International

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 13:43 UTC

  Leading medical publications involved in major scientific “blooper” regarding hydroxychloroquine

  

  An influential study that found hydroxychloroquine increased the risk of death in COVID-19 patients has been withdrawn a week after it led to major trials being halted, adding to the confusion about a malaria drug championed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

• Saturday, June 6th 2020 - 12:41 UTC

  UK/Falklands air bridge sets two new records with the A330-200

  

  A new capability to fly directly from the United Kingdom to the Falkland Islands has been achieved. The modified aircraft, G-VYGM, took its maiden flight on Tuesday 2 June 2020, as part of the scheduled South Atlantic Airbridge and returned directly to the UK on Friday, setting two new world records in the process.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  EU ratifies that Juan Guaidó is the legitimate congressional president in Venezuela

  

  Venezuelan Supreme Court decision to ratify an ally of President Nicolas Maduro as president of the National Assembly is illegitimate, the European Union said on Thursday, warning of a deepening crisis in the South American nation.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Spain: major discrepancies between national and regional Covid-19 death tolls

  

  Spain's overall death toll from the coronavirus edged higher on Thursday, though discrepancies between regional and national data raised questions over the methodology used by the government to produce the tally.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  COVID-19 vaccine must be seen as “a global public good – a people’s vaccine”, UN Secretary-General Guterres

  

  ”We need global solidarity to ensure that every person, everywhere, has access”, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a video message to the Global Vaccine Summit, convened to find and fund collective solutions for Covid-19-related vaccines and to strengthen routine immunization commitments and resources for other preventable diseases.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  FAO's message on the International Day for the fight against IUU fishing

  

  Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU). These three adjectives ultimately jeopardize the whole of the fisheries sector. IUU fishing can destroy the livelihoods of fishing communities, harm food security and nutrition, damage fair local and international trade, and often give way to unsafe and indecent working conditions, sometimes even crime.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

  On Tiananmen anniversary US destroyer sailed the sensitive Taiwan Strait

  

  A U.S. warship sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries said, on the same day as the 31st anniversary of China’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in and around Tiananmen Square.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  British car sales remained in May at 90% their level a year ago

  

  British car sales edged up in May after falling to their lowest since 1946 in April but still remained almost 90% below their level a year earlier as coronavirus restrictions limited sales.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 08:03 UTC

  Trump orders tighter accounting practices of China based companies listed in US markets

  

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday warned American investors against fraudulent accounting practices at China-based companies and said the Nasdaq’s recent decision to tighten listing rules for such players should be “a model” for all other exchanges around the world.

• Friday, June 5th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  EC increases Maritime and Fisheries Fund with €500 million

  

  In a press conference, Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans, and Fisheries, explained the Commission’s decision to increase the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) with €500 million.