Investments

• Monday, January 4th 2021 - 04:06 UTC

  People killed in large commercial airline crashes higher in 2020 than 2019

  

  The number of people killed in large commercial airplane crashes rose in 2020 to 299 worldwide, even as the number of crashes fell by more than 50%, a Dutch consulting firm said.

• Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:16 UTC

  Falklands' Borders & Southern Petroleum announces board changes and offshore licenses expire 31 Jan 2022

  

  Borders & Southern Petroleum, a company with oil and gas exploration assets offshore the Falkland Islands, announced at the end of the year board changes. The London based independent oil & gas exploration company announced the retirement of Nigel Hurst-Brown from the Board of Directors. His departure will take effect on January 1, 2021.

• Wednesday, December 30th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Greenest and craziest 180,00 tons cruise vessel Mardi Gras offers a roller coaster and brewery for craft beers

  

  In cold, dark Finland, in the middle of the pandemic, shipyard workers at Meyer Turku were hard at work setting a roller coaster on top of a cruise ship - a world first. Others were installing a brewery that could produce craft beers with filtered seawater, intended for a staggering on-board audience of up to 6,500 passengers.

• Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands fishing companies first reaction to the UK/EU post Brexit agreement

  

  The Falklands Islands Fishing Companies Association have made public a first reaction to the post Brexit agreement announced by the UK and the European Union, in which they assess the impact of the deal which excludes any consideration of exports from the Falklands to the EU:

• Monday, December 28th 2020 - 09:13 UTC

  WHO chief warns Covid-19 will not be the last pandemic: climate change and animal welfare must be addressed

  

  The coronavirus crisis will not be the last pandemic, and attempts to improve human health are “doomed” without tackling climate change and animal welfare, the World Health Organization's chief said.

• Saturday, December 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil pledges a target of 45% renewable energy by 2050

  

  Brazil has now moved past the 7 gigawatts (GW) mark of total installed renewables – and has set the ambition of 45% of its energy needs being generated in similar form by 2050.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Coronavirus sniffer dogs at Santiago de Chile international airport

  

  The task of sniffing out passengers infected with COVID-19 at Chile's Santiago international airport is going to the dogs. A team of Golden Retrievers and Labradors sit when they smell the virus and get a treat. The canines sport green “biodetector” jackets with a red cross.

• Thursday, December 24th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Canada approves Moderna coronavirus vaccine: first batch of doses expected before the end of the year

  

  Canada approved Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday, the second country to do so, paving the way for health authorities to step up an inoculation campaign against a worsening second wave.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina extends emergency approval to the Pfizer anti Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Argentina's medicine and food regulator extended on Tuesday an emergency use for the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine in the country. These vaccines are expected to arrive in Argentina sometime between January and March.

• Wednesday, December 23rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Kashmir's saffron “red gold” harvest depleted by climate change

  

  On sweeping fields once blanketed in lush purple, a thin and bedraggled crop of flowers was all farmers in Indian-administered Kashmir’s saffron-growing region Pampore had to show for this year’s harvest.