Singapore police may use data from the country’s corona app in crime investigations. That reports Reuters news agency. The TraceTogether app keeps track of who has been in contact with whom via Bluetooth. Speaking at a session of city-state parliament, Interior Minister Desmond Tan said Monday that “Singaporean police […]
The rise of bitcoin came to an abrupt end on Monday. The digital currency lost 14 percent of its value in a short time. By the end of the morning, the coin was trading for just over $ 29,000. The reason for the rapid price fall is not immediately […]
In her latest New Year’s speech, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that 2020 has been by far the most challenging year in her 15-year term. However, the start of the vaccinations against the coronavirus will make 2021 a year of hope, according to Merkel. In a rare show of […]
In Turkey, 92 people have been sentenced to life in prison for involvement in the failed 2016 coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The trial focused on the incidents at the army headquarters in Ankara. Among other things, former generals have been convicted. They are officially sentenced for violating […]
Russian security forces, together with the United States, have broken down an international drug trafficking network. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) carried out the mission with the US drug investigation agency DEA. In the rare collaboration, they seized 330 kilos of cocaine worth about 1 billion rubles, which […]
The Swedish government has presented an emergency law that should make it possible to impose stricter restrictions in the fight against the coronavirus. The new powers would take effect next month and make it possible, for example, to close companies or to shut down public transport. The emergency law […]
Israel will go into lockdown for the third time from next week due to the coronavirus. The strict measures start on Sunday and will last for two weeks. The lockdown is extended if the reproduction number is not lower than one in two weeks and if more than a […]
Although the coronavirus has already taken a heavy toll in Brazil, the South American country is delaying its vaccination program. President Jair Bolsonaro’s scepticism is no stranger to this. He even suggested that the vaccine could turn people into crocodiles. In the meantime, he is also fighting a “vaccination […]
Pharmaceuticals Pfizer and Moderna are testing whether their corona vaccines are also effective against the new variant of the virus, which has surfaced in the United Kingdom, among others. The new virus variant is said to be extra contagious, and that is causing primary international concern. Many countries, including […]
The Russian corona vaccine is also produced by the neighbouring Russian countries of Kazakhstan and Belarus. Kazakhstan has already started production, and Belarus will begin in the first quarter of 2021. A first dose was made in the Kazakh city of Karaganda on Monday. It will be sent to […]
