An Israeli firm manipulated elections worldwide for a fee. A team of investigative journalists has discovered this. The so-called Team Jorge served clients from both business and politics. International research involving journalists from the German magazine Der Spiegel, Knack and Le Soir shows that the company employs ex-soldiers and ex-agents, […]
Turkey plans to resume trading in the capital Istanbul on Wednesday. This is reported by the Bloomberg news agency based on insiders. On Monday, it was still considered to extend the trade break, but that has not been done. Trading was halted last Wednesday after a sustained price fall following […]
PayPal is working on its own virtual currency but is currently on hold as a partner of the company is under investigation by the authorities. PayPal supports (only in the US) a number of cryptocurrencies for payments, but the company is also working on its own stablecoin. This is a […]
The impact of this week’s earthquake in southeastern Turkey on that country’s economy will be significant. Yet Turkey’s economy is now stronger than during the previous major earthquake in 1999 near Izmit. That’s what IMF directors said during a financial summit on the Arab world. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva noted […]
Ukraine’s financial health has deteriorated further due to the ongoing war with Russia. Due to the invasion of the Russians and the great loss of life, the refugee flows and the enormous damage to infrastructure, the country’s economy shrank 30 percent last year, analysts at Moody’s estimate. This means that […]
Yahoo is going to lay off more than 1,600 people, 20 percent of its workforce. Remarkably, it does so for strategic reasons, not financial problems. Yahoo plans to lay off 1,000 people this week and another 600 later this year. In total, approximately 8,500 people work for the company. The […]
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, lost $100 billion in value on Wall Street. This happened after a disappointing presentation of a new AI program called Bard. Google’s announcements about its AI plans don’t seem to have the desired effect. Google has been one of the frontrunners in the development of artificial […]
Australia has blocked the arrival of a coal mine for the first time. The country relies on environmental laws for this. The coal mine would be barely ten kilometres from the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef in the world. Australian Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said the project poses […]
KLM will expand the number of flights to China from 26 March. The reason for this is the lifting of travel restrictions by the Chinese government, the airline announced. “KLM will fly non-stop from Amsterdam to Hong Kong three times a week. We will start with six non-stop flights a […]
According to Turkish President Erdogan, the earthquake in southern Turkey has left 912 dead and nearly 5,400 injured. More than 592 deaths have already occurred in Syria. Erdogan describes the quake as the biggest disaster since 1939. There is a good chance that the death toll will rise even further […]
