International

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 08:42 UTC

  Seals mortality in Bering Sea beaches baffles scientists; above normal water temperatures

  

  At least 60 dead seals have been discovered along beaches of the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea in northwestern Alaska, and scientists are trying to determine what caused their deaths, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Wednesday. 

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 17:29 UTC

  Argentina’s commemorates 25 years of the Jewish Centre bombing

  

  “This year we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the attack on the headquarters of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires”.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Pichetto pledges a “democratic, capitalist, intelligent, productive” Argentina

  

  Miguel Angel Pichetto was born in Buenos Aires and moved to the Patagonian province of Río Negro early in his career. He was first elected in 1983 as a Councilor of Sierra Grande, then mayor (85/87) and later a provincial lawmaker.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 08:26 UTC

  Falklands' Caracara “Louie” prank: it again escapes from London Zoo, but two days later was back

  

  A bird of prey, a caracara from the Falkland Islands escaped London Zoo for the second time in 18 months on Sunday, soaring out of the grounds during a meet the animals show for families. The striated caracara named “Louie”, sparked a search of nearby Regent’s Park which left picnickers stunned by the sight of zookeepers waving around a dead rat on a stick in an attempt to coax it back.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 06:36 UTC

  Canada bans capture and breeding of cetaceans such as whales and dolphins

  

  Canada's parliament on Monday approved a bill banning the capture and breeding of cetaceans such as whales and dolphins in a move hailed by animal rights activists. The bill, first proposed in 2015 and now awaiting symbolic royal approval, will not apply retroactively, meaning captive marine mammals can stay confined.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 19:56 UTC

  Madrid ignores Trump's warnings: Huawei 5G service network for Spanish cities

  

  Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is set to roll out its 5G service in several Spanish cities on Saturday, making it one of the first European countries with the ultrafast mobile phone network.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 15:34 UTC

  World's most expensive painting, Leonardo's Salvador Mundi currently in a Saudi yacht

  

  Since its sale for a record US$450 million, the whereabouts of the Salvator Mundi, said to be painted by Leonardo da Vinci, has become one of the art world's greatest mysteries.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Vatican joins gender identity debate: it can “annihilate the concept of nature and destabilize the family institution”

  

  The Vatican has released a new document challenging modern conceptions of gender identity. The 31-page teaching guidance, released on Monday, is titled Male and Female He Created Them. It speaks of an “educational crisis” and says the current debate can “annihilate the concept of nature” and destabilize the family institution.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 07:18 UTC

  Argentina recalls the Day of Affirmation of its Rights over the South Atlantic Islands

  

  Argentina recalled on Monday, 10 June, a new anniversary of the creation in 1829 of the “Political and Military command headquarters of the Malvinas Islands and adjacencies to Cape Horn in the Atlantic Sea”, and which has been incorporated to the official calendar as the Day of Affirmation of Argentine Rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and its surrounding maritime spaces.

• Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Another major fire in London block of flats; Grenfell Tower survivors beginning legal action in US against suppliers

  

  Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters were called to a blaze at a block of flats in Barking, east London on Sunday, the fire brigade said on its Twitter feed. Six floors of the building are alight, the fire brigade said.