International

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 18:40 UTC

  Is Google's Sycamore machine a breakthrough to ”quantum supremacy”?

  

  Scientists claimed on Wednesday to have achieved a near-mythical state of computing in which a new generation of machines vastly outperforms the world's fastest super-computer, known as “quantum supremacy”.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Major murder investigation in UK after 39 bodies found in refrigerated container

  

  Britain launched a major murder investigation after the bodies of 39 people were found on Wednesday in a refrigerated truck, once again putting the spotlight on the shadowy people trafficking business. The corpses were found in a truck container at an industrial park in Grays, east of London, triggering outrage among politicians.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  China attacks Western hypocrisy equaling Hong Kong with Chile and Catalonia situations

  

  China is seizing on violent protests in Europe and South America to bolster its condemnation of demonstrations in Hong Kong and defend its handling of the unrest.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Conservative Catholics disrupt Vatican Amazon synod and dump in the Tiber “pagan” idols

  

  The Vatican on Tuesday accused ultra-conservative Catholic social media of fomenting hate, a day after militants stole statues they considered pagan idols from a church and dumped them in the Tiber river.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  German farmers protest new agricultural policy which promotes organic practices

  

  Thousands of farmers drove their tractors into German cities on Tuesday, in protest at the government's new agricultural policies which they say will hurt their livelihoods and make them scapegoats for climate change.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Russian navy has discovered five new islands revealed by melting ice in the Arctic

  

  Russia's navy said on Tuesday it had discovered five new islands revealed by melting glaciers in the remote Arctic. An expedition in August and September charted the islands, which have yet to be named and were previously hidden under glaciers, said the head of the northern fleet, Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseyev.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  EC's Tusk will recommend EU leaders to grant a Brexit extension

  

  European Council President Donald Tusk said on Tuesday he will recommend EU leaders grant another Brexit extension, hours after British MPs rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson's bid to force his divorce deal through parliament this week.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 08:11 UTC

  Chris, the Australian Merino sheep with a 41.1kg fleece has died

  

  An Australian sheep that entered the Guinness World Records after being found with an enormously overgrown fleece has died, it was announced. Chris the merino sheep made global headlines after being found wandering alone outside Australia's capital Canberra with masses of wool sagging from its frame in 2015.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 12:12 UTC

  How has the US-China trade war affected forex?

  

  There are many factors that affect the value of currencies and influence the flow of foreign exchange, but few have a more significant impact than a trade war.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Another Brexit vote this Tuesday; Speaker Bercow shot down Johnson's Monday attempt

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed aside yet another Brexit setback on Monday and sought again to ram through his EU divorce deal in time for next week's deadline. House of Commons speaker John Bercow shot down Johnson's second attempt on Monday to get MPs to sign off on his revised EU withdrawal terms.