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 […]
Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton could just collide again on the circuit this season. Formula 1 technical director Ross Brawn fears this, he hints in his column. “I don’t think either of them will hold back for the rest of the year, but I hope the championship is won […]
Former Venezuelan military intelligence chief has been arrested in Spain. Hugo Carvajal, 61, is suspected of drug smuggling by US authorities. He had been on the run since 2019. The arrest, a collaboration between Spanish and American police, took place in an apartment in Madrid. The Spanish police report […]
Hackers stole United Nations data earlier this year by hacking into the account of a UN employee. Presumably, the as yet unknown perpetrators bought online login details of a UN account. The hackers gained access to UN computer systems on April 5, but they were said to have been […]
Russia’s emergency minister, Yevgeny Zinichev, has died during an exercise in the northern city of Norilsk. The ministry reports that Zinichev died trying to save someone’s life but gave no further details about the incident. The minister was in the north of Russia for an exercise by several government […]
