International

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting scheduled for June suspended

  

  A Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled to take place in the Rwandan capital Kigali in June has been postponed due to COVID-19, the organization said on Tuesday. A new date for the event, which takes place every two years, would be announced in due course, the body's London-based secretariat said in a statement.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  Booming sales for hand soaps and detergents boost Proctor & Gamble profits

  

  Procter & Gamble Co beat Wall Street expectations for quarterly profit on Friday as it reported its best U.S. sales growth in decades thanks to consumers stockpiling cleaning essentials in lockdowns against the coronavirus.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:17 UTC

  Missouri state sues China's leadership over COVID-19 seeking billions in compensation

  

  The US state of Missouri on Tuesday Apr 21 sued China's leadership over COVID-19, seeking damages over what it described as deliberate deception and insufficient action to stop the pandemic.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 07:06 UTC

  Coca Cola sale volumes drop 25% globally since the beginning of April

  

  Coca-Cola Co on Tuesday forecast a significant hit to current-quarter results as restaurants, theaters and other venues that represent about half of the company's revenue remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 06:35 UTC

  UN chief urges governments to address climate change emergency, on 50th anniversary of Earth Day

  

  United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urged governments to use their economic responses to the coronavirus pandemic to tackle the “even deeper emergency” of climate change, in a message for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 06:02 UTC

  Players from leading Spanish clubs against closed training camps

  

  Players from Spain's leading clubs have expressed concern about returning to work while the coronavirus is still a threat and are against La Liga's plans to hold closed training camps, the association of Spanish footballers' (AFE) has said.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 13:36 UTC

  “Greg Mortimer” crew members and medical chief officer demand repatriation: “we also have a home country”

  

  The last cruise of “Greg Mortimer” when it left Ushuaia on March 15th was an invitation to disaster, and now “we are asking for a humanitarian corridor to take us, as they did with passengers, to our home countries”, said Mauricio Usme, chief medical officer on board the Aurora Expeditions vessel.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 10:16 UTC

  US oil price on Monday turned negative for the first time in history

  

  The price of US oil has turned negative for the first time in history. That means oil producers are paying buyers to take the commodity off their hands over fears that storage capacity could run out in May.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 10:15 UTC

  Major asset managers reject Argentina's proposal to overhaul US$ 66bn foreign debt

  

  A group of major asset managers who are creditors to Argentina have rejected the government’s proposal aimed at overhauling US$66.2 billion of its foreign-law debt, saying it inflicted an unjust amount of financial pain on international bondholders.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2020 - 10:10 UTC

  Falklands government and people wish the Queen a safe and healthy birthday; parade cancelled

  

  The Falkland Islands government said that in light of the announcement by Her Majesty the Queen and following consultations between Governor Nigel Phillips CBE and Buckingham Palace, it has been decided to cancel the Queen's Birthday Parade on 21 April.