International

• Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Some 60 million doses of US produced J&J Covid-19 “can't be used because of possible contamination”

  

  Johnson & Johnson was informed by the US Food and Drug Administration that millions of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine produced at a troubled plant can't be used because of possible contamination issues.

• Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Taxing corporate profits: Is change coming to the world’s economic weather?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by finance ministers from G7 countries to create a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits, and reaffirmed by world leaders meeting in Cornwall, is a step in the right direction if only a baby step. The tide was due to turn about now, according to one theory, and maybe it’s finally happening.

• Saturday, June 12th 2021 - 07:52 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth and royal family host a reception for G7 leaders

  

  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth hosted on Friday reception for leaders of the Group of Seven (G-7) richest nations, who are holding a three-day summit. The reception was held at Cornwall’s Eden Project, an attraction that features the world’s largest indoor rainforest within giant domes.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Two Covid-19 positive cases on Celebrity Millennium in Caribbean cruise despite abiding CDC guidelines

  

  Uncomfortable start for Caribbean cruises. Two guests on one of the first cruise ships to sail from the United States since the COVID-19 pandemic hit tested positive on Thursday, Royal Caribbean said, adding that all passengers and crew had been vaccinated.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  JBS paid hackers US$ 11 million; cyber extortion crime netted US$ 18 billion in 2020

  

  Brazilian corporation JBS, the world's biggest meat processors, paid a US$11 million bitcoin ransom to hackers to prevent any further disruption after a paralyzing cyberattack believed to have originated in Russia.

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis: Pope rejects resignation of Munich's cardinal

  

  Pope Francis rejected the offer of resignation from the Archbishop of Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx on Thursday, who had told the pope he would step down amid the sexual abuse crisis.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Argentine President's gaffe overshadows Spanish PM's presence at Casa Rosada

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's presence at the Casa Rosada Wednesday was shadowed by a racist remark from Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who said that “Mexicans came from the Indians, Brazilians came from the jungle, but we Argentines came from the ships, and they were ships that came from Europe, and that's how we built our society.”

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  European Parliament: OK to Green Passport for covid-free travelers

  

  The European Parliament (EP) Wednesday approved using a digital certificate attesting to a person's situation regarding covid-19, which will allow travellers to prove if they have been vaccinated, overcome the disease, or obtain a negative result to a PCR test.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Argentina: Medical equipment donated by Lionel Messi stranded at Rosario airport for 10 months

  

  Some 32 ventilators donated by footballer Lionel Messi have been stored at his native Rosario's Fisherton international airport for 10 months, entangled in red tape.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 07:33 UTC

  National Geographic makes it official, Southern Ocean is the fifth ocean

  

  Since National Geographic began making maps in 1915, it has recognized four oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans. However starting on June 8, World Oceans Day, it will recognize the Southern Ocean as the world’s fifth ocean. This is because the swift current circling Antarctica keeps the waters there distinct and worthy of their own name.