Caroline Foster

A forest fire in the Greek coastal town of Nea Makri, about 40 kilometres northeast of Athens, led to preventive evacuations on Monday. The new forest fire raises additional concern after the large-scale fires that already ravaged…

On the stock exchange in Hong Kong, the share of China Evergrande Group fell sharply again on Monday. Investors were shocked by the news that the faltering Chinese real estate developer wants to repay its creditors with discounted real…

Americans consider it the worst time to make significant purchases in decades, according to new figures from the University of Michigan. Consumer confidence in the United States rose slightly across the board at the beginning of…

Hackers have made off in France with the personal data of 1.4 million Parisians who took a corona test in mid-2020. Hospitals in the region filed a report and reported on Wednesday that the data had already been stolen in the…

The Chinese economy is suffering from the strict corona restrictions in the country. These clearly weighed on consumer spending last month. As a result, it was possible to travel less during the holiday period, and significantly less was…

US troops in Afghanistan would have been exposed to Taliban attacks if they had stayed longer and delaying their departure wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway. With those arguments, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended…

The New Zealand metropolis of Auckland will remain in lockdown until September 21. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced this. A week ago, strict measures were lifted in the rest of the country. Still, according to the prime…

US President Joe Biden wants to oblige companies with 100 or more employees to vaccinate against the coronavirus or have a weekly corona test. The measure comes in addition to mandatory vaccination for federal government employees…

In the night from Wednesday to Thursday, a national holiday was kicked off in North Korea with a large military parade. At midnight (local time), the parade, which saw thousands of military personnel participate, marks the 73rd…

The Tokyo stock market continued to advance on Wednesday, closing above the 30,000-point mark for the first time since early April. The mood was supported by the stronger-than-expected growth of the Japanese economy in the second quarter.…