International

• 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.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Mrs Louise de Sousa appointed UK Ambassador to Chile

  

  Mrs Louise de Sousa has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Chile in succession to Mr Jamie Bowden CMG OBE MVO. Mrs de Sousa will take up her appointment in February 2021. She is married to Allan Rivail de Sousa and they have two children.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  Expanding marine protected areas by 5% could boost fish yields by 20% – but there’s a catch

  

  By Peter JS Jones and Rick Stafford - Marine protected areas, or MPAs as they’re more commonly called, are very simple. Areas of the sea are set aside where certain activities – usually fishing – are banned or restricted.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  Brazilian vice-president contradicts Bolsonaro, ”of course we will buy the (Chinese) vaccine”

  

  Brazil's government will “of course” buy a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine that is being tested in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said on Friday, in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro.