The top man of the popular Chinese app TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, will meet several European Commissioners in Brussels on Tuesday at his own request. The company must prepare for the new European regulations on disinformation. Among others, Chew will see Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, and also her colleagues Vera […]
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The supply of Western armoured vehicles and other weapons will only prolong the suffering of the Ukrainians and change nothing. This is how the Kremlin reacts to the announced deliveries. “Europe, NATO, and the United States have already injected tens of billions of dollars into Ukraine and arms supplies,” said […]
The American technology group Apple has hired staff for its first stores in India. This was informed by the British business newspaper Financial Times. Apple wants to open so-called Flagship stores in major Indian cities such as Mumbai and New Delhi. In addition to store staff, Apple is also looking […]
The CEO of Stellantis, the car group behind Opel, Peugeot and Fiat, is afraid that Europeans will buy Chinese cars en masse in the future. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, he called on the European Union to better protect the European car industry against emerging competition […]
Global food prices fell for a ninth consecutive month in December, the United Nations Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported. The FAO’s food price index, which tracks five major commodities, fell 1.9 percent in December from a month earlier. Due to the decline, global food prices are 1 percent below the level […]
Germany is also introducing a mandatory corona test for travellers from China. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced this on Thursday. Travellers from China will at least have to have a rapid antigen test before leaving for Germany, the SPD politician said. Germany, like Belgium, therefore follows the recommendation of the […]
The American technology group Microsoft allows a union delegation for the first time in its 47-year history. This is done at the request of the employees in the video game branch ZeniMax Studios. That company developed, among other things, the popular game ‘Doom’. Microsoft is thus following a trend because […]
Oil prices have risen again in the past year. Despite the large fluctuations and unrest in the oil market due to the war in Ukraine, the price increase was much lower than in 2021. Last year, the demand for fuel already increased considerably due to the economic recovery from the […]
Two British police inspectors have made a remarkable find in the archives of the College of Policing. They (re)discovered the only known image of the face of the famous serial killer Jack the Ripper. They are engraved on a walking stick. Let’s start with a disclaimer: Jack, the Ripper’s identity, […]
US House of Representatives members are no longer allowed to use the app on their official smartphones for fear of security risks. The rule, introduced by the House administration, comes a week after the US Senate voted on legislation to ban TikTok from the work phones of all government officials. […]
