International

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Johnson announces lockdown as of Thursday, coordinated with France, Germany and Belgium

  

  Britain on Sunday became the ninth country with more than 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases. According to data compiled by the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, as of early Sunday, Britain had 1,014,794 infections and 46,645 deaths.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Machu Picchu, crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites has reopened

  

  The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, reopened on Sunday with an ancient ritual after a nearly eight-month lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  A quarter of global floater segment faces scrapping, according to Rystad Energy

  

  One-quarter of the global floater (offshore drilling rig) segment could be scrapped. That’s according to Rystad Energy, which outlined that restructuring in the “already stretched” offshore drilling market will accelerate.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Bond, the favorite James Bond, and the versatile actor, had died

  

  Sean Connery, the Scottish-born actor who was the first to utter the famous movie line, “the name's Bond, James Bond” has died. He was 90. His death was confirmed by his family, the BBC reported. Connery, who had been unwell, died overnight in his sleep, while in the Bahamas, said the report.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  WHO's chief Tedros under self-quarantining after contacting a tested positive Covid-19 case

  

  The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for Covid-19, but stressed he had no symptoms.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 08:26 UTC

  Canada's Trudeau defends free speech, but “it is not without limits”

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended free speech but added that it was “not without limits” and should not “arbitrarily and needlessly hurt” certain communities.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Prince William contracted Covid-19 last April , “I didn't want to worry anyone”

  

  Britain's Prince William contracted Covid-19 in April at a similar time to his father Prince Charles, British media reported late on Sunday, citing Kensington Palace sources. Prince William, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth and second-in-line to the British throne, kept his diagnosis a secret because he did not want to alarm the country, The Sun newspaper reported.

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 06:25 UTC

  Following New Zealand norm, next government will include two Green ministers

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party on Sunday signed an agreement with the Green Party to form government in the Pacific nation of nearly five million.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 18:14 UTC

  Madame Tussauds in Berlin removes the effigy of president Trump

  

  The waxwork museum Madame Tussauds in Berlin loaded its effigy of TV star-turned Republican president Donald Trump into a dumpster on Friday, a move apparently intended to reflect its expectations of next Tuesday's presidential election.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 16:34 UTC

  UK bars sale of South Korean fighter jets for the Argentine air force

  

  United Kingdom has effectively barred the sale of the FA-50 Fighting Eagle to Argentina, with the South Korean manufacturer informing Buenos Aires that it is unable to supply the light fighter and strike jet since it has British-made parts.