Alan Lorenz

Pope Francis received some 20 inmates at his home in the Vatican on Monday. What the Argentine prelate discussed with his visitors has not been disclosed. The 84-year-old pope received the prisoners of a detention centre on the…
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Max Verstappen has set the third-fastest time in the first free practice for the Grand Prix of France in Formula 1. The Dutch driver, the leader in the world title, had to tolerate the two Mercedes at Circuit Paul Ricard in southern…
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Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal skips Wimbledon and will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics. The number 3 in the world announced this via Twitter. "It's never an easy decision, but after listening to my body and talking to my…
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warns his people of food shortages and famine. A severe typhoon would cause a failed grain harvest, but the consequences of the corona pandemic and the closed borders with China may also be responsible for a…
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The British market regulator Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will further investigate the strong dominant position of the tech companies Apple and Google in mobile phone operating systems and app stores. According to the…
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Several Indian regions relaxed various corona measures on Monday as the number of infections fell to the lowest level in more than two months. In the capital, New Delhi, all shops and shopping centres are allowed to open again. The…
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During the early days of Donald Trump's presidency, the US Department of Justice has subpoenaed Apple to obtain information about at least two Democratic representatives, their employees and their families. One of them was leading…
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US President Joe Biden will meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday in Carbis Bay in Cornwall, England. It is the first leader to speak to Biden on his first foreign trip as president. It will be a man-to-man…
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Volkswagen has reached a settlement with former company executives over the diesel scandal. Together, the directors, including ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn, coughed 288 million euros to buy off claims related to the scandal. The…
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The US government has recovered much of the ransom paid after the cyber attack on oil pipeline company Colonial Pipeline. The FBI found 63.7 bitcoins, which is worth about 1.7 million euros today. The unprecedented cyber attack…
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