International

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Can the cruise industry really recover from coronavirus?

  

  By Liz Sharples and Kokho Jason Sit (*) – On Sunday the first major cruise ship to take to the Mediterranean in almost five months sailed out of the Italian city of Genoa. Passengers on the MSC Grandiosa were tested for coronavirus before stepping on board. The ship – which has brought in an array of strict measures to limit the spread of the virus – will stop at three Italian ports and the Maltese capital Valletta in a seven-day voyage. But will these measures be enough to help the sector survive the pandemic? A lot is riding on the success of this Italian cruise.

• Saturday, August 22nd 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  South Atlantic Anomaly and Evolving Dent in Earth’s Magnetic Field

  

  A dent in the protective shield sounds scary for any person, but what are the scientists talking about when they say South Atlantic Anomaly? The researchers from the US space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), recently noticed a growing dent in the Earth’s magnetic field over South America. And the news has caught on like wildfire across the digital community.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Earth Overshoot Day will be reached next Saturday, according to Global Footprint Network scientists

  

  Humanity will have burned through all the natural resources that the planet can replenish for 2020 by Saturday Aug 22, according to researchers who said the grim milestone is slightly later than last year after the pandemic slowed runaway overconsumption.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Colombia claims Venezuela is working to acquire missiles from Iran

  

  Colombia's President Ivan Duque claimed on Thursday that the government of President Nicolas Maduro in neighboring Venezuela was working to acquire missiles from its ally Iran.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  UK/EU Brexit talks now include the unwanted migrants crossing the English channel

  

  The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and could use the issue as potential leverage in wider Brexit negotiations, diplomats and officials said.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Tourists kicked off Mediterranean cruise for not abiding the vessel's protocols

  

  A family of tourists was kicked off a Mediterranean cruise after leaving their organized excursion to see the sights on their own, violating the ship's new COVID-19 regulations, the company said on Thursday.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:05 UTC

  Oil industry's recovery is incomplete but sustainable

  

  Throughout the summer, oil’s recovery from its devastating crash has looked somewhat dubious. While the price of crude rebounded somewhat, it did not wholly regain its pre-pandemic strength. And while the nations of OPEC+ put measures in place to cut production and close the gap between supply and demand, certain nations involved hinted at the reluctance to keep cuts in place. These factors, coupled with the lingering potential of fresh “waves” of the coronavirus, have kept us from being overly optimistic about the state of oil.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Brazil invites actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the reality of the Amazon

  

  Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there, as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the world's largest rainforest.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  In two years Apple doubled its value to US$ 2 trillion, becoming world's most costly listed company

  

  Just two years after Apple became the first publicly listed US company with a US$1 trillion stock market value, the iPhone maker has now topped US$2 trillion. The Cupertino, California-based company's shares briefly rose to as high as US$468.65 on Wednesday, equivalent to a market capitalization of US$2.004 trillion.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:18 UTC

  UN pays tribute to humanitarian workers battling Covid-19 pandemic in a year particularly violent

  

  The United Nations paid tribute on Wednesday to humanitarian workers now battling the COVID-19 pandemic after a year in which they found themselves under greater attack than ever before.