International

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Mercosur beef sales to US on the rise, as American abattoirs are closing amid coronavirus complications

  

  Brazil's giant meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods CEO, Miguel Gularte, said the company has resumed sales of fresh beef to the US following a decision by US authorities to open their market to Brazilian beef. American slaughterhouses have been closing amid coronavirus social distancing rules and this has led to unmet demand within the US.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard chases Chinese jigger operating in the country's EEZ

  

  The Argentine Coast Guard was finally unable to arrest a Chinese jigger operating in the country's EEZ, which managed to escape into international waters, the so-called mile 201. According to the force's report, the patrol vessel GC-27 “Prefecto Fique”, early Tuesday detected and pursued the jigger Lu Rond Yuan Yu 668, some 390 kilometers offshore Puerto Madryn.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Strenuous exercise by athletes makes their lungs more COVID-19 vulnerable, warns scientific research

  

  Research from Germany and Italy suggests that footballers and other athletes face a particular risk of the coronavirus infecting their lungs, raising major questions over attempts to restart professional soccer.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:41 UTC

  China's imports of Brazilian soybeans drop 24.8% during March over a year ago

  

  Brazilian soybeans imports to China during the month of March dropped 24.8%, over the same month last year. The data was released by the Chinese General Customs Administration last Sunday, April 26, and shows soy imports from Brazil reached 2.1 million tons in March, compared to 2.79 million tons in the same period last year.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Spain relaxes lockdown: professional athletes can begin to train next Monday

  

  Spain's professional footballers can start training again from next week, the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said on Tuesday as he announced plans to relax the country’s COVID-19 lockdown and bring the country back to normality by the end of June.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Trump again blames China for the pandemic, and is thinking “in ways to hold Beijing accountable”

  

  US President Donald Trump said that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and said his administration was conducting “serious investigations” into what happened.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Good news from Italy: the Genoa bridge which collapsed killing 43 people has been rebuilt as a renewal symbol

  

  The final section of a new bridge in Genoa, built after a deadly 2018 motorway collapse, was slotted into place on Tuesday, providing a much-needed symbol of renewal for coronavirus-hit Italy.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:12 UTC

  Spanish police major catch in Galicia: four tons of cocaine and a drugs gang with a “fleet” of vessels and speedboats

  

  Spanish police said on Tuesday they had broken up an international drug-smuggling ring, seizing four tons of cocaine and arresting 28 people. The gang, which was made up of “experienced sailors and known traffickers”, was working with major national and international drug smugglers to “bring in cocaine shipments by sea”, a police statement said.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 15:35 UTC

  New research shows sustainable fishing and conservation can coexist

  

  By surfbirds (*) – Our oceans are in trouble. Globally, poor fishing practices are directly damaging to marine wildlife, and overfishing can deplete food resources for animals such as seabirds and seals. However, research by BirdLife's Marine Program, in association with scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, (BAS) and the RSPB (BirdLife in the UK), shows that under current climate conditions, sustainable fisheries can exist alongside conservation measures for seabirds and seals in a well-managed Marine Protected Area.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Coronavirus pandemic “far from over”, warns WHO and points to insufficient health services

  

  The coronavirus pandemic is “far from over” and is still disrupting normal health services, especially life-saving immunization for children in the poorest countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.