Health & Science

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Coronavirus has turned Italians into peddlers: record sales of bicycles

  

  Italy has seen a surge in bicycle sales since the government ended its coronavirus lockdown as people steer clear of public transport and respond to government incentives to help the environment.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Missouri appeals court reduced Johnson & Johnson's compensation verdict by half to US$ 2,12 billion

  

  A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday rejected Johnson & Johnson's bid to throw out a jury verdict in favor of women who blamed their ovarian cancer on its baby powder and other talc products but reduced damages by more than half, to US$2.12 billion.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  UK moves to end “national hibernation” with pubs reopening on July 4

  

  Pubs in England can reopen on Jul 4 after over three months of closure due to coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday, a move hailed by the industry after warnings many premises could shut for good.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Spanish royals personally promote tourism visiting beaches in Canary Islands

  

  Spain's king and queen visited a Canary Islands beach on Tuesday on the first leg of a tour intended to help rescue the tourism-dependent economy, battered by the coronavirus crisis.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:24 UTC

  Federal Judge orders Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public

  

  A federal judge in Brazil ordered President Jair Bolsonaro to wear a face mask in public after the far-right leader repeatedly flouted the coronavirus containment measures in place in Brasilia.

• Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 08:04 UTC

  Venezuelan hospitals poorly supplied to combat the pandemic and with chronic shortages of water and power

  

  Venezuela's western Zulia state has emerged as a hot spot for the COVID-19 pandemic as poorly supplied hospitals and chronic shortages of water and power make it difficult to prevent the disease from spreading.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 11:55 UTC

  Despite more than 50,000 Covid-19 deaths, Brazilians swarmed to beaches over the weekend

  

  Brazil reached more than a million confirmed coronavirus cases and 50,000 deaths over the weekend as throngs of people swarmed Rio de Janeiro beaches, but the World Health Organization said on Monday that even more cases were likely going uncounted.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 10:46 UTC

  Bayer's glyphosate weed killer Roundup does not require the cancer warning in California

  

  U.S. federal appeals court on Monday blocked California from requiring that Bayer AG label its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup with a cancer warning, handing the company a victory in its ongoing litigation over the product.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 10:26 UTC

  Falklands government on track to deliver a five year £130m capital program

  

  The Falkland Islands Government confirmed its commitment to delivering its capital program, despite some disruption caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. The approved total capital program is valued at £130m over five years and there is significant work on-going to deliver critical infrastructure projects.

• Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 10:26 UTC

  Controversy in Brazil over guidelines for workers at meatpackers, where there has been a spike of Covid-19 cases

  

  Brazilian government on Friday published new guidelines for meatpackers after a spike of COVID-19 cases at food plants, including keeping workers at least one meter apart, but labor prosecutors criticized the steps as inadequate.