The Japanese stock market ended with a small loss on Thursday. Investors kept their powder dry while waiting for the negotiations in Europe on a Brexit deal, which will continue until Sunday. Also in the United States, no agreement has yet been reached on an additional corona support package […]
The United Kingdom and the European Union can still close a good trade deal. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this in the run-up to the consultations in Brussels with President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission on Wednesday evening. They will then dine together and try […]
The number of school-age children affected by school closures worldwide has risen from 232 to 320 million in the past month, according to figures from UN organization UNESCO, analyzed by UNICEF. This means that the well-being and learning process of 90 million more children is under pressure. The analysis […]
United States Attorney General William Barr is considering submitting his resignation before the end of President Donald Trump’s term, according to The New York Times and CNN. Barr ranks as one of Trump’s most loyal allies. Still, the president expressed his disappointment after Barr said earlier that he had […]
The American pharmaceutical company Moderna will supply 20 million corona vaccines to the United States before the end of the year. In the first quarter of the following year, an additional 85 million to 100 million doses will be added. The rest of the world will have about 15 […]
North Korea has taken stricter measures against the spread of that coronavirus around the capital Pyongyang. State media, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap, are talking about preventive measures to keep the “malicious virus” at bay. Officially, North Korea is still corona-free. Travellers to the capital via a […]
Outgoing US President Donald Trump has spoken with his advisers about preemptively pardoning his children. Donald Jr. (42), Ivanka (39) and Eric (36) and to his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, The New York Times reports. of two initiates. Trump is also said to have spoken to Giuliani about it […]
Pharmacists Pfizer and BioNTech have applied for a license to market their corona vaccine in Europe. The European medicines authority EMA will evaluate the first vaccines. This assessment may have been completed before the end of the year.
Thousands of people have to leave the vicinity of a volcano on the Indonesian island of Lembata. The authorities say they have received about 3,000 people in government buildings. The volcano Lewotolo has been erupting for three days. On Sunday, the Lewotolo ash spewed up to 4 kilometres into […]
Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence next year. That reports the British newspaper The Times. The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) thinks the vote will take place shortly after the Scottish elections on 6 May. “Scotland must be given […]
