Author: Alan Lorenz

Continuing Olympics Puts Japanese Lives on the Line
24May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Japan, Business, News, Sports

Continuing Olympics Puts Japanese Lives on the Line

By allowing the Olympics to go ahead, the Japanese government could endanger people's lives.   The country is lagging far behind when it comes to vaccinating the population against the coronavirus. Masayoshi Son, the CEO of the Japanese tech investor SoftBank, said this on Twitter. The low vaccination coverage could be dangerous if 100,000 people from 200 countries visit Japan during the Games at the end of July, he says. "At the moment, more than 80 percent of the Japanese want the Olympics to be postponed or cancelled. What authority does it impose on?" The influential billionaire wrote on Twitter in Japanese last weekend. "Does the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have the power to decide that the Games go ahead?" The government started a major vaccination campaign on Mon...
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Dark Matter and Supernova by “Sanila Kumary Pushpavally”
23May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Science

Dark Matter and Supernova by “Sanila Kumary Pushpavally”

Dark Matter and Supernova by Sanila Kumary Pushpavally     The branch of optics that deals with the production emission and propagation of lights and its nature is called (Interference, diffraction, and polarisation) also known as physical optics. The light consists of a stream of particles called corpuscles and these give out by a light source such as (lamp, sun, and candle) and they travelled in a large distance with great velocity. The light moves in a finite speed was polarized and could modified by refraction and reflection. Each point of wave front may be regarded as a new source of waves. This is called electromagnetic theory of light. With the electromagnetic theory of light and the propagation of waves derives two constants called electricity and magnetism. Wi...
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Netanyahu Sees the Operation in Gaza as A Great Success
21May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Israel, News

Netanyahu Sees the Operation in Gaza as A Great Success

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described the military operation in the Gaza Strip as a great success.   He said during a press conference that his country's goals had been achieved, according to the news site Times of Israel. According to Netanyahu, Hamas has suffered "maximum losses," while casualties in Israel have been limited. Following a ceasefire agreement, the prime minister said his country had killed "200 terrorists" above ground, including 25 top figures. "And those who survived know that we can reach them anywhere," he told the news site. "Above or below the ground." The Israeli army has carried out massive bombing raids to destroy Hamas tunnels for the past week and a half. According to the authorities, many civilians were killed in the densely populated...
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Fallen Car Boss Has to Pay Back Nissan-Mitsubishi Millions
20May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Business, News

Fallen Car Boss Has to Pay Back Nissan-Mitsubishi Millions

The fallen car magnate Carlos Ghosn has to pay back almost 5 million euros in wages from a Dutch judge to Nissan and Mitsubishi.   The court in Amsterdam ruled this in one of the many lawsuits surrounding the ex-top executive suspected of fraud. Ghosn himself filed a lawsuit in the EU against the joint company of Nissan and Mitsubishi that is formally located here. He felt the alliance wrongly dismissed him as chairman in 2019 and demanded 15 million euros in lost wages and severance payments. But the judge disagreed, as there was no employment contract at all between him and the auto alliance. The necessary permission from the board for this was lacking, according to the judge. The amount he has to repay is the net remuneration he received from Nissan-Mitsubishi from April 2018 ...
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Google and Samsung Going to Merge Wear OS and Tizen
19May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Technology, News

Google and Samsung Going to Merge Wear OS and Tizen

A small revolution in smartwatch land: Google and Samsung are now going together for one operating system.   Wear (provisional name) combines the best of Wear OS and Tizen and should give both tech giants more clout against the Apple Watch - by far the world's best-selling smartwatch. The news was announced at the Google I / O developer conference taking place online this week. With Tizen, Samsung has had a solid platform for smartwatches for many years, but reviews always revealed the same Achilles heel: the fact that there are far fewer apps available for it than for Apple's watchOS and Google's Wear OS. For Google, it is a huge boost to get Samsung on board for a universal operating system: clocks like the Galaxy Watch3 and Watch Active2 only have to tolerate the Apple Watch in...
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More Than 47,000 Palestinians Flee From Bombing Israel
18May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Gaza Strip, Israel, News

