The coronavirus’s variant discovered in the Brazilian Amazon is three times more contagious than the original version. That said Minister of Health Eduardo Pazuello, who emphasized in the Senate in the capital Brasilia that according to the first research results, vaccines are useful against the new variant. Pazuello did […]
Twitter is considering allowing users to ‘tip’ for tweets or subscribing to a particular user’s messages. Tweakers report that. Today, Twitter derives almost all of its revenue from advertising. By giving tips or taking out a subscription, users can more easily support their favourite twitterer. There may also be […]
Many protesters gathered on the streets in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, despite military warnings. The army had threatened “action” on Monday if Myanmar residents continued to gather in large groups. Since the military staged a coup at the beginning of this month and arrested government leader Aung San Suu Kyi, […]
The threat level in the United Kingdom has been reduced from severe to substantial. The reduction from 4 to 3 on a scale of 5 means that an attack is likely and no longer very likely. The increase in early November after the terrorist attacks in France and Austria […]
The CEO of the United Nations has again appointed billionaire Michael Bloomberg as climate envoy. He must commit to more ambitious climate policy in the run-up to an international climate summit in November. The former mayor of New York already has experience as a climate envoy. He also held […]
A short answer would be “of course you should, why shouldn’t you?” And for a more detailed answer with reasoning, welcome to this very article. In the times when we were not living in a global world, our options were limited. We could only have plastic surgery treatment in our […]
On Wednesday, US authorities deported dozens of Haitian asylum seekers to the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez. With this, the US appears to be acting against an earlier agreement with Mexico that was still concluded under Donald Trump’s presidency. Mexican authorities confirm the arrival of the deported Haitians. […]
Russian authorities have arrested more than 10,000 people in recent opposition protests, according to observers. Arresters are sometimes locked up for hours without food or the possibility to use a toilet, an analyst from protest monitor group OVD-Info told radio station Ekho Moskvy. Supporters of Navalny, a known opponent […]
Supporters of the Myanmar army chief have taken to the streets to celebrate the coup. Social media shows a crowd gathering in the centre of the country’s largest city, Yangon. There, people also waved flags from vehicles. In other parts of the city, the military coup caused anger, fear […]
The races in Formula 1 will start again next season on the hour instead of ten minutes past the hour, as was the case last season. The free practice sessions on Friday will be shortened; from 90 minutes to an hour. The GP of the Netherlands starts on Sunday, […]
