Anthony Fauci, the chief corona adviser to US President Joe Biden, has warned that the pandemic in the United States is “going in the wrong direction” as too many Americans choose not to get vaccinated. In an interview with CNN Sunday, Fauci said the coming months are not looking […]
Thousands of Japanese have gathered around the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, where the Olympic Games open. Despite the corona measures, many interested parties are close to each other along the road around the stadium. They probably want to get a glimpse of the ceremony outside and catch a glimpse […]
The death toll from the storm in China’s Henan province has risen to 33. At least eight people are still missing. More than 376,000 people have been evacuated since the heavy rain started last Friday. Most people died in the provincial capital of Zhengzhou, 25. This is where the […]
England’s Liverpool is disappearing from the UNESCO World Heritage List. The maritime trading city is loosing status due to concerns about overdevelopment in the area, a UN agency committee said. The United Kingdom has said in a first reaction to the news that it is “very disappointed” and convinced […]
A new trial has begun in South Africa against the former president and ANC leader Jacob Zuma. It’s about a corruption scandal from 20 years ago. Violent riots and looting had erupted in the country in recent weeks after Zuma was jailed on a previous conviction. As a result, […]
Google will introduce a kind of panic button that lets you delete the last fifteen minutes of your search history with two clicks. It concerns a privacy function in the Google app that already exists on iOS but is also coming to Android. You will find them in your […]
Over the next two years, the ECB will extensively explore the possibilities of a digital euro. But, according to the bank, the first experiments are positive. The European Central Bank wrote a report on the digital euro nine months ago and has since successfully conducted some experiments. “This made […]
Global interest in the upcoming Olympics has fallen to 46 percent. In Japan itself, the interest in the event is the least high of all countries at 35 percent, reports market research agency Ipsos. The coronavirus-stricken Games, which start in nine days, have lost public support amid ongoing concerns […]
British police seized another record amount of cryptocurrency. The catch is part of a significant money-laundering investigation. Criminals would try to mask their own criminal practices with digital coins. At the end of June, the London police already found a record amount of 114 million pounds in suspicious cryptocurrency; […]
The European Commission is delaying a legislative proposal for an EU tax on internet companies and other digital platforms, the so-called digital tax. According to a spokesman, the daily EU board first awaits the further elaboration of the tax agreement that was reached this weekend in Venice among the […]
