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French multinational Danone announces strategic review of activities in Argentina

Yesterdat 09:43 French food multinational Danone plans biggest shake-up in years with portfolio review; changes could involve sale of Vega protein powder brand as well as a unit in Argentina.

This 2004 image provided by the University of Rhode Island's Institute for Exploration and Center for Archaeological Oceanography and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Ocean Exploration shows the shoes of one of the possible victims of the Titanic disaster.

TITANIC ARTIFACTS

Plan to retrieve Titanic radio spurs debate on human remains

18-10-2020 16:36 A company’s plan to retrieve the Titanic’s radio has sparked a debate over whether the famous shipwreck still holds human remains.

EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

EU parks trade deal with Mercosur over environmental concerns

17-10-2020 09:56 More than 15 months ago, then-president Mauricio Macri hailed the sealing of the Mercosur bloc’s historic trade agreement with the European Union. Today, as European nations express environmental concerns, ratification isn’t even close to starting.

by Fermin Koop

La Garganta Poderosa

‘We must fight to correct inequality,’ says Messi in rare political interview

16-10-2020 00:46 Argentine footballing superstar criticises prevailing global social inequalities, as he delivers rare political comment in special interview marking 100th edition of La Garganta Poderosa.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Man charged over plane death of late footballer Emiliano Sala

15-10-2020 19:24 Britain's Civil Aviation Authority says it has charged man in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash last year.

BREXIT

Brexit talks' fate hangs in balance at EU summit

14-10-2020 17:38 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared himself disappointed in the progress of post-Brexit trade talks Wednesday, but he will wait for news from an EU summit before deciding whether to pull the plug.

Garik Ovanisyan, right, climbs in a bomb crater at his house destroyed by shelling by Azerbaijan's artillery in the town of Martuni, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Wednesday, October 14, 2020.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Armenia, Azerbaijan tensions rise amid claims of new attacks

14-10-2020 15:08 The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is escalating, with both sides exchanging accusations and claims of attacks over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Heavy fighting is in a third week despite a ceasefire deal.

UNITED NATIONS

China and Russia win seats on UN rights council, Saudis lose

14-10-2020 08:53 China, Russia and Cuba win seats on the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records. Saudi Arabia misses out.

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, attends a session on the first day of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Friday, February 14, 2020.

Global pandemic

IMF envisions a sharp 4.4% drop in global growth for 2020

13-10-2020 11:39 International Monetary Fund predicts steep fall in international growth this year as the global economy struggles to recover from the pandemic-induced recession. Argentina's economy now forecast to contract by 11.8%.

BLOOMBERG

Oxfam says IMF loans force spending cuts that exacerbate poverty

12-10-2020 12:39 The vast majority of International Monetary Fund loans extended during the Covid-19 pandemic have suggested or demanded spending cuts that would worsen poverty and inequality, charity group Oxfam says.

This handout photo taken on October 12, 2020 and released by the Vatican press office, the Vatican Media, shows Pope Francis (R) talking with Australian cardinal George Pell during a private audience at the Vatican.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Pope meets with Australian cardinal acquitted of child abuse charges

12-10-2020 12:35 Pope Francis met Monday with Australian Cardinal George Pell for the first time since he was jailed – and then acquitted – on child sex abuse charges.

Peter Fredriksson, Chairman of the Committee for Economic Sciences, left, Goran K. Hansson, Permanent Secretary for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, center, and Tommy Andersson, member in The Prize Committee for the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences announce the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2020 at a press conference in Stockholm, Monday Oct. 12, 2020.

Nobel prizes

Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions

12-10-2020 12:05 US economists Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson have won the Nobel Prize in Economics for "improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."

Latin America

Brazil-US turbulence ahead in case of Biden victory

11-10-2020 17:27 Diplomatic relations between Brazil and the United States are likely to become more turbulent in the event of a Joe Biden victory in November.

Members of the Armenian community march towards the Azerbaijan and Turkey Embassies in Buenos Aires, on October 10, 2020, during a protest in support of Armenia and Karabakh amid the territorial dispute with Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh.

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Armenians in Argentina decry Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

11-10-2020 08:51 Hundreds of people from Argentina's Armenian community demonstrated Saturday in Buenos Aires, calling for an end to fighting in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

President Fernandez, Alicia Catro, Cristina, Maduro and Bachelet.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN vote on Venezuela opens up faultline in Frente de Todos

10-10-2020 09:32 Argentina throws support behind a UN human rights report in Venezuela, sparking criticism from Kirchnerite figures and the resignation of key ambassador.

