Formula 1 will not start this year with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The traditional season opener moves to November 21 due to the ongoing corona pandemic. The Bahrain Grand Prix on March 28 is now the first race of the season. The travel restrictions due to the […]
Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the US House of Representatives announced in a letter Sunday that she was ready to initiate impeachment proceedings against outgoing President Donald Trump unless he is removed from office within days. The House of Representatives will vote Monday or Tuesday on a resolution calling […]
The lawsuit over alleged corruption practices by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been postponed indefinitely as the country entered a tighter lockdown last night, the Jerusalem court has ruled. Prime Minister Netanyahu, 71, has been prosecuted since May for corruption, bribery and fraud. Among other things, he would […]
The Trump supporters who stormed the US parliament building in Washington on Wednesday to prevent Congress from setting the election results are “domestic terrorists,” said former presidential candidate and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The former first lady states on Twitter that the culprits should be brought to trial. […]
The fact that international experts have not yet been admitted to China to investigate the coronavirus’s origins is “not just a visa issue”. So said a spokeswoman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who said there is still talk about “the specific date and the specific arrangements surrounding […]
Singapore police may use data from the country’s corona app in crime investigations. That reports Reuters news agency. The TraceTogether app keeps track of who has been in contact with whom via Bluetooth. Speaking at a session of city-state parliament, Interior Minister Desmond Tan said Monday that “Singaporean police […]
The rise of bitcoin came to an abrupt end on Monday. The digital currency lost 14 percent of its value in a short time. By the end of the morning, the coin was trading for just over $ 29,000. The reason for the rapid price fall is not immediately […]
In her latest New Year’s speech, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that 2020 has been by far the most challenging year in her 15-year term. However, the start of the vaccinations against the coronavirus will make 2021 a year of hope, according to Merkel. In a rare show of […]
In Turkey, 92 people have been sentenced to life in prison for involvement in the failed 2016 coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The trial focused on the incidents at the army headquarters in Ankara. Among other things, former generals have been convicted. They are officially sentenced for violating […]
Russian security forces, together with the United States, have broken down an international drug trafficking network. The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) carried out the mission with the US drug investigation agency DEA. In the rare collaboration, they seized 330 kilos of cocaine worth about 1 billion rubles, which […]
