After a brief summer break, teams from the European Union and the United Kingdom will resume negotiations next week on a trade agreement for the period after December 31. The first six rounds did not get the parties much further than the conclusion that there are significant differences of […]
Germany Investigates Amazon’s Competitive Practices
Germany is going to investigate whether and how Amazon has affected the pricing of third-party sellers on its platform. Amazon banned some third-party sellers from its website in the first months of the corona crisis. It did so because they overcharged prices for certain goods. But that approach now […]
Trump Questions Kamala Harris’s American Ancestry
US President Donald Trump has attempted to cast doubt on the US citizenship of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. “I heard today that Kamala Harris would not meet the conditions to run for vice president,” Trump said at a news conference. Harris, daughter of an Indian mother and […]
Trump Wants to Fire Defence Minister Esper After Disagreements
US President Donald Trump has discussed with his advisers the possibilities of firing his Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. Trump and Esper are said to have disagreements increasingly, says an insider who wants to remain anonymous. Trump would not want to fire Esper until he is re-elected in November. Esper […]
Bolsonaro: Reports of Growing Wildfires Amazon Lies
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro angrily denied on Tuesday that there are wildfires in the Amazon rainforest. He called the reports about it lies, although government data shows that thousands of wildfires are raging in the area. When there was a sharp increase in forest fires in the Amazon rainforest […]
Trump Wants His Image on Mount Rushmore
White House officials reached out to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem last year about the process of adding additional presidents to Mount Rushmore. The New York Times reports that. According to an acquaintance who spoke to the newspaper, Noem would have greeted Trump in July with a four-foot replica […]
More Than 19 Million Corona Infections Worldwide
The number of people worldwide who have become infected with the coronavirus has passed 19 million. This is shown by a count of the AFP news agency based on official sources. Worldwide, more than 700,000 deaths have been caused by the pandemic. Europe remains the worst affected region with […]
Canon May Be Affected By The Major Ransomware Attack
A day-long breakdown at camera and printer manufacturer Canon may be the result of a ransomware attack. In addition, 10 TB of data would have been stolen. Mail, internal applications and the American website were unavailable for a few days. Canon’s cloud storage service image.canon has been out of […]
More Than 5 Million Corona Infections in Latin America
The number of corona infections in Latin America has risen above 5 million, news agencies Reuters and AFP report on their own censuses. Although the new coronavirus initially spread relatively slowly in South America, Central America and the Caribbean, it has been spreading rapidly in poor, densely populated cities […]
Amazon is Investing $ 10 Billion in Space Satellites
Amazon has been authorized by the US authorities to launch more than 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. The internet giant wants to make fast Internet available all over the world. The company will invest $ 10 billion in the “Kuiper project,” it said when it released its excellent […]