President Trump on the White House balcony.

US ELECTION 2020

Is time running out for Donald Trump?

10-10-2020 09:16 US president is desperate to get back on the road, despite coronavirus diagnosis. But his chances of winning look to be fading, with little time left to recover.

Deputy Executive Director Amir Mahmoud Abdulla gestures as he speaks to media representatives outside The World Food Programme (WFP) headquarters in Rome on October 9, 2020, after the announcement that the organisation had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. World Food Programme chief David Beasley said that the UN agency was "deeply humbled" by winning the Nobel Peace Prize, adding it had rendered him "speechless".

Nobel prize

World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

09-10-2020 11:37 The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme on Friday for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, as the coronavirus pandemic pushes millions more into hunger.

Louise Glück, a US poet long revered for the power, inventiveness and concision of her work and for her generosity to younger writers, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nobel prizes

US poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

08-10-2020 17:41 Louise Glück, a US poet long revered for the power, inventiveness and concision of her work and for her generosity to younger writers, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former US vice-president Joe Biden.

US ELECTION 2020

US election officials want online debate, but Trump says no

08-10-2020 17:29 Fate of the final US election debates between Donald Trump and Joe Biden thrown into uncertainty after officials try to take them online due to president's Covid-19 diagnosis.

Vice President Mike Pence takes notes as Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris answers a question during the US vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

US 2020 Election

US vice-presidential debate takeaways: pandemic looms over a more civil fight

08-10-2020 13:13 US Vice-President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris faced off on Wednesday in the only vice presidential debate of the US 2020 Presidential Election.

Human rights

UN extends Venezuela human rights violations probe

07-10-2020 18:05 UN Human Rights Council slams "widespread" political persecution in Venezuela and votes to extend its fact-finding mission for another two years, a decision that sparks immediate repercussions in Argentina.

A homeless women sleep outside on a mattress in the City barrio of Villa 31, during the government-ordered lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Argentina.

Global pandemic

Up to 150 million could join extreme poor, warns World Bank

07-10-2020 15:40 Up to 150 million people could slip into extreme poverty, living on less than US$1.90 a day, by late next year, says World Bank.

Emmanuelle Charpentier, left, and Jennifer Doudna.

NOBEL PRIZE

Two scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool

07-10-2020 09:33 Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a way of editing genes likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.

Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations in Beijing on May 15, 2019.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Nearly 40 nations criticise China's human rights policies

07-10-2020 01:39 Nearly 40 mainly Western countries criticised China’s treatment of minority groups, especially in Xinjiang and Tibet, on Tuesday and expressed grave concern at the impact of its new national security law on human rights in Hong Kong.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Swiss regulator looking at AstraZeneca-Oxford virus vaccine

06-10-2020 14:58 Swiss authorities said Tuesday they had begun assessing AstraZeneca and Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine – the first such treatment submitted for authorisation in the country.

David Haviland, member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, left, and Goran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Academy of Sciences, announce the winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday Oct. 6, 2020. The three winners on the screen from left, Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez have won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for black hole discoveries.

NOBEL PRIZES

Three scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole finds

06-10-2020 09:02 Three scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe.

US President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, October 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda.

Global pandemic

Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without a mask

06-10-2020 08:11 US President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was receiving an unprecedented level of care for Covid-19.

The Trump administration increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Thursday, June 18, targeting a lifeline he's used for selling crude oil run by a close associate of the socialist leader who was recently jailed in Cape Verde.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Control of Venezuelan gold held in London cast into doubt

05-10-2020 17:07 British court throws in question who controls nearly US$2 billion in Venezuelan gold stowed in a London bank vault amid a power struggle between President Nicolás Maduro and US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

In this image released by the White House, US President Donald Trump works in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Saturday, October 3, 2020, after testing positive for Covid-19.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump announces he's leaving hospital, says not 'to fear' Covid

05-10-2020 16:34 Donald Trump announces he's leaving the hospital Monday where he was given emergency treatment for Covid-19, telling the nation they have nothing to fear from Covid.

