India reported a record increase in corona deaths on Wednesday, pushing the country’s fatalities above 200,000. The number of new infections also rose to a record high, with 360,960 residents infected in the past 24 hours. The Ministry of Health has registered 3,293 deaths over the past 24 hours, […]
Wimbledon will say goodbye to the traditional “Middle Sunday”. The seventh day of the main tournament will never be played unless the schedule has been delayed a lot. From 2022, Wimbledon will therefore have fourteen instead of thirteen match days. “This allows us to expand our reach at an […]
Director Chloé Zhao won the Oscar for best director on the night from Sunday to Monday. She won the statue for the drama Nomadland. Zhao is the second woman ever to win the directorial Oscar and the first Asian woman. The first female winner to win the Academy Award […]
Israel has more than five million residents fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The country got off to a strong start in mid-December with a vaccination campaign that is one of the most successful in the world. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein calls the new milestone “a tremendous achievement for the health […]
China has reacted angrily to Australia’s decision to block deals related to China’s so-called New Silk Road. China’s Foreign Ministry accused the Australian government of having a “Cold War mindset and ideological biases”. The government vetoed two agreements between the state of Victoria and China. Prime Minister Scott Morrison […]
Russian authorities have arrested vital employees of opposition leader Alexei Navalny ahead of Wednesday’s planned protests. According to those involved, these include spokeswoman Kira Yarmisj and lawyer Lyubov Sobol. According to the OVD-Info observation group, the police have raided or arrested activists in at least 20 cities. Among other […]
Technology group IBM was among the winners on the stock exchanges in New York on Tuesday, thanks to good quarterly figures. Investors also included pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and the manufacturer of cleaning and care products Procter & Gamble (P&G). The primary degree gauges on […]
The crash between Formula 1 drivers Valtteri Bottas and George Russell in the Grand Prix of Emilia Romagna could have significant negative consequences for Mercedes for the rest of the season. The wreck of Bottas has been written off, so it will cost Mercedes a lot of money to […]
The Chinese economy appears to have largely overcome the corona crisis and started the new year with record growth. The world’s second-largest economy grew by 18.3 percent in the first quarter compared to the first three months of 2020. It is the most significant increase since the country started […]
China should lift all birth restrictions so that the Chinese are encouraged to have more children. The country’s population is ageing faster than in developed countries, say researchers from China’s central bank (PBOC). In addition, the Chinese have to save more to assist the elderly. Ageing is not a […]
