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Woman in Charlie Hebdo T-shirt Attacked with Knife in London
A woman in a Charlie Hebdo T-shirt was attacked with a knife in London's Hyde Park on Sunday afternoon. The police informed the British newspaper The Guardian on Monday that it is a 39-year-old victim and that she was taken to hospital…
Intended Successor to Angela Merkel is Doing Poorly in Polls
According to a recent poll, Armin Laschet, the intended successor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has made a little impression during the flood. According to Der Spiegel, only 26 percent of the five thousand respondents consider him a…
Covid App Sends 600,000 Brits into Self-Quarantine in A Week
The NHQ Covid-19 app, the UK version of Coronalert, advised more than half a million people to self-quarantine between July 8 and 15.
The number of alerts in the app was 618,903 that week. This is because so many people in the…
New York Introduces Stricter Vaccination Rules for Health Care Providers
The American metropolis of New York is tightening the corona rules for employees of public hospitals. They must be vaccinated or undergo a weekly corona test, reports The New York Times. This concerns more than 42,000 hospital employees and…
South Korean President Not to Japan for Olympics
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is not going to Japan for the Olympics after all. Unfortunately, this means that a first personal meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is also not an option.
A Japanese newspaper…
South Africa President: Last Week’s Violence is Planned
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa believes the violence is planned in his country. Since the detention of former president Jacob Zuma a week ago, deadly riots have taken place in several places in South Africa. At least 117 people…
Microsoft Threatens to Return Clippy
After a PR stunt on Twitter, Microsoft brings back Clippy, the talking paperclip from early versions of Windows Office, as an emoji. It is one of the renewed '3d' emoji in Microsoft 365.
Clippy is the "helpful" assistant known to…
Natural Disasters in London Don’t Affect the Poor, But Rich Neighbourhoods for Once
Extreme weather events often affect the poor in the population, but the opposite has now happened in London. Chic neighbourhoods in the British capital were confronted with a minor flood disaster after a 'biblical rainfall' on Monday…
Microsoft’s License Policy Violates European Law
A British software license reseller is taking Microsoft to court. The company claims that Microsoft is violating European and British competition laws by making resale very difficult.
The case is brought by ValueLicensing and…
US Watchdog Sees New Serious Side Effect Janssen Vaccine
The American health watchdog FDA sees a new, serious side effect with the corona vaccine of Janssen (Johnson & Johnson).
According to the authorities, it is a rare side effect, the Guillain-Barré syndrome, reports The…