The number of new corona infections in Germany has decreased slightly compared to the day before. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German counterpart of the RIVM, reported 12,908 new cases in the past 24 hours. On Thursday there were more than 14,000. This brings the total number of […]
Unilever Provides Insight into Performance in the Corona Year
Food and cleaning products group Unilever will give a glimpse of how the company got through the corona year 2020 on Thursday. The expectation is that the closing quarter will have brought little news. The previous quarters’ picture will remain a lot of sales of cleaning products and things […]
WHO Research Team Visits Wuhan Virological Lab
A team of researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) visited the leading virology laboratory in that city on Wednesday in Wuhan, China. The visit is part of the enquiry into the origin of the coronavirus, which first emerged in Wuhan at the end of 2019. The team led […]
Surinamese President Better Again, At Work on Wednesday
After testing positive for the coronavirus last Sunday, Surinamese president Chan Santokhi has been declared healthy again. His doctors have examined him and determined that he has no more complaints and has fully recovered. The authorities announced this via a press release on Sunday evening. Although the president feels […]
Germany Expects Limited Approval for AstraZeneca Vaccine
German Health Minister Jens Spahn expects the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to approve AstraZeneca’s corona vaccine, but it will be subject to restrictions. According to Spahn, it is still insufficiently clear whether the drug also works for the elderly. Spahn said it remains to be seen how strong the […]
Proposal to Expel QAnon MP From US parliament
Democratic Member of the United States Parliament Jimmy Gomez wants his colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene to be expelled from Congress. Taylor Greene, who is known as a supporter of former President Donald Trump and the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, has expressed support in 2018 and 2019 for calls to […]
Afghan Taliban Support Vaccination Campaign Against Coronavirus
The extremist Taliban have expressed support for a vaccination campaign to vaccinate Afghans against the coronavirus. The COVAX program of the World Health Organization has pledged 112 million dollars for this. A spokesman for the insurgents promised the group would “support and facilitate” vaccination through health centres in the […]
The Number of New Infections in Germany is Decreasing Further
The number of new coronavirus infections detected in Germany over the past 24 hours has fallen further on Tuesday compared to the day before. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German equivalent of the RIVM, reported 6,408 new infections on Tuesday morning. On Monday, the RKI also reported a […]
Asia Argento Accuses Director Rob Cohen of Abuse
In her new autobiography, actress Asia Argento writes that she has been drugged and abused by director Rob Cohen. This is said to have happened when the two worked together on the movie xXx, which came out in 2002. In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della […]
Bitcoin Price Falls Below $ 30,000
Bitcoin fell below the value of $ 30,000 for the first time in weeks in the night from Thursday to Friday, to more than $ 29,000. This means that the price of the world’s most famous cryptocurrency threatens to return to a free fall, after the strong advance of […]