Maria Garcia

The stock exchanges in New York started the new trading week with pluses on Monday. Investors are processing another crop of business results. Furthermore, the focus is on the extension of a package of corona support measures by US…

In Sri Lanka, in South Asia, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's party has won the elections convincingly. Together with coalition partners, he will have a two-thirds majority in parliament and can now amend the constitution. Critics…

The number of corona infections worldwide is increasing steadily. A million new cases are added every few days. More than 19 million infections have been registered since the corona outbreak. There is also more and more testing.…

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez supports the decision of former King Juan Carlos to leave the country following corruption charges. The head of government says he does not know where the former monarch, who retained the royal title…

Prosecutors in France have charged pharmaceutical giant Sanofi with manslaughter. The accusation comes in a long-running lawsuit against the French multinational about a drug especially epilepsy and migraine, which went on the…

In a blog post, Kevin Mayer, the CEO of TikTok, announced that the company is setting up a Transparency and Accountability Center. This means, among other things, that they disclose the code that drives their algorithms for…

Shortly before a hearing in the United States Congress (parliament) about the power of the technology and internet giants, President Trump threatened to intervene in the sector. If Congress does not occur to regulate the sector,…

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 12 years in prison today. He was found mortified of corruption in a multi-billion dollar scandal with a state fund. The Supreme Court of Malaysia further sentenced…

The Polish government wants to step out of the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty to combat violence against women. She believes that current, existing legislation adequately protects women. Today, at the request of the…

The United States wanted to send a message to China to curtail its espionage activities by closing a consulate. "There comes a time when you have to say: enough is enough," said a senior employee of the United States Department of…