International

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  UK and EU begin this Monday post-Brexit negotiations

  

  Britain on Sunday began to detail a hard-line stance in upcoming negotiations with the European Union on future relations, following its historic departure from the bloc. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who will embark on a tour of Asia and Australia this week as he looks to pave the way for global trade deals, warned that London will not accept alignment with EU rules.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:47 UTC

  Falklands home to the largest population of South American fur seals

  

  The Falkland Islands is home to the largest population of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus asutralis australis) in the world, according to a recent scientific paper.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Pope Francis appoints a Uruguayan secretary; Father Gonzalo works with street children and drug addicts

  

  Pope Francis has chosen as his new private secretary the Rev. Gonzalo Aemilius, a 40-year-old Uruguayan priest who worked with street children and drug addicts, whom he has known for many years, the Vatican announced.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Massive injection of liquidity in China to help counter economic effects of the epidemic

  

  China's central bank said it will inject 1.2 trillion Yuan (US$ 174 billion) worth of liquidity into the markets via reverse repo operations on Monday as its stock markets prepare to reopen amid an outbreak of a new coronavirus.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  China has not yet accepted US offer for help to contain coronavirus epidemic

  

  China has been more transparent about the coronavirus than it has been in previous crises but Beijing has not yet accepted a US offer of help to contain the epidemic, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien said on Sunday.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:29 UTC

  G7 members will jointly address the coronavirus epidemic

  

  G 7 countries will discuss a joint response to the coronavirus epidemic, Germany's health minister said on Sunday. Jens Spahn said he had talked on the phone with his US counterpart and “we agreed that there should be a conference call, a discussion by G7 health ministers about this question with the aim of dealing with it together”.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:28 UTC

  Dutchman sentenced to 40 hours community service for insulting Argentine born Queen Maxima of the Netherlands

  

  Dutchman has been sentenced to 40 hours community service for insulting Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, after branding her the 'daughter of a murderer'.

• 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.