Another police officer has been charged with sex crimes in the United Kingdom. The man is charged with two rapes and other sex offences. In total, it concerns eight sex crimes, the police in the southern English county of Dorset announced on Monday. The 46-year-old would have committed the facts […]
The British regional airline Flybe, which restarted in April last year, has ceased operations again. The British Aviation Authority (CAA) announced all flights had been cancelled. “We are sorry to report that Flybe has been placed in judicial liquidation,” Flybe wrote on Twitter. The activities have been discontinued, and receivers […]
About half of the washing machines, ovens, refrigerators and other smart goods released in recent years are connected to the internet by users, to the regret of the manufacturers. This is according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. A manufacturer like LG reports that less than half of […]
The budget deficit in the United Kingdom reached a record high last month. Public finances came under further pressure from the cost of measures to protect households and businesses against high energy bills. The government also spends much more on paying interest on its debts. The budget deficit is now […]
The round of layoffs at Microsoft particularly affects employees working on virtual and mixed reality. Microsoft announced last week that it would lay off 10,000 people, or about 5 percent of its workforce. Of course, these layoffs concern different departments, but it is striking that the teams around metaverse, virtual […]
A video from a Russian news site has caused outrage in Serbia. The Wagner group recruits Serbian volunteers to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine. On Thursday, a lawyer from Belgrade and some anti-war organizations filed a complaint against the Russian ambassador to Serbia and the head of Serbia’s […]
If Western countries supply long-range weapons to Kyiv, it could lead to a dangerous escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Kremlin made this statement on Thursday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov thus warns against the supply of “weapons capable of striking Russian territory”. “That is potentially very dangerous. […]
Tech group Microsoft will announce within a few days that it will cut thousands of jobs. British news channel Sky News claims this without clarifying the message’s source. It would be about five percent of the total workforce of more than 220,000 people. So that would mean that more than […]
Apple has been fined in Russia for requiring app developers to use the iPhone maker’s own payment system. According to the Russian competition watchdog, Apple is abusing its dominant market position. Incidentally, Apple has withdrawn from Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a result, new apps can no […]
Gas prices can fluctuate wildly back and forth for years to come because there will be too little supply to meet all demand for a long time. Saad al-Kaabi, the energy minister of Qatar, made this prediction during a conference in the neighbouring United Arab Emirates. “We bring a lot […]