US President Donald Trump waves from the back of a car in a motorcade outside of Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump signals improving health with appearance for supporters

04-10-2020 21:53 US President Donald Trump waves to supporters from motorcade, posts video saying he has "learned a lot about Covid" by "really going to school," as he has battled the virus.

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the crypt of the Basilica of St. Francis, in Assisi, Italy, Saturday, October 3, 2020.

Global pandemic

Pope: Market capitalism has failed in pandemic, needs reform

04-10-2020 09:04 In new encyclical, Argentine pontiff says the coronavirus pandemic has proven that the “magic theories” of market capitalism have failed and that the world needs a new type of politics.

In this January 20, 2015 file photo, wooden arrows show the distances to various cities on King George Island, Antarctica.

Global pandemic

Cold but safe: Argentines in Antarctica rarely don masks

03-10-2020 17:03 As Covid-19 cases surge in their homeland, there are at least some Argentines who feel secure: the scientists and military personnel at the nation's bases in Antarctica, the only continent without reported cases.

A lonely penguin appears in Antarctica during the southern hemisphere's summer season.

ENVIRONMENT

Study: Antarctic Peninsula at warmest in decades

03-10-2020 16:51 This year is the hottest in the Antarctic Peninsula in the past three decades, a study by the University of Santiago de Chile out Friday found.

This photo taken and handout on October 3, 2020 by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis (R) wave from his car as he leaves the Basilica of Assisi after celebrating mass at the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi and signing a new encyclical on human fraternity titled "Fratelli Tutti".

Global pandemic

Pope Francis makes first trip outside Rome since virus lockdown

03-10-2020 16:47 Pope Francis travels to Assisi for first trip since the Vatican's coronavirus lockdown.

US President Donald Trump arrives at Morristown Municipal Airport to attend a fundraiser at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, Thursday, October 1, 2020, in Morristown, N.J.

UNITED STATES

Of presidents and health, US history replete with secrecy, lies

03-10-2020 15:38 Throughout US history, an uncomfortable truth has emerged: Presidents have lied about their health.

Dr. Sean Conley, physician to US President Donald Trump, briefs reporters at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, October 3, 2020.

UNITED STATES

White House: Next 48 hours critical for Trump on virus fight

03-10-2020 15:27 Confusing messages about US president's health, as doctors paint a rosy picture and White House officials admit he was given supplemental oxygen before heading to hospital.

US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

A debate with only lowlights

03-10-2020 09:58 The debate changed nothing, except to diminish the country’s dignity just a little bit more

AS I SEE IT

The Trump-Biden bar-room brawl

03-10-2020 08:48 If, as seems to be the case, the “debate” between Trump and Biden faithfully reflected the mood of many in the United States today, the world’s most powerful country is undergoing a mental breakdown.

by James Neilson

This war between Big Techis (Google and Facebook) is about money, but it is also about the future makeup of an information ecosystem that is currently trending toward the gutter, defined by misinformation, fake news, and “viral content” that is making people addicted to behaviours determined by algorithms whose only objective is to make more money.

TECH & MEDIA

Journalism, beware of Google’s billion-dollar siren calls!

03-10-2020 08:40 The largest threat for Google and Facebook, and Big Tech in general, is regulation.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Marine One helicopter, with President Donald Trump aboard, lifts off from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, for the short flight to nearby Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. The White House says Trump will spend a "few days" at the military hospital after contracting COVID-19.

Global pandemic

US President Trump hospitalised with Covid-19

02-10-2020 22:24 US president airlifted to military hospital with fever and fatigue; President Fernández sends him a letter wishing him a "speedy recovery."

US First Lady Melania Trump stands with US President Donald Trump as he looks at Democratic presidential candidate former Vice-President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump's diagnosis rocks final stage of US presidential campaign

02-10-2020 16:46 Election year already defined by crisis slips further into chaos, after US president reveals he and the first lady have tested positive for coronavirus.

US President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House September 27, 2020, in Washington, DC.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Trump has 'mild' Covid symptoms, diagnosis rocks race for White House

02-10-2020 09:13 US president experiencing "mild symptoms" of Covid-19 after testing positive, along with First Lady Melania Trump. News upends election campaign, a month before Republican leader faces Joe Biden at the polls.

US President Donald Trump stands on stage with First Lady Melania Trump after the first presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Global pandemic

US President Trump, First Lady test positive for Covid-19

02-10-2020 02:16 US president reveals he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus in a late-night tweet.

