Mayor Beppe Sala of Milan demands clarity about how a fire in a residential tower could spread so quickly. He compares the situation with the deadly fire in London’s Grenfell Tower in 2017. As far as is known, the fire in Milan has caused no victims. However, the footage […]
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Luxury hotel Chedi Andermatt will accept digital coins as a means of payment. As a result, a stay at the hotel in the Swiss Alps can be settled with bitcoin or ethereum. Later on, it may also be possible to pay with other crypto coins. An overnight stay in […]
Samsung is reportedly allowed to supply the 5G modem for Google’s new Pixel smartphones. Sources report this to Reuters news agency. With the new phones, Google hopes to acquire a more serious share in the smartphone market. For the South Korean tech company, it means the first major order […]
State of California Expands Lawsuit Against Activision Blizzard. The state also accuses the game company, publisher of Call of Duty, of destroying evidence. Discrimination lawsuit against game publisher Activision Blizzard is expanding. That writes tech site Axios. A month ago, the California labour regulator sued the company for extensive […]
McDonald’s is without milkshakes in all its UK branches due to supply problems. They have therefore been temporarily removed from the menu. The fast-food chain also has no drinks that are normally supplied in bottles in the approximately 1250 restaurants in England, Scotland and Wales. More retail and hospitality […]
Tropical Storm Henri ravages the east coast of the United States, but the damage is not so bad for the time being. At the peak of the storm, 140,000 families were without power, correspondent Björn Soenens knows. Moreover, due to the heavy rainfall, there is a risk of (heavy) […]
Internet giant Amazon would like to open several department stores in the United States. That writes the American business newspaper Wall Street Journal. The Wall Street Journal cites sources within the company. Amazon, which already operates smaller brick-and-mortar stores, has so far declined to confirm the report. The first […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to “adjust excessively high incomes.” In doing so, he warns China’s super-rich that the state will redistribute their wealth to tackle the country’s growing inequality. The ruling comes amid a sweeping effort to curb Chinese multinationals. At a meeting of China’s Central Committee […]
Taliban leaders say they met former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The Taliban say they want to form a government together with other parties. Their delegation included Annas Haqqani of the infamous Haqqani Network. Former peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah accompanied Karzai. Karzai became president in late 2001 after the fall […]
In the southern French region of Var, thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes after fierce forest fires broke out last night. Tourists on campsites have also had to look for safer places. 750 firefighters have been deployed to extinguish the fire. Last night, heavy forest […]
