Entertainment

• Tuesday, July 28th 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  US Postal Service commemorates Bugs Bunny 80th birthday with Forever stamps

  

  The United States Postal Service issued the Bugs Bunny commemorative Forever stamps this Monday, the character's 80th birthday. The Bugs Bunny stamps were dedicated in a virtual ceremony and are now being sold at US Post Office locations and online at usps.com/bugsbunny80

• Monday, July 27th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro cancels New Year's samba celebrations on Copacabana Beach

  

  The annual New Year's Eve celebrations which traditionally see millions of people gathered on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro have been cancelled this year as Brazil grapples with surging coronavirus infections, city authorities said.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  F1 Grand Prix scraps this year the Americas and includes three European races

  

  The Grand’s Prix in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Canada have been scrapped this year but three races in Europe have been added to the coronavirus-affected season, Formula One said on Friday.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Sao Paulo postpones 2021 Carnival celebrations because of the coronavirus

  

  Sao Paulo, the biggest city in South America, postponed its 2021 Carnival celebrations on the same day that Formula One scrapped its next planned race here, underlying the enduring effects policymakers expect the coronavirus pandemic to have on Brazil.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 06:52 UTC

  Paraguayan football resumes on Tuesday following a four month virus shutdown

  

  Paraguayan football resumed on Tuesday after a four-month coronavirus shutdown with Cerro Porteno beating league leaders Libertad 2-1 and River Plate drawing 1-1 with Nacional.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Italian frogmen try to free a sperm whale caught in abandoned fishing net

  

  The Italian coastguard has been working for days to free a massive sperm whale caught in an abandoned fishing net in open sea off the Sicilian Aeolian Islands. The whale was spotted on Saturday struggling to get free of a net usually used for fishing illegally for swordfish.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Gentoo penguin in South Georgia 50 penny coins

  

  The gentoo penguin is featured on the second coin in the 2020 50-penny Penguin Series for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from the Pobjoy Mint. The coin’s release follows the recent release of the series’ first issue, featuring the chinstrap penguin.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Danish ice cream maker removes the brand “Eskimo” from one of its products

  

  A Danish ice cream maker said on Wednesday it would remove the name “Eskimo” from one of its products in case it offended Inuit and other Arctic people. Hansens Is said it had opposed changing the name of its Eskimo ice lolly but after careful consideration had decided to choose a more suitable name.

• Friday, July 10th 2020 - 07:14 UTC

  Mint launches South Georgia 50-penny coins depicting Chinstrap penguins

  

  Penguins continue to be a popular motif for the Pobjoy Mint, which has just launched a new series of 50-penny coins depicting the flightless birds. The first coin in the 2020 50-penny coin series on behalf of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands features the chinstrap penguin.

• Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Polynesian sweet potato mystery solved: epic transoceanic journey to South America

  

  New genetic research shows that there was mingling between ancient native peoples from Polynesia and South America, revealing a single episode of interbreeding roughly 800 years ago after an epic transoceanic journey.