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Michelle Wu, care a intrat în administrația publică din cauza frustrărilor acumulate față de obstacolele cu care s-a confruntat familia ei de imigranți, va fi următorul primar al orașului Boston. Susținută de alegătorii de stânga ai orașului și de locuitorii de culoare, asiatici și latino-americani, Wu, în vârstă de 36 de ani, a învins-o pe […]
Online accommodation booking firm Airbnb has announced a ban on one-night reservations for New Year’s Eve in an attempt to crack down on “disruptive” parties over the holiday period, as part of its global party embargo. In a press release on Tuesday, Airbnb announced the new measure to protect its hosts and their communities as […]
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis waded into the hubbub around Facebook changing its corporate name to ‘Meta’, accusing Mark Zuckerberg of “borrowing” the new title from the moniker of an anti-capitalist think tank. In a series of tweets on Friday, Varoufakis told the Facebook founder to keep his “hands off our mέta” – referring […]
The Irish government has unveiled new social distancing guidelines for venues which are reopening after being closed since March 2020 during a strict Covid lockdown, as the country seeks to lift pandemic restrictions. Venues began to reopen in Ireland last weekend, with nightclubs readmitting customers almost 600 days after they were closed due to the […]
Health authorities in China’s Guangdong province have reported a single human case of the H5N6 strain of bird flu in Dongguan city. The virus, which has increasingly jumped to humans this year, kills half of its hosts. On Thursday, the Health Commission of Guangdong Province said it considered the risk of H5N6 transmission to be […]
The US has voiced “strong” opposition toward the Israeli government’s push to expand settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, as Tel Aviv placed tender for 1,300 new homes and is expected to greenlight a further 3,000. The US Department of State condemned the new push by Tel Aviv to expand its settlement program, stating the […]
New York Times reporter Ben Hubbard had his phone hacked on numerous occasions, and cybersecurity researchers say Saudi Arabia was to blame. The hackers reportedly used the notorious Israeli-made ‘Pegasus’ spyware. Hubbard, a reporter covering the Middle East, wrote on Sunday that a hacking attempt was first made on his phone in 2018, when he […]
Pyongyang has tested a novel submarine-launched missile system, North Korean state media said. The launch became North Korea’s first of its kind since 2019. It comes amid talks between the US, South Korea and Japan in Washington. North Korea’s Academy of Defense Science said Tuesday’s test went off without a hitch and proved the missile’s […]
New Zealand has recorded its highest-ever daily Covid-19 infection count with just shy of 100 new local cases, despite over 80% of citizens having had at least one vaccine dose. Officials have blamed the spike on rule-breakers. The nation’s remaining hopes of achieving ‘zero Covid’ have shown no signs of coming any closer to reality, […]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved two additional manufacturing sites for the production of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, as well as a new formula, as it considers rolling out the shots for those aged five to 11. In a statement issued on Monday, the EU’s drug regulator revealed that its human medicines committee (CHMP) has given […]
Beijing will take a strong stance against any form of “political manipulation” that may arise during the recently announced renewed probe by the World Health Organization (WHO) to determine the origins of the coronavirus. Speaking on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that the government hopes all parties involved in the inquiry will […]
Amazon’s upcoming ‘Lord of the Rings’ series has drawn criticism for “preachy multiculturalism” after it emerged that the show will feature a diverse cast with a “tribe” of multi-racial hobbits and a “very strong female presence”. Earlier in the week, British actor Lenny Henry revealed that he would be playing a “black hobbit” from an […]
Bestselling BDS-supporting writer Sally Rooney, who was widely accused of ostracizing Hebrew-speakers with her refusal to let an Israeli publisher print her latest book, said she would love to see a Hebrew translation. “If I can find a way to sell these rights that is compliant with the BDS movement’s institutional boycott guidelines, I will […]
Android OS devices transmit sensitive user data like handset serial numbers and app usage info to manufacturers like Samsung and third parties like Google, Microsoft and Facebook – even after consumers opt out, a new study shows. According to the study, proprietary variants of Google’s Android system developed by popular vendors like Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei […]
Noi documente despre planurile şi schiţele rachetei lansate de savantul Hermann Oberth au fost descoperite recent. În timpul reparaţiilor care se fac la acoperişul Casei Memoriale „Hermann Oberth” din Mediaş, judeţul Sibiu, au fost descoperite materiale datate în perioada interbelică ce au aparţinut familiei savantului Hermann Oberth, între care, se pare, şi unele care fac […]