French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has reached an agreement to acquire partner biotechnology company Translate Bio. The billion-dollar deal is the first example of a major pharmaceutical company buying up a biotech company because of the technology behind some of the world’s best-selling corona vaccines; mRNA. Sanofi is catching up […]
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern officially apologized in a ceremony yesterday for the humiliation of migrants in the 1970s. “I stand here to represent those who have harmed you.” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has apologized in four languages – Maori, Tongan, Samoan and English – to […]
The French economy, the second-largest in the eurozone, returned to growth in the second quarter. Helped by the winding down of the corona lockdown in the country, French consumers again spent a little more. Business investment also picked up, among other things. A preliminary estimate by the French statistical […]
Messaging service Twitter is testing a new feature that allows users to shop online via a browser in the app. The test is currently underway in the United States and appears to be limited to Apple devices. Twitter says it doesn’t process sales itself, so customers just make their […]
The Japanese car group Nissan Motor expects to make a profit this current financial year, despite the production disruptions caused by the worldwide chip shortage in the car sector. According to Nissan, the quarter was very strong thanks to the increased demand for cars due to the economic recovery […]
Germany is considering a mandatory corona test for everyone returning from a holiday abroad. It then no longer matters whether you return from a risk area and which means of transport you use. Until now, the requirement for a negative test only applied to air passengers and when returning […]
The Israeli army says it has bombed a Hamas base in the Gaza Strip. According to the armed forces, the bombing followed Palestinian attacks with balloons with bombs attached. The military reports on Twitter that the attack was against a “military base” with the “infrastructure and resources” for terrorist […]
In our country, the organizers of Pukkelpop have decided not to let the festival take place, in England a large festival is possible. Thousands of people have enjoyed music and each other’s company at the four-day Latitude Festival in County Suffolk since yesterday. 40,000 people are expected. The Latitude […]
The Court of Justice of the European Union will consider whether Facebook may legally process user data. It does so at the request of the Austrian court and Noyb, the organization of activist Max Schrems. Facebook says it enters into a kind of contract with users, with which they […]
The Thailand Grand Prix in MotoGP is cancelled this year because of the corona. The race at the Chang International Circuit near Buriram was scheduled for October 17. The international motorsport federation FIM is still looking for a replacement circuit and says it would like to return to Thailand […]
