Hong Kong will spark a host of new “national security crimes,” the region’s leader said Wednesday during the first session of a new parliament that has been stripped of political opposition. The law will supplement a national security law imposed on Hong Kong by the Chinese government in Beijing. […]
The first soldiers of the international force led by Russia will leave Kazakhstan this week. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has stated this in parliament. The withdrawal will start in two days and will last less than ten days. “The main mission of the CSTO forces has been concluded.” Parliament also […]
John Pinette, who has been the head of communications for Facebook for the past three years, now renamed Meta, is leaving the company. Pinette has provided communications for the beleaguered company since 2019. “We thank John for his positive contributions during an intense period in the company’s history,” a […]
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 […]
Cyprus riot police fired warning shots on Tuesday evening to disperse a group of about 200 migrants in the seaside town of Paphos. At almost the same time, according to police, there were riots between residents at a shelter near the capital Nicosia. In both cases, police officers were […]
On Monday, the United States registered a daily record of more than 1 million corona infections. This is the largest number of infections in a country that has been reported worldwide since the start of the corona pandemic. In addition, it is almost double the previous daily record (590,000) […]
Israel will soon start administering a fourth vaccine dose to people over 60. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced this on Sunday. The fourth shot is also offered to medical personnel who were vaccinated at least four months ago. In addition, Israeli health authorities approved the fourth shot last week […]
US Senator Ted Cruz has confused the Australian state of Western Australia with the US state of Washington in a tweet. The British newspaper The Guardian writes that in a now-deleted message on Twitter, Republican Cruz writes about “power-drunk authorities” in Washington. In reality, it concerns corona measures on […]
The British health service NHS will set up temporary shelters in hospitals to receive corona patients. The extra spaces may be necessary due to the high number of infections due to the omikron variant. According to NHS medical chief Stephen Powis, the agency is currently “at war” with the […]
