International

Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:13 UTC
WHO chief warns Covid-19 will not be the last pandemic: climate change and animal welfare must be addressed

The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the World Health Organization's chief said.
Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Europe launched a mass Covid-19 inoculation drive on Sunday; 6,25 million should be vaccinated by end of the year

Europe launched a mass Covid-19 vaccination drive on Sunday with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide.
Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Hot food and drinks shop found buried under the volcanic ashes or Pompeii

Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:28 UTC
Galicia disappointed with fisheries post Brexit deal, pledges a belligerent attitude to recover lost fishing rights

Spain's regional government of Galicia has publicly expressed its concern about the fisheries chapter in the recently agreed UK/EU post/Brexit trade deal, which it considers will have a cost of 190 million Euros for the regional fleet and anticipates it will adopt a “belligerent” attitude to recover the lost fishing rights of the regional industry,
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
EU expected to unanimously support the massive free trade deal struck with UK

European Union ambassadors were convening to start assessing the massive free-trade deal that the bloc struck with Britain, which should begin next week when the acrimonious Brexit divorce process finally comes to an end.
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:17 UTC
Scotland claims the post-Brexit trade accord was “a bad deal for fishing”

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has accused the UK government of breaking promises to Scotland's fishing industry over the post-Brexit trade deal. The Scottish government said the agreement announced on Thursday was ”a bad deal for fishing.”
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Markets and the pound react positively to the post Brexit trade deal

U.S. stocks rose for a second day in holiday-shortened trading as investors monitored the latest developments on the Congressional aid package, while the British pound strengthened after a post-Brexit trade accord agreement was reached.
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:59 UTC
UK/EU Post Brexit deal has many aspects to be hammered out

A day after Britain and the European Union announced a narrow trade deal, Swiss media remain sceptical about its impact. The accord will preserve Britain's zero-tariff and zero-quota access to the bloc's single market of 450 million consumers but will not prevent economic pain and disruption for the UK or for EU member states.
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Indonesia asks Brazil for data on the Chinese vaccine

With the slow development of its own phase three clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Indonesia said it has asked for data from Brazil, where a similar trial is progressing smoothly.
Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 08:45 UTC
Pope Francis calls on political and business leaders to make the Covid-19 vaccines available to all

Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Friday said political and business leaders must not allow market forces and patent laws to take priority over making Covid-19 vaccines available to all, condemning nationalism and ”the virus of radical individualism.”