International

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.
Friday, June 18th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
WHO focuses on possible dangers of coronavirus lambda variant

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to focus on the possible threats by the coronavirus variant known as Lambda, which was first found in August 2020 in Peru, when it was called C.37 or “Andean.”