International

Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Concern in Puerto Rico following Royal Caribbean announced cancelling of 90 cruise visits

Cruise ship visits to San Juan, Puerto Rico are being canceled for the 2020-21 season due to the privatization of the cruise port. According to the local newspaper, El Nuevo Día, Royal Caribbean is canceling 90 calls to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the 2020 and 2021 season. The news was released by Fermin Fontanez, the director of the Authority for Public-Private Partnerships that these cancellations would happen.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
One Ocean Expeditions cancels fourth voyage, an 11-day Falklands itinerary scheduled for December

One Ocean Expeditions, the beleaguered arctic operator that has been cancelling itineraries as it goes through a “difficult period of restructuring,” has canceled a fourth voyage, according to travel agency Swoop Antarctica.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Indonesia rainforest fires more toxic and extended than blazes in the Amazon, EU claims

Fires that destroyed Indonesian rainforests pumped out more carbon dioxide than the blazes in the Amazon this year, according to the European Union's atmosphere observation program.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:43 UTC
Boris Johnson is “dangerous and unfit for office”, claims Scottish leader Sturgeon calling for a vote to “escape Brexit”

Scotland's leader Nicola Sturgeon is to accuse Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being “dangerous and unfit for office” as she launches the SNP's election manifesto. The SNP leader will say that a vote for her party on 12 December will be a vote to “escape Brexit and put Scotland's future in Scotland's hands”.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Abu Dhabi's Premier League Manchester City worth US$ 4.8 billion

The owner of English Premier League champions Manchester City is selling a US$500 million stake to private equity firm Silver Lake, valuing the football club's owner at US$4.8 billion, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Thieves empty German museum of €1 billion in jewels and treasures

Thieves grabbed jewels and other treasures worth up to €1 billion from an eastern German museum in the early hours of Monday, Bild newspaper reported.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:17 UTC
Romanian authorities trying to rescue thousands of sheep trapped in a capsized ship

Port authorities tried to right a capsized ship on Monday to rescue thousands of sheep trapped below deck in the Black Sea off Romania. The Palau-registered Queen Hind flipped onto its side shortly after leaving Romania's Midia port en route to Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Its crew, most of them Syrians, were rescued.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:55 UTC
Spanish police seize a Colombian submarine with tons of cocaine in Galicia

Police in Spain have seized a submarine carrying cocaine off the coast of the northwest Galicia region which had arrived from South America, officials said on Monday.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:44 UTC
Britain is a dangerous mess, warns Tony Blair; “the Marxist Leninist wing has taken over Labour”

Former prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday that Britain was in a dangerous mess and that neither his own Labour Party nor Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives deserved to win a Dec. 12 election.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:35 UTC
Tories' lead over Labour is narrowing according to the latest opinion polls

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party saw its lead over the opposition Labour Party narrow during the last week, an opinion poll by ICM for Reuters showed on Monday, ahead of a Dec 12 election.