Politics

Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Trump threatens to deploy thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was deploying thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers and police to prevent further protests in Washington, where buildings and monuments have been vandalized near the White House.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:30 UTC
WHO experts deny Covid-19 was losing potency, as asserted by Italian epidemiologist

Two World Health Organization experts and a range of other scientists said on Monday there was no evidence to support an assertion by a high profile Italian doctor that the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic has been losing potency.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:22 UTC
IATA announces new health recommendations for air travel

Mask wearing, temperature controls, disinfection of aircraft - the International Civil Aviation Organization on Monday published a series of health recommendations for a pandemic-hit airline industry as it re-launches air travel.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC
Facebook staff criticize Zuckerberg for leaving Trump’s most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged

Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Mexican workers return to work at the automotive factories

Tens of thousands of workers lined up before dawn to return to work at automotive factories along Mexico's northern border on Monday, the first day that industries joined the country's list of essential activities beginning to reopen.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 07:44 UTC
Independent autopsy contradicts official document: George Floyd died from asphyxiation

Two doctors who carried out an independent autopsy of George Floyd, the black man whose death in Minneapolis police custody last week triggered nationwide protests, said on Monday that he died from asphyxiation and that his death was a homicide.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 09:27 UTC
Three Uruguayan marines shot dead; unanimous condemnation from public opinion and political system

The killing of three young Uruguayan marines, with shots in their heads in a non-strategic outpost next to the Montevideo fortress which overlooks the port and city, has shocked public opinion and triggered pledges from government authorities that the culprits will be brought to justice and face trial.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 08:57 UTC
Trump delivers to his friend Bolsonaro two million doses of hydroxychloroquine

The United States has delivered two million doses of the anti-malarial medicine hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to Brazil to fight COVID-19, the White House said Sunday, though the drug has not been proven effective against the coronavirus.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Brazil becomes the country with Covid-19 fourth highest deaths toll: 29,314

Brazil reported a record 33,274 new cases of the new coronavirus this weekend, the health ministry said, and the death toll surpassed that of France and now ranks below only the United States, Britain, and Italy.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 08:54 UTC
Venezuela announces the end of subsidized fuel prices together with privatized service stations

Venezuela will increase fuel prices in June, the president said, putting a limit on state subsidies that for decades had allowed citizens to fill their gas tanks virtually for free. Although the country has huge oil reserves, production has collapsed and Venezuelans are facing dire shortages - exacerbated by the impact of COVID-19 on the economy.