Twitter announced on Tuesday that it had limited Donald Trump junior’s ability to tweet from his account for 12 hours. The measure comes after Trump junior had to remove a message that violated the social media site’s policy regarding coronavirus disinformation. U.S. President Donald Trump’s oldest son posted a […]
Germany does not recommend travelling to some Spanish regions due to coronavirus outbreaks. These include Catalonia with the city of Barcelona and the seaside resorts of the Costa Brava. No negative advice has been given for the Balearic and Canary Islands, which are very popular with Germans. It is […]
Eight major cities have been quarantined in Morocco. It is not allowed to go to or leave those cities without an urgent reason. The authorities in the capital Rabat have not indicated how long they will be locked. These are the economic capital Casablanca, Fès, Marrakesh, Meknès, Tangier, Tétouan […]
Muslims can return to pray for the first time in 86 years on Friday morning in Istanbul’s famous Hagia Sophia. The house of prayer was for a long time a museum, but despite international criticism, it is being used again as a mosque. Believers will have to deal with […]
A man allegedly armed with a grenade has taken a police officer hostage in Ukraine. It concerns the second hostage situation in a few days in the Eastern European country. Police attempted to arrest the man in the city of Poltava on Thursday on suspicion of stealing a vehicle. […]
The British government has turned a blind eye to possible Russian interference in the Brexit referendum. This is reported by a British parliamentary committee when presenting a long-awaited ‘Russia report’. The publication of the report took more than a year to complete. That delay led to speculation, according to […]
The French also have to wear face masks in all closed public areas this week. The government’s decree for this will come into force at the beginning of this week. The obligation was already in public transport, but will now also apply in museums, cafes, shops, churches, post offices, […]
100-Year-Old British Fundraiser Captain Tom Receives Knighthood! British Queen Elizabeth, who was protected from the corona pandemic, will resume her official reception on Friday by war veteran Tom Moore, who became famous for a corona fundraiser, to the knight that day at Windsor Castle. Moore brings the family to […]
The number of corona cases in Germany has risen above 200,000. The Robert Koch-Institut (RKI), the German counterpart to RIVM, reported 534 new cases over the past 24 hours on Thursday. This increased the total to 200,260. The number of people who died in Germany from the consequences of […]
The economy of the Asian city-state of Singapore shrank by more than 41 percent in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter. Singapore has been hit extremely hard by the corona crisis due to its dependence on tourism, aviation, consumer spending and foreign trade. It is the sharpest […]
