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 […]
According to the British National Statistics Office (ONS), nearly a quarter of Britons officially registered as corona deaths have not died of Covid-19, according to the British National Statistics Office (ONS). According to British media, a new addition from the ONS states that 23 percent of deaths are infected […]
Russia must withdraw the troops it sent to Ukraine and the border with the east of that neighbouring country. That said, NATO chief executive Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, before a meeting that NATO ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs will hold on Wednesday. The Secretary-General is demanding that Moscow […]
Technology group Microsoft is about to close a billion-dollar deal in artificial intelligence (AI) and speech technology. The company has now also formally confirmed this. Insiders report to Bloomberg news agency that the American company is conducting extensive talks to acquire the US-based Nuance Communications. The acquisition would cost […]
The military junta that took power in Myanmar in early February says on Friday that new elections must be held within two years. The coup plotters say they have carried out a coup because last year’s elections would not have been fair. They immediately said that there should be […]