More Than 47,000 Palestinians Flee From Bombing Israel

At least 47,000 people in the Gaza Strip have fled because of the ongoing Israeli bombing of the area.   Many houses have been destroyed, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Almost all refugees have sought refuge in the dozens of UN schools in the Gaza Strip. According to an OCHA spokesman, at least 132 buildings in the Gaza Strip have been completely destroyed and 316 buildings badly damaged. This includes six hospitals and nine other healthcare institutions. According to the Palestinian government, the damage amounts to approximately 200 million euros. Israel opened one avenue to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday to admit humanitarian aid. The UN welcomes this move, but the OCHA spokesperson wants Israel to open more roads so that aid can be o...
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Do Sports Clubs Need Insurance?
17May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Finance

Do Sports Clubs Need Insurance?

Sports clubs, from rugby clubs to cricket clubs, most definitely need insurance. Since members of the public frequent them, one type of liability insurance that a sports club typically needs to buy are public liability insurance. And if the club has any volunteers or employs any staff, even on a part-time basis, they typically need to buy employers’ liability insurance as well. According to NimbleFins, these two critical types of liability insurance can often be quoted together from the same provider to keep things easy. Below we’ll discuss what public liability and employers’ liability insurance cover, as well as some other types of cover that a sports club might need. What kind of insurance do sports clubs need? The only type of insurance that a sports club would be required to hold...
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UN Proposes Draft Resolution on Myanmar Arms Embargo
17May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Myanmar, News

UN Proposes Draft Resolution on Myanmar Arms Embargo

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly plans to develop a draft resolution on Myanmar on Tuesday. It called for the "immediate suspension" of arms deliveries to Myanmar's junta, and a UN representative told the AFP news agency on Sunday.   The resolution calls for "the immediate suspension of the direct and indirect supply, sale and transfer of arms, ammunition and other military equipment to Myanmar." While General Assembly resolutions are not binding, they do have great political significance. If the members do not reach a unanimous agreement on Tuesday evening at the plenary meeting of the UN, the 193 member states will vote on the measure. The resolution has been negotiated for weeks. So far, 48 countries have backed the plan for the resolution. South Korea is currently the ...
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Death by an Explosion in Mosque Afghanistan
14May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Afghanistan, News

Death by an Explosion in Mosque Afghanistan

An explosion in a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul has claimed the lives of at least twelve people. The explosion comes at a time when Afghanistan is under a short truce due to the end of Ramadan.   The explosion, according to police, took place during Friday prayers. In addition to the fatalities, including the imam of the mosque, 15 were also injured. It is not immediately clear who is behind the explosion. A three-day ceasefire between the Taliban and the Afghan government has been in force in Afghanistan since Thursday. The militant organization had proclaimed it because of Eid al-Fitr, also known as the Sugar Feast. The army has been called upon by the government to respect the truce. The Taliban's announcement was welcomed by President Ashraf Ghani, who is calling for a pe...
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Amazon Wins Case Before EU Court Against EU Commission Tax Decision
12May By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Business, Europe, News

Amazon Wins Case Before EU Court Against EU Commission Tax Decision

The world's most prominent online merchant Amazon has not taken advantage of unauthorized tax breaks in Luxembourg. The General Court of the European Union ruled that on Wednesday.   In 2017, the European Commission wrongly instructed the Luxembourg government to claim 250 million euros in 'back pay' tax plus interest from Amazon, the judges said. Amazon and the Luxembourg government had taken the EU General Court against the decision of the day-to-day EU administration. In 2017, EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager (Competition) ruled that Luxembourg had provided illegal state aid to Amazon. Based in the Grand Duchy of Denmark, the company enjoyed competitive advantages through a favourable tax deal ('ruling') from 2003, which was extended in 2011. As a result, Amazon didn't have t...
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