Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has the coronavirus. “I had NO symptoms and tested positive,” wrote the Democrat, who gained national acclaim for her actions when anti-racism protests got out of hand. Lance Bottoms is seen as a contender to become the running mate of Joe Biden, who wants […]
A second cousin of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been elected leader of a small political party. Roman Putin hopes for seats in the parliamentary elections in Russia next year. Roman Putin, son of a cousin of the president, was elected captain at a conference of the People’s Day […]
The trial of twenty Saudi suspects accused of murdering Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi started on Friday in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul in 2018. The trial is by default because the suspects are not present. The main suspects are […]
Venezuela will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday, December 6. The Electoral Council announced this on Wednesday evening (local time). Far more seats will be allocated in the elections than before. The new parliament is expanded from 167 to 277 seats. The term of office will be five years, from […]
Hong Kong police arrested dozens of people on Wednesday in protests against the new security law introduced by China. Police reported that at least 30 people had been arrested for violating the new law, possession of weapons and opposition to the police. Police used water cannons to disperse protesters. […]
The Australian state of Victoria is imposing a four-week lockdown on several suburbs of Melbourne, the country’s second city. As of Wednesday night, people in ten parts of the city can be fined for leaving their home for things other than work, school, sports, groceries, or to receive or […]
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda leads the pack well after the presidential elections in his country. He is expected to face opposition candidate Rafal Trzaskowski in a second election round next month. Duda received about 43 percent of the vote, according to an interim result. After that, Trzaskowski, the mayor […]
Google has released a new version of its Photos app with some substantial improvements. For example, the application finally has a world map where you can easily see where you took which photos. The function is hidden under the new Search tab and shows an interactive world map: when you […]
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is partly open again for tourists on Thursday morning after a closure of more than three months because of the coronavirus. For the time being, the public is only allowed to climb the famous tower via the stairs and no further than the second […]
China Launches the Latest Satellite for GPS Rival. China successfully orbited the last satellite of its Beidou navigation network on Tuesday. With that, the global coverage of the Chinese rival for the US GPS network has been reached, the Chinese government has announced. The satellite was launched in Sichuan […]
