A magnitude 5.8 earthquake rocked the Greek island of Crete on Monday morning. At least one person has died. Nine others were injured. The quake was also felt on other islands, including Santorini. People left their homes in panic, and schoolchildren left their classrooms. There have been several aftershocks. […]
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The Tokyo stock market closed sharply higher on Friday. Japanese investors returned after a day off and caught up after Thursday’s brisk recovery in global markets. Hopes that the global economic recovery will not be derailed by the debt problems of the Chinese real estate developer China Evergrande Group […]
European companies are becoming increasingly concerned about China’s new economic course. They see “worrying signs” that the country’s economic focus is increasingly inward, the president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said. Jörg Wuttke believes that there are “significant doubts about the country’s future growth”. The […]
More than a decade after creating the audio-sharing platform, Uber expects to make a profit from its core business for the first time. It concerns the gross result (EBITDA) in the third quarter, without many costs. Expanding globally, Uber has burned billions of dollars in recent years with the […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating the video game publisher Activision Blizzard. The SEC wants to know whether the company has provided investors with timely notices about the issues surrounding sexual harassment and unequal treatment of male and female employees. According to the business newspaper The Wall […]
Eight people were killed in a shooting at a university in the Russian city of Perm today, according to the Russian Investigative Committee, a kind of prosecutor’s office. At least ten were said to be injured. Eyewitnesses said a man in military uniform with a rifle opened fire at […]
Stock markets in New York opened Friday without major price movements. Investors’ attention will include the latest US consumer confidence figures. The University of Michigan gauge will indicate how consumers view the economic situation later on Friday. Last month, US consumer confidence took another hit, to which the stock […]
The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia did not tell the European Union that they were working on a new military alliance. The European Commission has asked the three countries for explanations about the security pact, which they concluded on Wednesday, and will discuss the consequences with the […]
US President Joe Biden will talk to top executives of large companies in the White House on Wednesday about his plans for a corona vaccination obligation. These include companies such as entertainment and media group Walt Disney, software producer Microsoft and drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance. Last week, Biden […]
Apple is coming with an urgent software update that should fix a critical vulnerability in the iOS operating system. An Israeli cyber-espionage company has developed a tool, Pegasus, that allows them to hack Apple products using an unprecedented technique. The vulnerability has been exploited since February this year, Citizen […]
