International

Monday, June 14th 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Israel's new PM Naftali Bennett sworn in after 12 years of Netanyahu rule

Naftali Bennett Sunday became Israel's 13th prime minister, thus bringing an end to 12 years of rule by Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud Party.
Monday, June 14th 2021 - 08:36 UTC
G7 announces Build Back Better World to counter China's Belt and Road initiative

The world's seven most advanced economies signalled on Sunday during the G7 summit a desire to build a rival to China's multi-trillion-dollar Belt and Road initiative. German Chancellor said she hoped that a new G7 task force can present first infrastructure projects in developing countries in 2022
Monday, June 14th 2021 - 08:32 UTC
UK and EU sign agreement on catch levels for 2021, includes 70 fish stocks

The UK has concluded annual fisheries negotiations with the EU, providing certainty for the fishing industry on catch limits for the remainder of 2021, according to a news release from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Monday, June 14th 2021 - 01:19 UTC
Lack of regional cooperation on fisheries could have ‘disastrous outcomes’ on Falklands finfish fishery

An independent study of the Falkland Islands finfish fishery has found that lack of international cooperation over fish stocks straddling international boundaries to be one of ‘the most constraining factors to sustainable ecological and economic management of the [Falklands’] finfish fishery,’ adding that ‘it is also likely to have disastrous outcomes; a prediction supported by the current status of many, although not all, of the finfish stocks.’
Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 23:40 UTC
Robot nurse launched in Hong Kong to assist covid-19 patients

A Hong Kong-based robotics company, which has 2016 already created Sophia, has now introduced Grace, the first robot nurse designed to assist the elderly and people isolated by the covid-19 pandemic as well as to relieve overburdened health caregivers.
Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
G-7 leaders gather in England, hope for a greener, more prosperous future

Leaders from of the seven wealthiest democracies – the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom – Friday started three days of talks at the tiny village of Carbis Bay, near St. Ives in Cornwall, England, in pursuit of a greener, more prosperous and equitable future under the “build back better” motto.
Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:19 UTC
Five cases of covid-19 among Venezuela's team leads Conmebol to change rules for Copa America

Five players from Venezuela's national team due to face hosts Brazil in the opening game of the Copa America tournament this coming Sunday tested positive for covid-19, posing new troubles to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol).
Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC
Pulitzer “special citation” for a teenager who caught on video the murder of George Floyd by police

A teenager whose video of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice was awarded a “special citation” on Friday by the Pulitzer Prize Board.
Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Some 60 million doses of US produced J&J Covid-19 “can't be used because of possible contamination”

Johnson & Johnson was informed by the US Food and Drug Administration that millions of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced at a troubled plant can't be used because of possible contamination issues.
Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Taxing corporate profits: Is change coming to the world’s economic weather?

By Gwynne Dyer – It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by finance ministers from G7 countries to create a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits, and reaffirmed by world leaders meeting in Cornwall, is a step in the right direction if only a baby step. The tide was due to turn about now, according to one theory, and maybe it’s finally happening.