International

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  NASA confirms for the first time water on the sunlit surface of the Moon

  

  NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Falklands and privateer/pirate captain David Jewett 1820 adventure

  

  In response to Argentina’s planned commemorations of the 200th anniversary of the visit to the Falklands by the privateer captain David Jewett in 1820 and his purported “taking of possession” of the Islands for Argentina, historian Graham Pascoe has released the paper ‘David Jewett’s visit to the Falklands, 1820-21: no valid “possession-taking.” Dr. Pascoe notes in his abstract that before David Jewett arrived he had captured a neutral Portuguese ship, and he captured another neutral US ship in the Islands.

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  US Coast Guard will increase presence in the Pacific to contain the threat of China's IUU fishing

  

  US national security adviser said the US Coast Guard (USCG) was basing Enhanced Response Cutters in the western Pacific for maritime security missions, citing illegal fishing and harassment of vessels by China.

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Leopoldo López arrives in Madrid; Maduro accuses the Spanish ambassador of assisting a “terrorist”

  

  After more than six years in confinement, Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López is a free man and has been reunited with his family in Madrid. López arrived Sunday in the Spanish capital following what aides described as a whirlwind escape from the Spanish ambassador's residence in Caracas where he had been holed up since leading a failed U.S.-backed military putsch against Nicolas Maduro in April 2019.

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Coronavirus: Spain declares national state of emergency and night time curfew

  

  Spain has declared a national state of emergency and imposed a night-time curfew in an effort to help control a new spike in Covid-19 infections. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the curfew, between the hours of 23:00 and 06:00, would come into force on Sunday.

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 07:18 UTC

  Another shark attack in Australia's Great Barrier Reef

  

  A 59-year-old man is in critical condition after a shark attacked him on Sunday at Australia's Great Barrier Reef, near the north Queensland city of Townsville, rescuers said.

• Saturday, October 24th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Brazil's health regulator allows the import of six million doses of a coronavirus vaccine from China

  

  Brazil's health regulator has authorized the import from China of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro insisted he wouldn't allow doses to be shipped from the Asian nation.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 10:50 UTC

  OAS reiterates support for Falklands' sovereignty talks between Argentina and UK

  

  The General Assembly of the Organization of American States, OAS, supported a declaration on the Falklands/Malvinas question, reaffirming once again the need for the governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations on the disputed sovereignty with the purpose of finding a peaceful solution to the prolonged controversy.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands government replies to Argentina's sovereignty claims at the OAS General Assembly

  

  Minister Wendy Morton, acting as observer delegate spoke on Wednesday at the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in response to the speech made by the Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá, in which he again claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive track of southern right whale stranded in Argentina

  

  Scientists found plastic debris in the digestive tract of a southern right whale stranded in Argentina, according to a study from the Southern Right Whale Health Monitoring Program, co-led by the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine; and Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas in Argentina.