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  • Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - 09:12 UTC

    Remains of extreme rare whale, possibly a spade-toothed, found in New Zealand beach

    The remains of the five-meter long creature, a type of beaked whale, found in New Zealand should help science explore some of the mysteries.

    A most rare whale was found beached in New Zealand near a river estuary in the province of Otago last week. Classified as spade-toothed, little is known about the cetacean, where they live in the vast Pacific, what they eat and much less how many they are, because virtually no sightings have ever been recorded.

  • Tuesday, July 16th 2024 - 19:32 UTC

    Argentine footballer angers French with Copa America celebration chant

    French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra said the Argentine players' attitude was “pathetic”

    French authorities said Tuesday they would be seeking a reponse from football's governing body FIFA after a video of Argentine international Enzo Fernández went viral. The Chelsea midfielder filmed himself chanting offensive remarks about the ethnicity of France's players in addition to other comments concerning star Kylian Mbappé's sexual preferences.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    Uruguayan presidential candidate meets with Spanish PM

    Orsi (R) met with Sánchez, who chairs both the PSOE and the Socialist International (SI)

    Uruguayan Presidential hopeful Yamandú Orsi met Monday with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Spanish Worker Socialist Party (PSOE) headquarters in Madrid to discuss matters concerning the global left in a move to “promote the exchange of experiences and strategies,” according to Montevideo outlets.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 19:50 UTC

    French international rugby players held incommunicado in Mendoza pending hearing in rape case

    Under no circumstance will Auradou and Jegou be allowed to fly back to France

    French international rugby players Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, who have been arrested in the Argentine province of Mendoza to face rape charges, spent the weekend separated from each other incommunicado before being transferred to another detention facility. For the time being, visitors are not allowed except for their legal teams after being formally charged Friday with “the crime of sexual assault with penetration, aggravated by the participation of two people.” A 39-year-old woman accused them of raping her multiple times and beating her in a Mendoza hotel room after a rugby match on July 7. The defendants claim it was consensual sex. If found guilty, they face between eight and 20 years in prison.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:56 UTC

    FAO June food commodity prices remained unchanged: cereals down, offset by dearer oils, sugar and butter

    The Cereal Price Index declined by 3% in June from May, with quotations for coarse grains, wheat and rice all down, driven in part by improved production

    The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar and dairy products offset a decrease in those for cereals, FAO reported this last week.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:50 UTC

    Potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass in all oceans, FAO report

    Global projections of exploitable fish biomass show declines of more than 10%, particularly under the high-emissions scenario, by mid-century

    New projections highlight potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass for nearly all regions of the world's ocean, including top producer countries and those with high reliance on aquatic foods, according to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:36 UTC

    Italian President lands in Brazil for 5-day visit

    Mattarella will be meeting with Lula on Monday

    Italian President Sergio Mattarella landed in Brasilia Sunday for a five-day visit to South America's largest country, Agencia Brasil reported. The first visit of an Italian head of state to Brazil in 24 years marks the 150th anniversary of immigration from the European nation. Topping the agenda of talks will be the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), as well as other topics such as climate change and energy transition.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 20:08 UTC

    The entire world's population is expected to reach 10.3 billion by 2080

    Fewer people would represent less aggregate consumption, a UN official explained

    After reaching 10.3 billion people by 2080, the world's population is projected to start dwindling, according to the ”World Population Prospects 2024″ document released this week. The study forecasted that the current population of 8.2 billion would keep soaring over the next 60 years and fall to 10.2 billion by the end of the century.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

    Leading humanitarian aid officials insist greater support needed for Haiti

    Haiti's crisis will not be solved by humanitarian aid alone, the officials underlined

    According to senior humanitarian aid officials, the assistance plan launched for Haiti last February is less than a quarter funded when around US$ 680 million is required to tackle the ongoing gang violence and bring necessary supplies to the local population.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 10:02 UTC

    UKHAT Conservation Plan for protecting “Endurance”, Shackleton's iconic vessel

    The Endurance was found in 2022 (Credit: © FMHT-National Geographic

    The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust are proud to announce the Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time – Shackleton’s Endurance – has been published and is available to view on the site, enduranceshipwreck.org.