Joe Kennedy, the grandson of Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, who was murdered in 1968, has lost the Democratic primary in the state of Massachusetts to incumbent Senator Ed Markey. It will defend its seat against the Republicans in the upcoming senatorial elections in the northeastern state. Kennedy […]
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For the first time, an Israeli airliner is officially making a flight from Tel Aviv to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On board are Israeli and US officials who want to talk in Abu Dhabi about establishing more relations between Israel and the UAE. Last weekend, UAE President and […]
Those who meet in Microsoft Teams will soon be able to download an automatically written representation of the conversations afterwards. The feature will roll out in September and should be available to everyone in early October. However, both the language of Teams must be set in English and English […]
At least two people were killed by gunfire during demonstrations against racism in the American city of Kenosha on Wednesday. The police have stated that. For the third night in a row, people took to the streets following the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake by police on Sunday. The […]
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, believes that a vaccine against the novel coronavirus should not be approved until large-scale trials have shown it to be safe and effective. If that does happen, he says it will hinder the trials of […]
Twitter posted a statement on a message from US President Donald Trump on Sunday. In that tweet, Trump criticized the mailboxes the Democrats are promoting as an option for voters in November. According to Twitter, Trump’s message violates company policy of “social and election integrity.” “So now the Democrats […]
Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, was questioned last week by the US Federal Agency for Consumer Protection. That agency is investigating possible abuse of the dominant position of technology giants, Politico reports. The company did not confirm the information but did say that officials from the social network […]
Former US President Barack Obama has lashed out unusually hard at President Donald Trump in his speech to the Democratic convention. According to Obama, Trump has abandoned the 170,000 Americans who died from the corona pandemic. Obama also said Trump’s policies have cost millions of their jobs and are […]
One month after the cancellation of the data treaty between the EU and the US, privacy activist Max Schrems is taking websites to Court that still send data to the US. Schrems and his foundation have filed a complaint with the European privacy committees against 101 European websites. According […]
Americans have been busy doing odd jobs in the past quarter during the corona crisis. As a result, the American DIY chain Home Depot achieved record sales. Sales were even higher than expected and increased by almost a quarter year on year. In many countries with lockdowns due to […]