MERCOSUR

Felipe Solá: Argentina won’t stop or reject EU-Mercosur trade deal

01-10-2020 19:59 Foreign minister says country has “changed stance” on free-trade agreement and will debate it in Congress when concerns over environmental

by Fermin Koop

Bloomberg

Google will pay publishers for news content to avoid regulation

01-10-2020 15:24 Alphabet Inc.’s Google will start paying select media outlets to display curated content on its news app in a concession to the industry which has accused the search engine and other tech giants of unfairly using content for years.

BLOOMBERG

IMF sounds debt warning as it offers rethink on restructurings

01-10-2020 15:17 IMF sounds a warning over rising global debt levels and proposed reforms to the debt-restructuring process for countries that struggle to meet their obligations.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech in Rome on Wednesday, September 30, 2020.

DIPLOMACY

US official urges Vatican, Pope to condemn human rights abuses in China

30-09-2020 10:08 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges Vatican to denounce violations of religious freedom in China, saying the Catholic Church should be at the forefront in the fight to insist on basic human rights there.

Backdropped by a painting of independence leader Simon Bolivar, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela's oil revenue collapses 99% in six years, says Maduro

30-09-2020 09:31 Venezuela's oil revenue has collapsed 99% over the last six years, President Nicolás Maduro said, blaming financial sanctions put in place by the US for much of the loss.

US President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice-President Joe Biden, right, with moderator Chris Wallace, centre, of Fox News during the first presidential debate Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.

US Presidential debate

Unedifying spectacle: Trump, Biden stage chaotic first debate

30-09-2020 09:01 First US debate between Trump and Biden deteriorates into unedifying spectacle, with US president alternating between constant interruption of his opponent, vicious personal attacks

US President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice-President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.

US presidential debate

Foreign observers shocked by 'chaos' and 'rancour' in US debate

30-09-2020 08:46 The first debate pitting Republican President Donald Trump against Democratic challenger Joe Biden was not a highlight of political oratory in the eyes of many overseas.

US President Donald Trump speaks during the first presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland.

US presidential debate

Trump to far-right extremists: 'Stand back and stand by'

30-09-2020 08:41 US President Donald Trump skips opportunity to condemn white supremacist groups during first debate, telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by.”

In this September 24, 2020, file photo, cemetery workers place the coffin containing the remains of Jose de Arimateia, 65, who died from COVID-19 complications, into a niche at the municipal cemetery in Nova Iguacu, Brazil.

Global pandemic

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus eclipses one million

29-09-2020 00:45 The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed one million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, pitted science against politics and forced us to change the way we live, learn and work.

US President Donald Trump adjusts the microphone after he announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, September 26, 2020, in Washington.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett for US Supreme Court

27-09-2020 19:56 US President Donald Trump named Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, setting in motion a rush by Republicans to cement a conservative majority on the court.

US election bombshell

Report: Trump paid just US$750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017

27-09-2020 19:45 US President Donald Trump paid just US$750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and paid no income tax at all in 10 of the previous 15 years, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing tax return data extending more than 20 years.

Late US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington on Friday.

US POLITICS

Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol

26-09-2020 10:30 Late Supreme Court lay in state Friday at the US Capitol, the first woman so honoured in the United States. Trump set to announce nominee later today.

FOOTBALL & CORONAVIRUS

World Cup ties pose selection dilemmas for Albiceleste

26-09-2020 10:25 Putting out an Albiceleste XI for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers is an acute logistical and selection dilemma for Lionel Scaloni. But despite the difficulties, some of Argentina’s old-guard still can’t find a spot in the squad.

by Dan Edwards

While it may seem unlikely, a global pandemic can sometimes be an opportunity. This seems to be the case for Juan Guaidó.

GUEST VOICE

Juan Guaidó’s R2P bet: all bark, no bite?

26-09-2020 10:19 While it may seem unlikely, a global pandemic can sometimes be an opportunity. This seems to be the case for Juan Guaidó.

by Andrei Serbin Pont

Pigs are seen at a pig farm in Marcos Paz municipality, Buenos Aires.

EXPORTS & ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

China delivers opportunity and controversy for Argentina’s pork sector

26-09-2020 10:00 Proposed deal with China is a chance to boost Argentine exports, but environmentalists are strongly opposed to it.

An evening harvest in Buenos Aires Province.

