International

Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:04 UTC
Jumbo iceberg, size of Somerset County, heading for South Georgia

An iceberg is heading towards the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A68a – the size of the UK county of Somerset (4,200 sq km) broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf in 2017 and has been drifting north ever since. If it becomes grounded near the island, it could cause disruption to the local wildlife that forage in the food-rich ocean.
Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Maradona's post brain surgery development “excellent”, neurologist reports

Diego Maradona was recovering Wednesday after an operation for bleeding in his skull, his personal doctor said. Maradona had a subdural hematoma, which is an accumulation of blood between a membrane and his brain, said Dr. Leopoldo Luque, a neurologist who performed Tuesday’s operation.
Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
Rescuers save some 100 pilot whales stranded in a Sri Lanka southwest beach

Over 100 pilot whales have been saved after being stranded on Sri Lanka’s southwest coast. A combination of the country's navy and volunteers worked together on an overnight operation to push the whales back out to sea in Panadura, Sri Lanka.
Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
Denmark will cull 15 million mink following detection of a mutated coronavirus

Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said on Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people.
Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:53 UTC
UK travel ban, “a nightmare before Christmas”

Britain has introduced a travel ban as part of a four-week lockdown prompted by an alarming jump in the COVID-19 infection rate to one in 100 people. In what has been described as a “Nightmare before Christmas,” UK residents will need to stay at home from November 5 and avoid “all non-essential travel by private and public transport.”
Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:35 UTC
Peru with Canadian funds joins the South American lithium rush

Canada’s Plateau Energy Metals has raised nearly US$ 600 million to develop Peru’s sole lithium project and expects to start mining in 2023, a year later than planned, as the country lags its neighbors in developing the battery mineral, a company official said.
Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:28 UTC
New state of the art Falklands' trawler, Montelourido, delivered in Galicia

Montelourido, ZDLC4, is the latest trawler to be launched at a Galician shipyard for the Falklands flagged fleet. The delivery took place this Monday at Nodosa yard in Marin, during a very austere and limited ceremony because of the pandemic, and will operate along her sister vessel on Falklands fishing grounds.
Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 08:23 UTC
Gentoo penguins are four species, not one, say scientists

By University of Bath – Gentoo penguins should be reclassified as four separate species, say scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath, after analyzing the genetic and physical differences between populations around the southern hemisphere.
Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Pakistan underlines that freedom of expression carries special duties and responsibilities

World leaders have sent messages of support to Austria and Afghanistan as they did previously with France following the last bout of terrorist attacks, while Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, unequivocally condemning terrorism, said that ”freedom of expression,” is not without limits in a pluralistic diverse and respectful societies.
Tuesday, November 3rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC
Whale Tail saves a Dutch metro train from disaster

A Dutch metro train was saved from disaster on Monday when it smashed through a safety barrier but was prevented from plummeting into the water by a sculpture of a whale tail.