International

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:27 UTC

  Support for ex president Macri Falklands' policy

  

  The junior member of the Argentine opposition coalition criticized the policies implemented to address the Falklands/Malvinas by the governments of presidents Carlos Menem, and Nestor and Cristina Kirchner.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:24 UTC

  Bushfires in Australia threaten the dairy industry; “thousands of cattle have been lost”

  

  Bushfires across Australia's east coast are set to pile on more pain for the country's dairy industry, already hurt by a prolonged drought, as processors in one of the world's largest exporters face tightening milk supplies.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  Australian troops deployed to help in three states; bushfires destroyed an area the size of Ireland

  

  Reserve troops were deployed to fire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on Monday after a torrid weekend that turned swathes of land into smoldering, blackened hellscapes.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Boris Johnson hosts EC President von der Leyen ahead of trade talks

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London on Wednesday ahead of the opening rounds of trade talks that will begin once Britain formally leaves the bloc on Jan 31.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  “Tuna King” pays US$ 1.8 million for a giant tuna at Tokyo's ,main fish market

  

  A celebrated Japanese sushi businessman, nicknamed “Tuna King”, paid US$1.8 million for a giant tuna at New Year's auction at Tokyo's main fish market on Sunday. Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a successful sushi restaurant chain, paid 193 million yen (US$1.8 million) to purchase a 276kg bluefin tuna, caught off the Aomori region in northern Japan.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  African swine fever outbreak in Bulgaria: 24.000 pigs to be culled

  

  Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Friday they would cull 24,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a pig farm in the northeast of the country.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Royal Navy to escort UK-flagged vessels through Strait of Hormuz

  

  Britain's navy will accompany UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani by US forces.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  New Zealanders rush to try and save a pod of stranded whales

  

  About 1,000 people rushed to a New Zealand beach over the weekend to try to save a pod of whales that stranded overnight, overwhelming conservation workers who were appealing for specialist assistance.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:47 UTC

  Mexican president calls for the release of Julian Assange from prison in London

  

  Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday called for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison in London, urging an end to what he described as his “torture” in detention.

• Saturday, January 4th 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  China pumps an extra US$ 115bn stimulus to the economy effective Monday

  

  China moved to pump more cash into its financial system, suggesting that Beijing remained concerned about faltering growth despite signs that the world's second-largest economy was stabilizing.