Streetlights in the Austrian capital Vienna are dimmed. The city known for its Christmas markets and New Year’s concerts wants to cut costs because of the ever-increasing energy prices. That is why this year there will be no Christmas lights on the Ring, the famous boulevard in the centre […]
The Ukrainian army has again carried out rocket attacks in the large southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, occupied by Russian troops. The target was a strategically important and previously damaged bridge over the Dnieper River. In addition, a road over a Dnieper dam was shelled with rockets. Since the […]
Ukraine is pleased with the resumption of exports of, among other things, Ukrainian grain from its own ports after three months of difficult negotiations. A first ship sailed out of the port of Odesa on Monday, and according to Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure, Aleksandr Kubrakov, 16 cargo ships are […]
The West risks a nuclear conflict with China or Russia because of “a disruption of communication between them.” So says Sir Stephen Lovegrove, the United Kingdom’s national security adviser. According to Lovegrove, more and more informal ways in which the world’s superpowers communicate with each other are disappearing, increasing […]
The US Department of Justice clears Google to acquire security provider Mandiant for $5.4 billion. Mandiant is releasing a SaaS security product and will become part of Google Cloud. With this, Google wants to strengthen its security offering to better compete with Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services. Google […]
Russia plans to try more than 200 Ukrainians for crimes against humanity. That would be done before an international tribunal that Moscow would set up. Since the United Nations is dominated by the West, the Russian tribunal would be headed by a partner organization of Russia. That said, Aleksandr […]
A recent photo taken by NASA’s Perseverance-Rover on Mars has sparked some speculation. The photo, taken at a location the rover has never visited, shows a pile of wires. The photo was taken on July 12 and immediately sparked some discussion. Fortunately, NASA was able to clear up the […]
China is failing to meet its previously established climate targets as it accelerates the approval of new coal-fired power stations to prevent energy shortages in the future. That is what environmental organization Greenpeace fears. Last year, China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of coal, promised to use less […]
A 62-year-old firefighter died on Sunday while on duty in a forest fire in Losacio, Spain, in the northwest of the country. The region’s authorities of Castile and Leon reported this the night from Sunday to Monday. The country is struggling with numerous forest fires during a heat wave. […]
After a call from the Verdi union on Sunday, employees of the online store Amazon laid down their work on Monday at several locations in Germany. The action started at the start of the night shift, according to a union spokesman, and would last until Wednesday. Verdi had called […]