International

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Moderate tsunami generated in the South Pacific following 7,7 magnitude earthquake

  

  A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific on Thursday, generating a tsunami that threatened island nations in the region. The quake struck at just after midnight on Thursday local time (1320 GMT Wednesday) about 415 kilometers east of Vao in New Caledonia at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 08:18 UTC

  FAO anticipates a sharp decline in global cereal stocks

  

  FAO's Cereals Supply and Demand Brief point to record wheat and rice production in 2020 and looking ahead to 2021 cereal output, early prospects indicate a likely modest increase for winter wheat crops in the northern hemisphere, buoyed by acreage increases in France, India, the Russian Federation and the US.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 07:18 UTC

  Netherlands company produces cultivated seaweed from seawater

  

  Zeewar is the first company in the Netherlands that produces and exclusively works with sustainably cultivated seaweed from clean seawater in the EU. The result is a premium seaweed product, in terms of taste, nutritional values, color, and a tender bite.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2021 - 10:13 UTC

  WHO finds no hard evidence on origin of pandemic in China

  

  Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) on mission in China announced Tuesday that they found no conclusive evidence of the origin of a pandemic that continues spreading around the world.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  “Hope” in Martian orbit becomes the first Arab interplanetary mission

  

  After seven months, the Hope craft launched by the United Arab Emirates has successfully entered the orbit of Mars. Next up are China's Tianwen-1 and the US's Mars 2020. February is full of nail-biting moments of truth for three countries — indeed, the world — as three separate Mars missions approach the red planet.

• Wednesday, February 10th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  US deeply concerned with Haiti's fragile institutions

  

  The United States is “deeply concerned” about Haiti's fragile institutions after fresh political turmoil engulfed the volatile Caribbean nation over the weekend and the government of President Jovenel Moise forcibly retired three Supreme Court judges who posed a threat to his leadership.

• Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Fernandez expects IMF to grant Argentina more flexible repayment terms

  

  President Alberto Fernández believes the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should grant Argentina more “flexible” terms on the repayment terms of the debt and warned that increasing inflation could lead his government to again hike export taxes, the president said in an interview on Sunday with newspaper Página/12.

• Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolsonaro preparing a new round of emergency cash transfer to millions of Brazilians

  

  Brazil is preparing a fresh round of emergency cash transfers to millions of poor, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday. “I think there will be an extension,” Bolsonaro said in an interview with the TV program Brasil Urgente.

• Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chagossian people claiming billions of dollars from the US government

  

  The Chagossian people are seeking billions of dollars in damages from the United States under the Foreign Claims Act. The United Nations General Assembly, African Union, and International Court of Justice have all found that the forcible deportation of the Chagos Islanders a generation ago to make way for the US military base at Diego Garcia was unlawful and the continued military occupation is a serious violation of international law, according to a release from Chagossians’ lawyer, Dr, Jonathan Levy.

• Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Health officials support the AstraZeneca vaccine: “don't panic” says WHO

  

  Health officials around the world and from WHO, gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, after a study showing it had little effect on the variant now spreading quickly in South Africa rang a global alarm.