governor Ned Lamont tweeted that the newborn was “brought unresponsive to a hospital late last week and could not be revived”.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:42 UTC
Falklands with normal stocks of items and supply shipping services confirmed

The Falkland Islands Government, FIG, confirmed on Wednesday that the normal shipping services supplying goods to the Islands remain in place and understand that major suppliers are expecting new stock to arrive in April as planned.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:38 UTC
Falklands' hospitalized child tested coronavirus negative and is off ventilator

The Falkland Islands hospital, KEMH reported on Wednesday that there are no Coronavirus tested positive cases, and the young child on a ventilator with symptoms of the virus, based on the results received from the UK, is free of the disease.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:36 UTC
Mitigating impacts of Covid-19 on food trade and markets

The following is the statement by FAO's chief Qu Donguy, WHO's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyseus and WTO's director-general Roberto Azevedo.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 07:16 UTC
Australia to check some 9.000 crew in cruise ships stranded near Sydney

Australian police and military will soon begin flying doctors to several cruise ships stranded near Sydney to assess nearly 9,000 crew for COVID-19, officials said on Thursday.
Thursday, April 2nd 2020 - 06:00 UTC
Falklands Community Volunteers launches program in support of those in self isolation

The Falkland Islands Government Community Volunteers program is attracting strong support. Coordinator Vicky Collier says 26 people contacted the team on just its first day. The purpose of the volunteer's problem is to help those who are currently self-isolating.