Politics

Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 07:47 UTC
Qatar Airways pledge of support sends Latam Airlines stock soaring

Latam Airlines registered a significant rise Tuesday and Wednesday on the Santiago Stock Exchange, rising 37.63% and 16%, which is attributed to the support that its partner Qatar Airways, who owns 10% of the Chilean airline, disclosed.
Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 07:41 UTC
Falklands to ease restrictions on businesses currently closed due to Covid-19

The Falkland Islands Executive Council met on Wednesday and considered the matter of easing restrictions on those businesses currently being advised to stay closed due to Covid-19. Announcements on the issues will follow this week.
Thursday, June 4th 2020 - 07:26 UTC
Falklands' exercise to test a quick and effective response to a Covid-19 outbreak

Falkland Islands Chief Medical Officer, Rebecca Edwards has said that with testing able to the done in the Islands, it is likely cases will be detected earlier and responded to faster. The KEMH in Stanley can already handle up to seven critically ill patients .
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 12:27 UTC
Clashes and rioting in Paris recalling the death of a black man in French police custody

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Paris on Tuesday after around 20,000 people defied a ban to rally over the 2016 death of a black man in police custody, galvanized by US demonstrations against racism and deadly police violence.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 12:24 UTC
UN human rights top official criticizes US “police violence” and historic inequalities

Protests in cities across the United States triggered by the killing of George Floyd underscore “police violence” against people of color, and historic inequalities in access to health, education, and jobs, the top United Nations human rights official said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 12:20 UTC
President Trump also manages to infuriate religious leaders

United States religious leaders on Tuesday castigated Donald Trump for posing in front of a church holding a Bible after peaceful protesters were violently cleared from the surrounding area.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 11:52 UTC
Brazilian May exports reached US$ 18bn with a trade surplus of US$ 4,5bn

Last month, Brazilian exports totaled US$17.94 billion and imports, US$13.392 billion, which generated a trade surplus of US$4.548 billion. On the export side, there was a 4.2% decline in the daily export average from US$936.02 million in May 2019, to US$896.98 million in May 2020. In relation to imports, there was a 1.6% decline in the daily average over the same comparison period, from US$680.37 million to US$669.58 million.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 11:52 UTC
UK government's lockdown “sex ban” faces widespread mockery

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government faced widespread mockery on Tuesday over coronavirus rules which were cast by some media as a “sex ban”, though a junior minister said the regulations were aimed at keeping people safe.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:59 UTC
Brazil surpasses 30,000 coronavirus deaths; in Sao Paulo City partial lifting of the lockdown delayed

Brazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak on Tuesday as the disease continued to rip through South America's worst-hit country. Figures released by the health ministry showed a new record 1,262 deaths in the previous 24 hours, as well as 28,936 new infections.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:57 UTC
EU starts overhaul of drug manufacturing emphasizing in production and access to medicines

The European Commission on Tuesday started a process that could lead to reforms of drug manufacturing to limit shortages of vaccines and antibiotics and make medicines more easily available.