Health & Science

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  UK sales of beer slump to the lowest on record, claims Pub Association

  

  UK sales of beer have slumped to the lowest level on the record because of the coronavirus outbreak, trade industry body the British Beer and Pub Association said on Thursday.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  UK economy contracted 20,4% in April, according to Stats Office

  

  The UK economy shrank by 20.4% in April, according to figures outlined by the Office for National Statistics on Friday morning.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 13:23 UTC

  China increases protection of the pangolin to the same level as royal pandas

  

  Wildlife activists on Wednesday welcomed China's decision to remove pangolin parts from its official list of traditional medicines, as Beijing steps up protection of the heavily-trafficked endangered mammal.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 12:47 UTC

  Brazil resumed publishing the country's total death toll from Covid-19

  

  Brazil's government resumed publishing the country's total death toll from the coronavirus pandemic, after facing accusations of trying to hide the magnitude of its raging health crisis.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:13 UTC

  Flash flood of shoppers in Sao Paulo despite record number of Covid 19 deaths

  

  Brazil's most populous state Sao Paulo reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths for the second day running on Wednesday even as its metropolis allowed shops to resume business and prepared to reopen its malls.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 22:01 UTC

  Airline industry losses forecasted to top US$84 billion in 2020, estimates IATA

  

  Passenger revenues are expected to fall to US$241 billion (down from US$ 612 billion in 2019). This is greater than the fall in demand, reflecting an expected 18% fall in passenger yields as airlines try to encourage people to fly again through price stimulation. Load factors are expected to average 62.7% for 2020, some 20 percentage points below the record high of 82.5% achieved in 2019.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 14:00 UTC

  Tourism can help to overcome the pandemic, UN chief

  

  As UNWTO leads the restart of tourism, the Secretary-General of the United Nations has sent a landmark message to the world, highlighting the sector’s unique role in advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in protecting the most vulnerable members of our societies.

• Wednesday, June 10th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Falklands will continue to invest in improving quality of life and prosperity of its people

  

  The Falkland Islands remain confident of the British government's support and defense of their sovereignty and self-determination right, and is working closely with London to ensure the Falklands interests are contemplated in the Brexit negotiations.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 08:12 UTC

  Jacinda declares NZ free of Covid 19 and lifts all social and economic restrictions

  

  New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls after declaring on Monday it was free of the coronavirus, one of the first countries in the world to return to pre-pandemic normality.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 05:24 UTC

  Maduro restricts the return of Venezuelan migrants and considers them a threat

  

  The Nicolás Maduro regime blames Venezuelan migrants for the increase in the spread of the coronavirus in Venezuela while hundreds of these emigrants, pushed by their limited survival options, remain stranded in makeshift camps in different cities of Colombia waiting to be able to cross into their country.