International

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Drone captures a white shark circling a surfer off the Australian coast

  

  A dramatic close encounter between Australian world championship surfer Matt Wilkinson and a shark off the east coast of the country was captured by a drone, showing the shark circle him, close in, and then dart away from his feet.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  A woman will lead WTO for the first time: South Korean and Nigerian ministers in the final round

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced on Thursday that South Korea’s trade minister and a Harvard-trained former Nigerian finance minister have qualified as the two finalists to become the next director-general, ensuring a woman in the top job for the first time.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Two women won the Chemistry Nobel Prize for genome editing technology

  

  Scientists Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Francis denounces global financial speculation amid spiraling corruption at the heart of the Holy See

  Pope Francis told European anti-money laundering experts that the Vatican was committed to “clean finance,” as he denounced financial speculation amid a spiraling corruption investigation in the heart of the Holy See.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:08 UTC

  Prince William announces the Earthshot Prize to reward innovative solutions for the planet's challenges

  

  Britain's Prince William on Thursday launched a “prestigious” environmental prize aimed at turning “pessimism into optimism” by rewarding innovative solutions to the planet's biggest problems.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Nobel Literature for US poet Louise Gluck; Swedish Academy overcomes a 2019 controversial Prize

  

  The Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday went to US poet Louise Gluck, the jury at the Swedish Academy said, honoring a writer known for themes of childhood and family life. Gluck, 77, was honored ”for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal,” the Academy said.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  The Royal Ballet leaps back into action with classics Romeo and Juliet and Don Quixote

  

  The Royal Ballet, Britain's largest ballet company, leaps back into action on Friday after seven months of COVID-19 gloom with an extravaganza that mixes classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Don Quixote with playful modern dance.

• Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands expects Premier Oil/Chrysaor merger will create new opportunities for Sea Lion oil/gas development

  

  The Falkland Islands Government has taken notice of the recent press release concerning the proposed merger of Premier Oil plc and Chrysaor Holdings Ltd.

• Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  World trade with signs of recovery but still much conditioned to the evolution of the pandemic

  

  World trade is showing signs of recovery after the slowdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but the recovery still remains uncertain, according to a report from the World Trade Organization, WTO. The global entity’s new world trade volume projections are for a decrease of 9.2% for 2020 followed by a 7,2% increase next year.

• Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  Chile exports beef to China, and imports from Paraguay for domestic consumption

  

  Chilean beef exports reached 16,673 tons between January and August 2020, a 35.7% over the same period last year according to data from the Bovine Meat Bulletin released by the Ministry of Agriculture’s Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (ODEPA).