International

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:21 UTC

  Mexico supports Argentine candidate to lead the Inter American Development bank

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration plans to support Argentina in the race to lead the Inter American Bank, a key Washington-based multilateral lender, in another sign of political rapport between the region’s two most important left-wing governments.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  China reports outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in poultry farm with 7.850 chickens

  

  China reported an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 bird flu at a farm in Shaoyang city of the southern province of Hunan, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Sunday.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Cheers and tears as UK ends 47 years of European Union membership

  

  Britain on Friday ended almost half a century of European Union membership, making a historic exit after years of bitter arguments to chart its own uncertain path in the world. There were celebrations and tears across the country as the EU's often reluctant member became the first to leave an organization set up to forge unity among nations after the horrors of World War II.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Pope Francis and president Alberto Fernandez examined Argentine problems

  

  A smiling Pope Francis welcomed the new president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, to the Vatican on Friday morning and then spoke with him in a private audience for 45 minutes, signaling that good relations exist between the two leaders and suggesting that this could perhaps open the door for the pontiff’s first visit to his homeland since his election—though the president later said they did not discuss this.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Gibraltar Marks EU Departure

  

  Gibraltar originally joined the EU under the British Treaty of Accession in 1972. On the evening of Friday 31st January 2020 at midnight Central European Time the departure from the European Union at the appointed time the UK formally ceased being a member state.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Beijing furious with US over warning American citizens to avoid China

  

  Beijing on Friday sharply criticized the United States for warning American citizens to avoid China and for urging those already there to leave due to the coronavirus health emergency.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  How we recruited albatrosses to patrol the high seas for illegal fishers

  

  By Samantha Patrick (*) – Wandering albatrosses have long been considered exceptional creatures. They can fly 8.5 million kilometers during their lifetimes – the equivalent of flying to the Moon and back more than ten times. Their three-and-a-half-meter wing span is the same length as a small car and they can weigh as much as 24 puffins. Their body shape means they can effortlessly glide over the ocean waves, flying in some of the strongest winds on Earth. Now research led by the Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé in France has found that these seabirds may have promising careers in the fight against overfishing.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Facebook to down misinformation about China's fast spreading coronavirus

  

  Facebook said it will take down misinformation about China's fast-spreading coronavirus in a rare departure from its approach to health content, after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Scotland votes for independence referendum; EU flag will remain flying outside Holyrood

  

  Scotland’s Parliament voted this week ahead of Friday, to hold a new referendum on Scottish independence, a move intended to increase political pressure on the British government as the UK leaves the European Union.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  “We must stand up for Europe, otherwise at some point we won’t have it any more”

  

  Britain’s departure from the European Union shows the bloc must deliver for its citizens and its leaders must stand up for the project or else risk it failing, the head of the European Union’s executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Friday.