Author: Alan Lorenz

3 People Killed and 9 Injured in A Metro Tram in the Netherlands
18Mar By Alan LorenzNo Comments
International, News

3 People Killed and 9 Injured in A Metro Tram in the Netherlands

Three people including a woman were killed and 9 injured when a gunned down on a passenger tram in Utrecht central city of Netherlands.   According to the International News Agency, the armed man opened fire in the tram carrying passengers in the central city of Netherlands, resulting in 3 people including a woman and 9 were injured, 3 of them were delicate. Police says the attacker is identified as 'Gokmen Tanis', a 37-year-old Turk-based. Police said the incident was a terrorist act and also released the image of the suspect, which was arrested later. Security forces surrounded the tram station when the firing was reported, while rescue teams reached the scene and moved the bodies and injured to the hospital. The rescue team comprised 3 helicopters equipped with medical facilit...
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May Wants To ‘Explore All Options’ To Break Deadlock Brexit
25Oct By Alan LorenzNo Comments
UK, News, Politics

May Wants To ‘Explore All Options’ To Break Deadlock Brexit

May Wants to 'Explore all options' to Break deadlock Brexit. British Prime Minister Theresa May told the British Parliament on Monday that she is prepared to "examine all permissible choices" to break the deadlock in the talks about the exit of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union.   A Brexit deal must be on the table before 29 March 2019, after which the 21-month transition period starts. The main concerns in the discussions on the new relationship between the UK and the EU are the rights of EU citizens in the UK and British in the EU, the outstanding bill that the UK still has to pay and the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. May said Monday to the MPs that the deal is now around 95 percent, but that the Irish border is still a "pretty bottleneck"...
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Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprises (IASME)
16Sep By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Technology

Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprises (IASME)

WHAT IS IASME? IASME is abbreviated for Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprise. It is a cybersecurity standard which is a government-funded project created to help reach a cybersecurity standard. It is an affordable and achievable alternative to the international standard, ISO27001. It helps small companies in the supply chain industry to assess and validate their level of cybersecurity for a reasonable cost and specifies that they are taking adequate measures to protect their business and customers information properly. IASME AND ISO27001 The IASME standard is designed to fall along the same lines as the ISO27001, but it is specifically made for small companies with a low budget. The gold standard of IASME demonstrates baseline compliance with the international standard...
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London Wants Extradition of Russian Suspects in Skripal Case
7Aug By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Local, News, Russia, UK

London Wants Extradition of Russian Suspects in Skripal Case

London Wants Extradition of Russian Suspects in Skripal Case. The British government is going to ask Russia to deliver two men to Britain. They are speculated of engaging an attack with the deadly nerve gas Novichok.   According to the newspaper The Guardian, which raises sources from the government and secret service, the text of the extradition request has been drawn up and is ready to be sent to Russia. The two are suspected of committing the attack with the nerve gas on Russian former double-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Novichoke is a chemical weapon that was once developed in the Soviet Union. Both survived the attack but were ill for months. Reports last month that the British police had identified the Russian suspects behind the attack, the British Secretary ...
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Share Facebook Down By More Than 19 Percent
28Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Technology, Business, News

Share Facebook Down By More Than 19 Percent

Share Facebook down by More than 19 percent After Disappointing Figures. The Facebook share fell by 19 percent on Thursday after the company presented disappointing quarterly earnings on Wednesday.   For more than 76 billion pounds in market value evaporated due to the sharp fall of one of the most arguably essential stocks in the world. Investors seemed to fear a link between the privacy scandal surrounding the social media company and the disappointing figures. Topman Mark Zuckerberg saw his paper assets drop by 11 billion pounds. Also means that all growth of its assets for this year has disappeared. Zuckerberg now accounts for about 54 billion pounds and lost its place in the top of the wealthiest business people. Worldwide the number of Facebook users increased, but less qu...
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Ronaldo Wants To Make A Mark In The History Of Juventus
17Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Sports, News

Ronaldo Wants To Make A Mark In The History Of Juventus

Ronaldo Wants to Make a Mark in the History of Juventus. Cristiano Ronaldo emphasised Monday during his official presentation at Juventus that he did not come to Italy to finish. The Portuguese want to win prizes with its new club, preferably the Champions League.   "I want to leave my mark on the history of Juventus," said the 33-year-old Portuguese, who was taken over for 112 million euros from Real Madrid last week, to the many journalists present. Also said that I was eager for a new challenge and very confident about it." The five-time world footballer of the year was previously medically approved on Monday and signs a four-year contract in Turin. He will play with number 7, which he also wore at Real Madrid. Colombian Juan Cuadrado, who last season played with Juventus, was...
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Opel Has To Explain How Three New Types Of Diesel Engines Work
14Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Germany, Business, News

Opel Has To Explain How Three New Types Of Diesel Engines Work

Opel has to Explain how Three New types of Diesel engines Work. Opel must account for the operation of three new types of diesel engines. The German Transport Ministry confirmed this after reporting.   The questions from the German officials are about the system that cleans the exhaust gases from the diesel engines that meet the Euro-6 directive. A spokesperson for the ministry does not want to speculate whether the system complies with the rules. It is also unknown in how many car models the diesel engines are and how many cars have been delivered with the relevant engines. Opel has two weeks to answer the questions from the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, the German counterpart of the Rijksdienst voor Wegverkeer. Opel, unlike other German car companies, has not yet been involved in scan...
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Invalid Teachers Can Enter More Often
10Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Europe, Educatiion, News

Invalid Teachers Can Enter More Often

Invalid Teachers can Enter more Often. A substitute teacher in education may soon be more frequent. Schools in primary education and special education can offer multiple contracts continuously from the coming school year.   Now such temporary workers, who sometimes only spend a day or a few days, quickly get through their maximum number of contracts. Minister Wouter Koolmees (Social Affairs and Employment) has decided to intervene, although he already wanted to change the law. He reacts to a request from the employers and employees. They must record the adjustment in their collective labour agreements. Since the introduction of the Work and Security Act (Wwz), schools in special education have come under the so-called chain provision. It means that substitutes are entitled to a ...
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Twitter Refused 70 Million Accounts In May And June
9Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Technology, International, News

Twitter Refused 70 Million Accounts In May And June

Twitter Refused 70 Million accounts in May and June. Twitter has removed more than one million accounts a day in recent months. In May and June, it involved 70 million accounts.   Since October last year, the number of suspended accounts has more than doubled, Twitter confirms to The Washington Post. Twitter has started to take action against people who abuse the platform. It includes the number of fake news and misleading information. In March, changes in the algorithm were declared, through this bad behaviour can be recognised. Twitter published a message in June, in which the company explains how spam and abuse are handled. It states that the weekly 10 million accounts were examined for authenticity. Users had to confirm their report via a telephone number or e-mail address....
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FIFA Distances Itself from Inappropriate Criticism Maradona
5Jul By Alan LorenzNo Comments
Sports, News

FIFA Distances Itself from Inappropriate Criticism Maradona

FIFA Distances Itself from Inappropriate Criticism Maradona. The FIFA world football association has distanced itself from the sharp criticism of former football king Diego Maradona of the arbitration during the match between Colombia and England in the eighth final of the World Cup.   According to the 57-year-old Argentinian, there was a 'monumental robbery' of the South American team when awarding a penalty kick to the British in regular time. FIFA called this Maradona statement inappropriate and unfounded. , We regret to read such statements from a player who wrote football history. '' Arbiter Mark Geiger handed out eight yellow cards in the hostile contest, six of which to Colombia. FIFA later labelled the American referee's appearance as 'positive'. Diego Maradona is promine...
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