The United States has asked the United Nations to call a public meeting of the Security Council on Monday about the Ukraine crisis because of the threat Russia poses to international peace and security. The US announced this on Thursday. “More than 100,000 Russian troops are stationed on the […]
French authorities have arrested five alleged fraudsters who allegedly produced some 62,000 fake vaccination certificates. Three of the suspects are said to have hacked the data of 35 doctors to make the evidence. The case came to light after a health insurance company discovered that a doctor was in […]
The European Parliament has supported a battery of rules with a large majority to end the so-called ‘Far West’ on the internet. The MPs want, among other things, clear procedures for the removal of illegal content, greater insight into algorithms and a strict framework for personalized advertising, including a ban […]
The Swiss military has banned the use of messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram while on duty. Instead, the army prefers the Swiss alternative Threema, and a spokesman confirmed in the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger. At the end of December, the Swiss army issued a notice requesting soldiers […]
The German competition watchdog is going to monitor the American internet giant Alphabet and its subsidiary Google more strictly. The director of the Bundeskartellamt, Andreas Mundt, announced on Wednesday that Google has a “significant cross-market interest”, which impacts competition. As a result, the internet giant will now be subject […]
On Monday evening, seven people were killed in Hungary when a vehicle rammed into a house. Four others were injured. The vehicle with Serbian number plate had ten migrants on board and refused to stop for a check, according to police. The police report this, Reuters reports. The driver […]
Fifteen member states of the European Union have agreed to receive some 40,000 people in need from Afghanistan. That said, European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson on Thursday after a meeting of European interior ministers. In recent months – after the Taliban took power – member states have already […]
The Italian coast guard has rescued 296 people who were floating about 22 kilometres off the coast. Some of them floated in the water, and the rest were on an overcrowded boat that the rough seas had hit. Three ships and an aircraft were involved in the rescue. The […]
Corona Infections in Germany Again to Record Level. Germany has no fewer than 66,884 new corona infections. The daily figure communicated by the Robert Koch Institute for Disease Control (RKI) is the highest to date since the start of the pandemic. Within the same 24 hours, 335 deaths were […]
Nearly 400 migrants were rescued near the Italian coast during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. A humanitarian ship with more than 300 survivors on board, looking for a safe harbour since Sunday, was then again allowed to dock in Sicily. According to a statement from the Italian coast […]
