International

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  US to cover all expenses of gender reassignment surgery to war veterans

  

  The Government of the United States Sunday announced it planned to cover the costs of sex-change surgery for veterans who wished to undergo such a treatment. Until now, only hormone therapy and psychological services were provided.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 07:42 UTC

  UK born Blackburn player becomes the star of Chile's national football team

  

  Chilean fans are celebrating the new idol of their national football team, English-born Ben Brereton who became the unlikely hero when Chile beat Bolivia 1-0 in the Copa America, hosted by Brazil, last Friday.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 07:36 UTC

  17th Century Mona Lisa sold for 2.9 million euros

  

  A replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa has been sold for 2.9 million euros in an online auction, Christie's house announced. It was a record price for a reproduction.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 12:15 UTC

  Brussels drops tariffs for 75,000 tonnes of Falklands squid

  

  The European Commission has reached an agreement to allow 75,000 tonnes of Falklands loligo to be imported tariff-free into the European Union, according to reports in Galician daily Faro de Vigo.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Delta variant becoming the globally dominant variant; steep rise in the UK

  

  The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist said on Friday that the Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 08:05 UTC

  Chilean scientists sell marketing rights of alpaca-based antibody to German company

  

  The German company NanoTag Biotechnologies has purchased from The Austral University of Chile (AUCh) the marketing license for the W25 antibody, it was announced Friday in Santiago.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 08:01 UTC

  Little turnout leaves hardliner Raisi poised to become Iran's next president

  

  Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi looks poised to become Iran's next president after Friday's elections amid surging coronavirus cases and voter apathy in a devastated economy.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  New study finds links between red meat diet and colorectal cancer incidence

  

  AFP – A new paper in the journal Cancer Discovery has identified specific patterns of DNA damage triggered by diets rich in red meat - further implicating the food as a carcinogen while heralding the possibility of detecting cancer early and designing new treatments.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 06:35 UTC

  Antonio Guterres sworn as UN Secretary General for his second term

  

  Antonio Guterres was sworn on Friday as UN Secretary-General for his second term. In a speech to the General Assembly Guterres thanked the Member States and said it was a “great privilege“to be re-elected as Secretary-General.

• Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Brazilians flock into Portugal for the fourth straight year

  

  The arrival of Brazilian migrants into Portugal has reached new levels for the fourth consecutive year even despite the coronavirus pandemic restrictions.