Israel may have been guilty of war crimes with its recent airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet said. She says she has seen no evidence that the targeted buildings were used for military purposes. Bachelet expressed concerns about the recent escalations in the Gaza […]
Russian judges have fined Facebook and Google for refusing to delete messages or images that Russia believes are illegal. Google was fined three million rubles in total. According to the Russian news agency Interfax, Facebook has to pay 26 million rubles. The offending posts allegedly prompted young people to […]
The strict rules that Apple applies for its App Store are necessary because of the risk profile of a smartphone and all the personal information that such a device contains. CEO Tim Cook said this on Friday on the last day of the lawsuit between Apple and Epic. That […]
The Tokyo stock exchange closed with a small profit on Monday. Optimism about the recovery of the world economy resulted in strong price gains among Japanese sea transport companies and car manufacturers. In contrast, companies more focused on the domestic economy were disposed of over concerns about the continued […]
The Tokyo stock exchange gained ground again on Friday. Investors engaged in the recovery on Wall Street, where dwindling inflation fears ended a three-day series of losses. The technology companies, in particular, were bought again, following the strong price gains among American peers. In Hong Kong, however, shares of […]
A desperate shot by star LeBron James has secured defending champion Los Angeles Lakers a place in the American basketball league NBA playoffs. With a minute to play in the jump-off against Golden State Warriors and the shot clock close to 0 seconds, James hit the ball from a […]
Striking figure from Google: the company now has 3 billion active Android devices. The news was announced at the Google I / O developer conference. That is immediately five hundred million more than were announced at the I / O conference last year. The previous significant milestone, 2 billion, […]
The German cartel watchdog has started an investigation into possible “anti-competitive practices” by online store group Amazon. In doing so, the Bundeskartellamt uses a new law that gives the regulator more power to tackle large tech companies. According to the head of the competition authority Andreas Mundt, it is […]
Israel again carried out dozens of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on the night from Sunday to Monday. Palestinian militants are said to have fired rockets at the southern cities of Beer Sheva and Ashkelon. Israel’s military confirms the attacks on Twitter. AFP news agency reports that there are […]
To get the corona pandemic under control, rich countries should provide poorer countries with vaccines before vaccinating children. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said so. Tedros wants countries that are already advanced in vaccinating their populations to give vaccines to Covax, an international program that […]
