International

Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 08:42 UTC
Expanding marine protected areas by 5% could boost fish yields by 20% – but there’s a catch

By Peter JS Jones and Rick Stafford - Marine protected areas, or MPAs as they’re more commonly called, are very simple. Areas of the sea are set aside where certain activities – usually fishing – are banned or restricted.
Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 08:33 UTC
Brazilian vice-president contradicts Bolsonaro, ”of course we will buy the (Chinese) vaccine”

Brazil's government will “of course” buy a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine that is being tested in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said on Friday, in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro.
Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 08:07 UTC
Cruise industry: CDC drops the “No Sail” in favor of a strict Conditional Sailing Order

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has dropped its controversial “No Sail” order in favor for a so-called Conditional Sailing Order. In short, the “No Sail” order has been lifted and the industry will work with the CDC on a realistic, phased-in return to service.
Friday, October 30th 2020 - 09:43 UTC
Climate change: the Arctic Ocean sea ice has yet to start refreezing

By Gwynne Dyer – Historically, the Arctic Ocean would freeze right out to its edges (the northern coasts of Canada, Greenland, Russia, and Alaska) each winter — 14-million square kilometers of ice — and then melt back to about half that area over the following summer. Not this year.
Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
World Medical Association blasts leaders who discredit science and sponsor fake news on coronavirus

The spreading of fake news and discredited science by world leaders has led to many people dying and others being exposed to Covid-19, according to the departing President of the World Medical Association. In his valedictory address to this week’s WMA’s annual Assembly, Dr. Miguel Jorge, a psychiatrist from Brazil, mentioned both the Presidents of Brazil and the United States as contributing to more people being exposed to the virus and more deaths.
Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:56 UTC
Catalonia closes borders and extends shutdown of bars and restaurants: hospitals overwhelmed

Catalonia announced on Thursday a 15-day ban on entering and exiting its territory, the latest in a series of restrictions taken by Spanish regions to try and contain rampant COVID-19 contagion.
Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:51 UTC
Polish women protest against abortion restrictions becomes global across EU and US cities; huge march expected in Warsaw

Thousands of protesters in cities around the world have gathered over the past days in support of Poles who have taken to the streets after a court ruling further limited the country's restrictive abortion laws.
Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:34 UTC
US rejects Nigerian candidate as next WTO director-general, further paralyzing the global trade watchdog

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) bid to select a new leader was plunged into uncertainty this Wednesday after the United States rejected the Nigerian woman proposed as the global trade watchdog's next director-general.
Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:27 UTC
Terrorist murders three people in a Nice church; European leaders come out in support of Macron

France raised the security alert for French territory to the highest level on Thursday after a knifeman murdered three people at a church, beheading at least one of them in what was described as a terror attack in the city of Nice.
Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:22 UTC
Spanish coronavirus strain has spread across with the second wave in Europe

A coronavirus strain that emerged in Spain in June has spread across Europe and now makes up a large proportion of infections in several countries, researchers said, highlighting the role of travel in the pandemic and the need to track mutations.