BLOOMBERG

In Argentina’s soy stand-off, US rivals emerge as winners

25-09-2020 12:18 Argentina’s tightening currency restrictions are wreaking havoc in everything from corporate debt to Netflix subscriptions. But there’s one unintended beneficiary: US soybean crushers.

A picture of Oscar Farías, who died of Covid-19 on April 27, is seen at his son's house in Buenos Aires, on June 30, 2020.

Global pandemic

Latin America's virus victims, and the spaces they leave behind

25-09-2020 12:11 Global deaths from the coronavirus have almost reached the grim threshold of one million. Around one-third of fatalities were in Latin America, where countries with overstretched medical resources are preparing for a further onslaught.

Police and protesters converge during a demonstration, Wednesday, September 23, 2020, in Louisville, Kentucky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place.

US Racial Unrest

Dismay over Breonna Taylor spills into America's streets

24-09-2020 14:22 No officers were charged for the killing of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot in her home in Louisville, Kentucky, causing another wave of protests in the United States over racial injustice.

This handout picture released by Bolivian Presidency shows Bolivia's interim president Jeanine Añez speaking during a press conference.

UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Bolivia's leader criticises Argentina at UN for harbouring Evo Morales

23-09-2020 18:18 Bolivia's interim leader criticises Argentina for its "harbouring" of the country's former president Evo Morales, who she accuses of conspiring to foment unrest in her country.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters and journalists as he arrives to give a news conference on the new coronavirus at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, March 27, 2020.

EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

Brazil rejects deforestation concerns on EU-Mercosur deal

23-09-2020 16:12 Brazil hits back at European reluctance to finalise EU-Mercosur trade deal, saying a French report on environmental concerns is motivated by "protectionist interests."

President Alberto Fernández records his broadcast to the United Nations at the Casa Rosada.

UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Fernández reiterates Malvinas sovereignty claim in first UN appearance

22-09-2020 22:40 President expresses support for multilateralism and challenges world leaders to use the health crisis as a moment of inflection to find solutions for other scourges as well.

In this photo provided by the United Nations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, left, and General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir, from Turkey, confer prior to the start of the General Assembly meeting commemorating the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, Monday, September 21, 2020.

75 YEARS OF UNITED NATIONS

Born to prevent war, UN at 75 faces a deeply polarised world

21-09-2020 23:44 “We have a surplus of multilateral challenges and a deficit of multilateral solutions,” declares António Guterres, as UN secretary general leads celebrations marking organisation's 75th anniversary.

US President Donald Trump wraps up his speech at a campaign rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport, Saturday, September 19, 2020, in Fayetteville

US SUPREME COURT

Trump to make court pick by Saturday, before Ginsburg burial

21-09-2020 16:11 US president says he expects to announce pick for the Supreme Court by week’s end, before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is buried.

Customers eat sunday lunches at tables outside restaurants in Soho, in London on September 20, 2020 as the British government consider fresh nationwide restrictions after an rise in cases of the novel coronavirus. The government this week tightened restrictions on socialising because of a surge in coronavirus cases, and imposed local lockdowns across swathes of the country.

Global pandemic

UK public warned to get serious as Covid toll set to surge

21-09-2020 09:02 England is on track for about 50,000 coronavirus cases a day by mid-October and a surging death toll unless the public gets serious about preventive action, top UK advisors warn.

In this file picture taken on August 15, 2020, smoke and flames rise from an illegally lit fire in Amazon rainforest reserve, south of Novo Progresso in Para State, Brazil.

EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

Key EU states fear Mercosur pact may hurt Amazon

21-09-2020 08:22 EU commissioner admits not all EU nations "are aligned" on trade deal with Mercosur nations, as fears historic accord could hurt the Amazon grow.

Commuters wearing protective masks wait for a bus in Mexico City.

Global pandemic

Latin America's cities bustle like Covid is gone – but it’s not

20-09-2020 21:57 In Latin America’s big cities, as in other places around the globe, it almost feels like the virus never happened.

Flowers and light candies outside the US Supreme Court Friday, September 18, 2020, in Washington, after the Supreme Court announced that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.

Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

McConnell vows quick vote on next US Supreme Ct justice; Biden says wait

19-09-2020 09:59 Ruth Bader Ginsburg's untimely death cast an immediate spotlight on the crucial high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly vowing to bring to a vote whoever US President Donald Trump nominates.