International

Friday, December 11th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
UK announces travel bans and asset freezes for human rights violators

The United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Secretary announced travel bans and asset freezes for 11 Russian, Venezuelan, Gambian and Pakistani human rights violators.
Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:43 UTC
Brazilian and Argentine beef exports to China suspended after Covid-19 in packaging

Two beef producers from Brazil and one from Argentina have had their exports to China suspended for one week after packaging of their products tested positive for traces of COVID-19, customs said. China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) made the announcement.
Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Spanish government takes over Franco's summer palace and its art collection

The Spanish state on Thursday took over former dictator General Francisco Franco's summer palace, complete with its vast art trove, and evicted his heirs as part of the leftist government's efforts to erase the legacy of his rule.
Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
The “Last Shark” and the Amazon dolphin in the endangered species list

A shark only just formally discovered might already be extinct - a fate no shark has yet suffered in the human era - while an Amazon river dolphin has become endangered, a Red List of species in trouble showed on Thursday.
Friday, December 11th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Brazil confident of its chicken and pork production in 2021, despite grain costs

Brazil's meat producers increased output for world markets this year and will again boost production next year, even though they face continued challenges because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's meat lobby ABPA said.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:43 UTC
Facebook faces mass lawsuits and could be forced to sell WhatsApp and Instagram

Facebook could be forced to sell its prized assets WhatsApp and Instagram after the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and nearly every US state filed lawsuits against the social media company, saying it used a “buy or bury” strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:29 UTC
The last dinner: Boris Johnson and von der Leyen share British scallops and turbot

After months of wrangling over access to British fishing waters, Britain's prime minister and the European Union's chief executive met for dinner in Brussels on Wednesday to pull Brexit trade talks back from the brink - and tucked into turbot.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Cyber-attack on EU medicines' regulator accesses crucial Pfizer vaccines info

US drugmaker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said on Wednesday that documents related to the development of their Covid-19 vaccine had been “unlawfully accessed” in a cyberattack on Europe’s medicines regulator. The European Medicines Agency, EMA, which assesses medicines and vaccines for the EU said hours earlier it had been targeted in a cyber attack.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:14 UTC
UN chief Guterres calls Covid-19 vaccines be treated as “a global public good”; fears poor countries will be sided

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that “vaccine nationalism” is moving “at full speed,” leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
UK medicine regulator advises people with allergic reactions to avoid the Pfizer vaccines

Britain's medicine regulator has advised that people with a history of significant allergic reactions do not get Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine after two people reported adverse effects on the first day of rollout.