In the United States, another record number of people have died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. Almost 4500 corona patients died in the last 24 hours in the most affected country in the world. The coronavirus has now been diagnosed in nearly 23 million people in the […]
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Twitter is Scrapping 70,000 QAnon Accounts
Twitter has permanently suspended 70,000 accounts affiliated with QAnon, a controversial pro-Trump movement, as of Friday. By scrapping the accounts, Twitter wants to prevent them from being used to incite violence, as happened last week in the Capitol’s storming in Washington. On Friday, Twitter also permanently banned US President […]
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New Zealand Central Bank Hacked
An unidentified hacker was able to break into one of the New Zealand central bank’s data systems. The institution itself has announced this. During the break-in, the hacker could possibly view commercial and personal data, the bank reports. The attacked system has been taken offline. It appears to be […]
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The First Contraction in US Employment Since April
Employment in the United States unexpectedly declined in December. According to the US Department of Labor, this is the first job decline since last spring’s major corona blow. In total, excluding agriculture, 140,000 jobs were lost, while economists on average had expected about 50,000 extra jobs. As a result, […]
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Ryanair Expects to Transport Fewer Passengers Due to New Lockdowns
Irish budget pilot Ryanair expects to transport fewer passengers this financial year due to the new lockdowns in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Starting January 21, Ryanair will drastically reduce the number of scheduled flights to and from the two countries. The airline expects to transport less than 30 […]
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Japanese Stock Market Continues Loss Series
The Japanese stock market ended again on Wednesday with a small loss. It was the third consecutive loss in the new year. Investors remained cautious pending more stringent corona measures. The Japanese government is expected to declare a state of emergency in Tokyo and the surrounding area on Thursday. […]
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USA: Two Thirds of Distributed Corona Vaccines Still Unused
More than two-thirds of the corona vaccines distributed in the United States remain unused so far, US health officials said Monday. Governors of New York and Florida have already announced that they will punish hospitals for not using the available vaccines quickly enough. The federal government has now distributed […]
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Pelosi Re-Elected As Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Nancy Pelosi was re-elected as President of the US House of Representatives on Sunday. The 80-year-old Democrat won by a narrow majority in the new US Congress’s first session because five Democratic party members did not support her. Still, it was enough to beat her Republican opponent Kevin McCarthy. […]