Caroline Foster

Worldwide, more than 2.5 million people have died of the virus since the start of the corona pandemic, according to figures from the American University Johns Hopkins. The 1 million marks were passed at the end of September, and…

Pfizer / BioNTech corona vaccines' effectiveness has now been demonstrated in daily practice, in addition to tests. The first study to determine the effect of the vaccines in humans shows that the vaccine is effective in 94 percent of the…

Capitol security was unaware that there were plans for a massive storming of the US parliament building on January 6, US media reports. According to the former Capitol Police chief and the police chief in the capital Washington,…

The value of bitcoin continued to decline on Tuesday. This is due to concerns among investors that the price of digital currency may have risen too fast. Investors also cash in on their profits. Bitcoin fell by 10 percent to below…

China wants US President Joe Biden to end the trade tariffs and sanctions against Chinese companies instituted by his predecessor Donald Trump. This is what Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, speaking of "building goodwill"…

Australian news sites have seen their visitor numbers drop by about 13 percent after Facebook decided to limit news sharing options in Australia. The number of foreign visitors who visited a news site via Facebook decreased by about 26…

The new Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has survived the first vote of confidence in parliament. His new government got the support of the vast majority of senators there late on Wednesday evening: 262 voted in favour, 40…

The American e-commerce company Amazon.com has flouted the corona rules that must ensure a safe workplace and punished employees who expressed concerns about the working conditions in the warehouses, the New York state prosecutor said.…

The Japanese stock market continued its advance on Tuesday. The hope that the vaccination program, which begins this week in Japan, will fuel the economic recovery and fuel investor optimism. Also in Hong Kong, where investors…

Travellers travelling to England from high-risk areas must expect a much stricter policy from Monday. They have to be quarantined in a hotel for ten days and pay for it themselves. That costs above 2000 pounds per person.…