International

Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Colombia claims Venezuela is working to acquire missiles from Iran

Colombia's President Ivan Duque claimed on Thursday that the government of President Nicolas Maduro in neighboring Venezuela was working to acquire missiles from its ally Iran.
Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC
UK/EU Brexit talks now include the unwanted migrants crossing the English channel

The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and could use the issue as potential leverage in wider Brexit negotiations, diplomats and officials said.
Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:15 UTC
Tourists kicked off Mediterranean cruise for not abiding the vessel's protocols

A family of tourists was kicked off a Mediterranean cruise after leaving their organized excursion to see the sights on their own, violating the ship's new COVID-19 regulations, the company said on Thursday.
Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:05 UTC
Oil industry's recovery is incomplete but sustainable

Throughout the summer, oil’s recovery from its devastating crash has looked somewhat dubious. While the price of crude rebounded somewhat, it did not wholly regain its pre-pandemic strength. And while the nations of OPEC+ put measures in place to cut production and close the gap between supply and demand, certain nations involved hinted at the reluctance to keep cuts in place. These factors, coupled with the lingering potential of fresh “waves” of the coronavirus, have kept us from being overly optimistic about the state of oil.
Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:44 UTC
Brazil invites actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the reality of the Amazon

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Wednesday called on actor Leonardo DiCaprio to visit the Amazon to see the reality of the situation there, as the government faces criticisms for rising destruction in the world's largest rainforest.
Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:38 UTC
In two years Apple doubled its value to US$ 2 trillion, becoming world's most costly listed company

Just two years after Apple became the first publicly listed US company with a US$1 trillion stock market value, the iPhone maker has now topped US$2 trillion. The Cupertino, California-based company's shares briefly rose to as high as US$468.65 on Wednesday, equivalent to a market capitalization of US$2.004 trillion.
Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:18 UTC
UN pays tribute to humanitarian workers battling Covid-19 pandemic in a year particularly violent

The United Nations paid tribute on Wednesday to humanitarian workers now battling the COVID-19 pandemic after a year in which they found themselves under greater attack than ever before.
Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 07:42 UTC
Most people catch Covid-19 in house to house transmission, UK Health secretary Hancock

Britain is unlikely to follow France in ordering people to wear face coverings at work because its test and trace scheme shows most people catch COVID-19 in house-to-house transmission, health secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday (Aug 19).
Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Falklands or Malvinas? Market-based referendum proposal

By Steve Hank (*) – On August 4, Argentina, the world’s biggest deadbeat, announced that it had reached a deal with its creditors on its US$ 65 billion worth of defaulted debt. The next day, the United Nations Decolonization Committee — the C24 — unanimously passed a resolution urging the United Kingdom and Argentina to resolve their differences over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. Or, are they the Malvinas?
Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Some 21 million tons of micro plastic floating in the Atlantic ocean

There are 12-21 million tons of tiny plastic fragments floating in the Atlantic Ocean, scientists have found. A study, led by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, scooped through layers of the upper 200m of the ocean during a research expedition through the middle of the Atlantic.