Americas

Green News

Massive sponge created to soak up oil spills in the ocean

This revolutionary new sponge could save marine life from the damaging effects of marine pollution.

02/06/2020

USA

US protesters defy curfews over George Floyd's death

Thousands defied US curfews to protest the death of George Floyd while outrage continued to reverberate in Europe on Tuesday.

02/06/2020

Eco-Innovation

World's largest all-electric plane generates zero carbon emissions

The new aircraft is "disrupting the transportation industry and accelerating the electric aviation revolution.”

01/06/2020

USA

Christo, artist who wrapped world's landmarks, dies at 84

Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, famously cloaked Berlin's Reichstag, Paris's Pont Neuf and Australia's Little Bay in reams of fabric.

01/06/2020

USA

George Floyd killing: New autopsy finds Floyd died of asphyxiation

Violent clashes have spread over the weekend as protesters defied city curfews, amid widespread anger at the latest police killing of a black American.

31/05/2020

USA

SpaceX astronauts dock successfully with ISS after historic launch

Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken have arrived at the International Space Station after the first successful launch of astronauts into orbit by a private company - Elon Musk's SpaceX.

30/05/2020

USA

George Floyd killing: Minnesota to fully mobilize National Guard

Protests and riots have flared overnight in cities across the US even though a Minneapolis police officer has been charged with murder over the killing of black American man.

30/05/2020

USA

Minneapolis: Police officer charged but protests spread across US

Minneapolis: Officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck charged with murder but protests against police brutality spread across US

29/05/2020

USA

Trump challenges liability protections for social media companies

The US President signed an executive order directs executive agencies to ask for review of social media companies' liability protections.

28/05/2020

Green News

University course helps students face climate crisis with hope

It's easy to feel anxious about the state of the environment but this course is fighting that feeling with education.

28/05/2020

USA

Playwright and AIDS activist Larry Kramer dies aged 84

“The one nice thing that I seem to have acquired, accidentally, is this reputation of everyone afraid of my voice,” Kramer once said.

28/05/2020

USA

In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets

The US President said Twitter's fact-check warning is stifling freedom of expression and accused the platform of interfering in the US presidential elections.

27/05/2020

USA

Bad weather delays Space X launch to send two NASA astronauts to ISS

This is the first time a private company launches a manned flight to the International Space Station

27/05/2020

No Comment

Aquarium releases first footage of newborn beluga whale

The calf weighed 78.9 kilograms and measured 1.64 metres long.

26/05/2020

No Comment

A Mexican zoo has named two newborn puma cubs Pandemic and Quarantine

Vets at the zoo say the births were due to the coronavirus lockdown, which stopped visitors coming and stressing out the animals.

25/05/2020

No Comment

Supporters greet Bolsonaro amid controversy over cabinet video

It comes three days after the country's supreme court released a video of a cabinet meeting in which Bolsonaro is alleged to have tried to interfere with the federal police.

25/05/2020

World News

South America 'a new epicentre' of Coronavirus pandemic, WHO says

Brazil remains the area's worst-affected country with over 21,000 coronavirus-related deaths.

23/05/2020

World

Economy or lockdown? Bolsonaro’s deadly gamble with COVID-19

'People are going to die': President Jair Bolsonaro is at the centre of Brazil's worsening COVID-19 crisis.

22/05/2020

USA

Trump wants a 'comeback' G7 summit in the US. But does anyone else?

Few countries have given Trump a clear commitment.

21/05/2020

USA

US authorities arrest two men accused of helping Ghosn flee Japan

The two men are wanted by japan on charges they helped ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn escape the country in a box in December.

20/05/2020

Green News

Why bees aren’t having sex in the heat

This World Bee Day we look at how bee bonking is being used to understand the climate crisis.

20/05/2020

USA

Trump accuses WHO of favouring China and makes funding threat

US President Donald Trump says he is prepared to permanently withdraw funds to the World Health Organization in 30 days

19/05/2020

USA

Trump defends taking anti-malarial drug as COVID-19 protection

US President Donald Trump says he has been taking a drug used by lupus and arthritis sufferers to protect himself from COVID-19, despite a lack of evidence that it actually combats the disease.

19/05/2020

Green News

Blue bee with ‘unusual facial hair’ re-discovered in the wild

An ultra-rare, navy coloured bee has been spotted in Florida with some unusual facial features.

18/05/2020

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'Hug glove' gives Canada family bit of normality during COVID-19 pandemic

A Canadian woman has come up with an ingenious way to safely hug her mother with a plastic sheet and some duct tape

18/05/2020

USA

Obama criticises US coronavirus response in online graduation speech

“More than anything, this pandemic has fully, finally torn back the curtain on the idea that so many of the folks in charge know what they’re doing,” Obama said.

17/05/2020