Canada has been dealing with an extreme heatwave for days. In the village of Lytton, where a top temperature of 49.5 degrees was measured on Tuesday, forest fires are now also raging. The residents are evacuated. Lytton, a village of only 250 inhabitants about 260 kilometres north of Vancouver, […]
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The Trump Organization and chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg are expected to be charged Thursday with tax crimes, the Wall Street Journal reports. These are the first charges against former President Donald Trump’s company since prosecutors opened an investigation into possible crimes within the Trump Organization three years ago. […]
US banks rose on the stock exchanges in New York on Tuesday. After a successful stress test by the Federal Reserve, they will soon be able to buy back their own shares, and they immediately took advantage of that. For example, Morgan Stanley is going to buy back its […]
Japan also expects the necessary positive results from the corona tests on arrival from the athletes who participate in the Olympic Games. According to Japanese Olympic Committee chairman Yasuhiro Yamashita, it is unlikely that everyone will test negative. “Even if you’ve been vaccinated twice, that doesn’t guarantee you’re negative,” […]
Max Verstappen has set the best time in the first free practice for the Grand Prix of Styria in Formula 1. In the battle for the world title, the Dutch leader was on the Red Bull Ring in Austria with a lap time of 1.05.910, more than two tenths faster […]
The Bank of England (BoE) has not yet raised interest rates in the United Kingdom. The British central bank is also not yet tampered with the purchase program of, especially government bonds. Policymakers say they see inflation rising as the economy is growing fast after the corona crisis, but […]
Two positive tests for the corona of riders in one cycling formation within seven days leads to the exclusion of the entire team from the Tour de France. The umbrella organization UCI has confirmed this. The French stage race starts on Saturday in Brest. Compared to 2020, the rule […]
Audi will stop producing cars with combustion engines in 2033. The German brand no longer puts engines that run on fossil fuels in new models seven years earlier. They will all be electrically powered. However, only the models introduced before 2026 will still be available with a petrol or […]
German authorities have identified fewer than 500 new corona infections for the first time since August last year. The RKI health institute, the counterpart of the Dutch RIVM, announced on Monday morning that 346 people had tested positive in the previous 24 hours. According to news agency DPA, the […]
The British government has received 1 billion pounds back from companies that have received some form of wage support. In retrospect, these companies were not entitled to the subsidies or returned the money on their own initiative. The British tax authorities report that nearly £709 million of the aid […]
