US President Donald Trump has been tested negative for the coronavirus for several days in a row. White House doctor Sean Conley said shortly after Trump travelled to Florida for an election rally. Trump held an election rally at an airport near Orlando, Florida, on the night from Monday […]
Armenian and Azerbaijani forces were engaged in fighting Monday morning again despite a ceasefire. The two sides accuse each other of violating a truce in the Nagorno-Karabakh region brokered by Russia. An AFP correspondent in the Azerbaijani city of Barda, not far from the front line, heard booming echoes […]
In Germany, the number of new coronavirus infections has risen sharply for the third day in a row. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German counterpart of the RIVM, reports that 4516 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours. That is nearly 500 more than the 4,058 […]
The controversial Cambridge Analytica was not involved in the Brexit referendum. However, that is separate from the illegal data collection that the company did. That says ICO, the Information Commissioner’s Office, the British watchdog for data and information law. After three years of research, it concludes that while there […]
The “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Delta will arrive on the Caribbean coast of Mexico on Wednesday. The country has called up military personnel and has evacuated tourists from coastal cities like Cancun. Hurricane Delta has grown over the Caribbean Sea into a fourth category hurricane, the second-highest category. Wind speeds […]
More than 3.8 million Americans have already cast their votes in the presidential election through the mail. That’s a significantly higher number than in the previous election in 2016. At that time, 75,000 voters had voted by mail, says U.S. Elections Project that keeps track of the votes. It […]
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has gone into self-isolation, she announced on Twitter. “I have been informed that I attended a meeting last Tuesday where a person was present who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday. Therefore, in accordance with the rules, I am going […]
The number of new corona infections in Germany has increased by 2,673 in the past 24 hours. That is a lot higher than the 2,503 infections reported the day before. The death toll rose by eight and now stands at 9508. The total number of registered infections is 294,395.
Facebook bans ads from far-right militias in the US such as the Proud Boys and ads from the far-right conspiracy theorist group Qanon, the American news channel CNBC reports. The advertising bans are the latest step in a campaign against misinformation surrounding the upcoming US presidential election. Earlier in […]
US President Donald Trump has stated in the first election debate that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden is a threat to the economic recovery from the corona crisis. Trump accused Biden of wanting to shut down the economy. Trump claimed his administration has built “the best economy ever.” “But […]
