The passport office in the Afghan capital Kabul is temporarily closed due to the high demand for identity documents. The equipment for issuing biometric passports has failed under the pressure of many thousands of applications every day, the head of the office said. Demand for passports has exploded in […]
A taxi exploded in the English city of Liverpool around 11 a.m. local time on Sunday morning. A passenger on board died, and the driver was injured. Three arrests were made under UK terror law. In Liverpool – as in the rest of the United Kingdom – a two-minute […]
Germany will again offer free corona tests from Saturday. The cut in costs for citizens comes at a time when the country is grappling with ever-rising corona figures. Health Minister Jens Spahn has also announced that doctors will receive higher reimbursements for taking corona vaccinations. On Thursday, more than […]
The US state of Michigan has reached a $626 million settlement with tens of thousands of residents of the town of Flint over lead-contaminated tap water. A federal judge has approved the amount, the highest settlement ever in Michigan. “This is a historic and important day for the people […]
With only a few days to go, chaos reigns in Glasgow. But top climate veterans keep their spirits up. They hope that the ‘unashamed ambition’ to save the climate will find its way to the negotiators. The hopeful thing about chaos theory is that behind apparent disorder hides a […]
After almost two months without corona restrictions, Denmark will reintroduce the corona pass due to the sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced this on Monday. Denmark was previously the first country in Europe to dissolve almost all corona rules. “The competent committee […]
The Chinese Communist Party’s central committee wants to pave the way for a third term in office for party leader and President Xi Jinping. The party’s 370 or so members gathered in Beijing on Monday for a four-day meeting to discuss a “historic resolution.” It is only the third […]
Prime Ministers of German federal states want action to be taken now to prevent a lockdown and an overload of hospital care. The number of coronavirus infections is rising rapidly in the country, and more and more corona patients are being admitted to hospitals. “If we take too much […]
Facial recognition company Clearview AI has violated Australian privacy law, the Australian regulator says. As a result, the company must remove all data from Australians. Clearview AI makes facial recognition based on a database of ten billion images of faces. The company says it will pick it up from […]
Democrat Eric Adams, a former New York City Police Chief Superintendent and until recently Brooklyn borough president, was elected New York’s 110th mayor on Tuesday (local time). US media confirmed Adams’ victory ten minutes after polls closed at 9 p.m. (local time). The official result may still be days […]
