Americas

Green News

Why are the waves in California glowing blue?

The natural phenomenon is drawing visitors who are swimming and surfing in the luminous waves.

14/05/2020

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Brazilian nurses mourn colleagues killed on the COVID-19 frontline

The demonstration was held on International Nurses Day on Tuesday (May 12).

13/05/2020

Green News

What polar bears and monkeys can teach us about social distancing

The animal kingdom has been helping scientists understand how diseases are transmitted between groups.

13/05/2020

Green News

Revolutionary new robots run so fast they could overtake cheetahs

Robotics developed in North Carolina have been designed to run like cheetahs, but what will they be used for?

12/05/2020

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Costume-wearing walkers boost morale amid Michigan's COVID-19 lockdown

Members' costumes vary each time, from hippos to sharks and dinosaurs to bears.

12/05/2020

Living

Iconic Campbell’s Soup goes green, but what would Andy Warhol think?

Saving soup cans from going to landfill is surely something Warhol would have approved of.

12/05/2020

USA

'Don't ask me, ask China': Trump clashes with reporter on US tests

The US President clashed with two reporters before walking out of his own White House coronavirus briefing.

12/05/2020

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Brazil's most iconic landmark lit up with calls to end hunger

A food bank program and social services of the city launched the campaign under the hashtag #MesaSemFome (#TableWithoutHunger)

11/05/2020

USA

Rock'n'roll legend Little Richard has died aged 87

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock ‘n’ roll” whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably changed popular music while introducing black R&B to white America, has died Saturday. He was 87.

09/05/2020

USA

Irish support hard-hit Native Americans to repay Potato Famine help

COVID-19 is hitting Native Americans in the US hard. But the Irish are donating to them in large numbers to repay for help during the Potato Famine of the 1840s.

08/05/2020

USA

How worried should we be about the ‘murder hornet’?

Its sting is very painful and potentially deadly. The Asian giant hornet has been spotted for the first time in the United States, where it threatens local bees and the farmers that depend on them.

06/05/2020

Green News

A robot takeover is possible - so what about the planet?

With automation on the rise, we consider the complicated potential impact on the environment.

06/05/2020

Green News

Wildlife is roaming the Mayan forests

Jaguars, pumas and other animals have taken over a Guatemalan national park.

05/05/2020

USA

Pompeo goes against US intelligence on virus being man-made

The US Secretary of State says he sees no reason why the intelligence services would get it wrong, yet maintained the 'man-made' assertion regarding COVID-19.

03/05/2020

Canada

Assault-style weapons banned in Canada following Nova Scotia massacre

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the ban on Friday, saying “Canadians need more than thoughts and prayers” in response to mass shootings.

02/05/2020

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In Peru, food markets have become the epicentre of COVID-19 contagion

Peru is the third worst-affected country in South America after Brazil and Mexico.

01/05/2020

World News

The dark and bloody origins of May Day

How a bloody riot in Chicago in 1886 gave birth to a public holiday marked across the world.

01/05/2020

USA

Trump points finger at China over coronavirus outbreak

Trump repeatedly blamed China for its handling of the outbreak, criticising the country for restricting domestic travel to slow the virus but not international travel to keep it from spreading abroad.

01/05/2020

USA

COVID-19 cases in the US have now passed the one million mark

COVID-19 cases in the US pass the one million mark and more Americans have lost their lives to the disease than died during the Vietnam War.

29/04/2020

USA

COVID-19 has killed more Americans than the Vietnam War

More than 59,000 people are now known to have died from the pandemic in the US. The 20-year Vietnam War killed 58,200 American soldiers.

29/04/2020

World News

COVID-19 spreading across Latin America

Cases of coronavirus are spreading rapidly in parts of Latin America and threaten to overwhelm already weak medical services

26/04/2020

Argentina

Two Argentinian transgender football players are blazing the trail for others

Marcos Rojo and Mara Gomez feel like themselves when they're out on the pitch in Argentina. They know they could have to submit hormone test before they're fully accepted into the leagues, but for now, they're leading the way.

25/04/2020

Green News

While you stay home, animals roam free in our towns and cities

Goats are out and about in Wales, while cayotes stalk around in San Francisco.

25/04/2020

USA

Watch: Donald Trump suggests injecting disinfectant to treat COVID-19

His comments, which came on the day the US death toll from COVID-19 passed 50,000 people, sparked a backlash online.

24/04/2020

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Face masks put on Rio de Janeiro's statues in bid to stop COVID-19

It's part of an attempt to get people to wear face masks and stop the spread of coronavirus.

24/04/2020

USA

Cats with coronavirus: U.S. confirms two pets contracted COVID-19

The animals are the first pets to be diagnosed with the virus in the U.S.

23/04/2020