Author: Alan Lorenz

CEOs Facebook And Microsoft Criticise Controversial US Immigration Policy

20Jun

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CEOs Facebook And Microsoft Criticise Controversial US Immigration Policy

CEOs Facebook and Microsoft criticise controversial US Immigration Policy. The CEOs of tech giants Facebook and Microsoft are critical of American border policy, Why children are getting separated from their families, reports Forbes News. Both top executives endorsed this in messages to staff and users on Tuesday night. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called on the US in a note to "stop this new policy promptly". Microsoft boss Satya Nadella sent an e-mail to staff, which he later also posted on LinkedIn. In this, he called the border policy "cruel and a form of abuse". Earlier this week, Microsoft already discarded the new border policy of the US. Indeed the tech company provides software for the border surveillance of the country. That cooperation is still ongoing. In recent wee...

Amsterdam’s Economy Is Growing Fast Thanks To Tourism And Construction

20Jun

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Amsterdam, Business, Europe, International, London, Netherland, News, Prague, Stockholm, Warsaw

Amsterdam’s Economy Is Growing Fast Thanks To Tourism And Construction

Amsterdam's Economy is growing Fast thanks to Tourism and Construction.The economy of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area is running at full speed and is expected to grow by 3.7 percent this year, raising the region 0.5 percentage points above the rest of the Netherlands. The figure also shows that the City of Amsterdam presented on Wednesday, reported by EYE News. The reasons for economic growth are investments in ICT services, construction, increasing tourism and a strong international rival position. Unemployment in Amsterdam and the surrounding area is also falling from 4.9 percent in 2017 to 4 percent in 2018 and 3.6 percent in 2019. The unemployment rate thus drops to pre-crisis levels. With these new figures, the Amsterdam region now ranks among the five strongest growth are...

Agreement On Reducing Energy Consumption In Europe

20Jun

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Europe, International, News, Paris

Agreement On Reducing Energy Consumption In Europe

Agreement on Reducing Energy Consumption in Europe. European countries must significantly reduce their energy consumption. The European Parliament and the Member States have negotiated a political settlement after months of negotiations, says Fortune News. The plans state that by 2030, 32.5 per cent of energy must be saved compared to 2007. That target perhaps increased from 2023 onwards. The parliament had bet on 35 percent. Member States now have the legal obligation to plan for the achievement of the target. Also reported that Most EU countries are not much adaptive. D66 MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy has co-negotiated and is pleased that there is an agreement. "This is badly needed if we want to come close to meeting the climate goals of Paris in Europe." The European Commission ...

No Breakthrough On US Import Duties At G7

11Jun

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Business, Canada, Europe, France, Germany, International, Italy, Japan, Mexico, News, UK, US

No Breakthrough On US Import Duties At G7

No Breakthrough on US Import Duties at G7: The countries of the G7 have not been able to make agreements about the import duties that the United States has recently forced on the other states. However, it has been agreed to stay in conversation with each other. The leaders of Germany, France, Great Britain, Japan, Italy and Canada showed Trump in the common talk in Quebec in Quebec all the figures showing that the US import levies are inadequate for trade. Trump replied to his conversation partners by coming up with their values to prove the contrary, reports FOX News Point. After the big conversation, Trump met with French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. After the conversation with Macron, both leaders seemed carefully optimistic about pos...

EU Fights Undermining Practices China To WTO

2Jun

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Business, China, Europe, News, US

EU Fights Undermining Practices China To WTO

EU fights Undermining practices China to WTO: The EU is not only going to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to challenge unfair US trade practices. It also files a complaint about China, writes 99 News. The procedure is directly against Chinese legislation that would undermine the intellectual property rights of European companies. European companies are compelled to hand over the ownership or use of their technology to Chinese companies or joint ventures in China, according to EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström (Trade). Probably they would deprive of the freedom of discussion, patents or trade secrets in contravention of WTO rules. The US has begun a similar procedure. "We can not allow a country to force our companies to transfer this hard-earned expertise to the border," Mal...

Turkish Officer Gets Final Asylum in Greece

23May

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Greece, International, News, Turkey

Turkish Officer Gets Final Asylum in Greece

Turkish Officer Gets Final Asylum in Greece. One of the eight Turkish officers who had fled to Greece after the failed coup in 2016 was finally granted asylum. That has determined the highest Greek administrative judge, Greek media reports. The ruling is probably a harbinger for the course of the proceedings against the seven other officers. The Greek court previously blocked delivery of the eight officers. Turkish President Erdogan has repeatedly asked for the extradition of the eight men who, according to Ankara, were involved in the attempt to overthrow his government. In Turkey, the military has already been found guilty of high treason, says iStorify. Difficult relationship The stay of the military in Greece puts the already difficult diplomatic relations between Turkey an...

Do Russians want to Live in a Country without Truth?

23May

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International, News, Russia

Do Russians want to Live in a Country without Truth?

Relatives of MH17 victims get an open letter to the Russian authorities and state media. According to the eWorldNews, they have done everything to sow doubt and obscure the truth about the air disaster. If the Russians want to live in a country where the truth no longer exists, they ask themselves. The letter is on the website of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He has been signed by a dozen surviving relatives from Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. They write that after almost four years they are still struggling with the sudden and brutal loss of their loved ones and the questions that have not yet been answered. Russian people not guilty "We do not blame the Russian people for what happened," the letter writers say. "We are not against you, and we ho...

US Investigates Foreign Ailments Employee Consulate China

23May

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Asia, China, International, News, US

US Investigates Foreign Ailments Employee Consulate China

US Investigates Foreign Ailments Employee Consulate China. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a medical team to China to investigate mysterious ailments of a government official. According to The Week News, the American would show signs of mild brain damage. The employee of the consulate in Guangzhou recently complained about annoying sounds and other inconveniences, such as an oppressive feeling. As far as we perceive, there are no complaints from others. The situation is reminiscent of the acoustic attacks on US embassy personnel in Cuba. Dozens of American diplomats and their relatives were recalled last year when they suffered from, among other things, hearing loss, headaches, dizziness and nausea. According to the US, Cuba carried out targeted attacks with inaudible sou...

Run Away Ebola Patients in Congo Found Dead

23May

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Congo, International, News

Run Away Ebola Patients in Congo Found Dead

Two Ebola patients who had run away from a hospital in the Congolese city of Mbandaka were found dead today. Another patient, who had fled the hospital on Saturday, was found alive that same day. The three patients were in quarantine. The head of MSF's mission in the city reacted to the incident. The hospital is not a prison, he said, the patients cannot be locked up, says eMedium. The report about the fledged patients coincides with the warning from the World Health Organization that the fight against the highly contagious disease has reached a critical point. It is the ninth time that Ebola erupted in Congo. In the coming weeks, it must be clear whether the disease can be kept under control. So far, 27 Congolese have succumbed to Ebola. Medics have drawn up a list of 628 peopl...

Agriculture and Dirty Rivers: Mark Rutte will do this in India

23May

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Asia, Business, India, News, UK

Agriculture and Dirty Rivers: Mark Rutte will do this in India

Agriculture and Dirty Rivers: Mark Rutte will do this in India. India: the land of the Taj Mahal, Bollywood and curry. It is the second largest economy in Asia and a home for 1.3 billion inhabitants. Prime Minister Mark Rutte will visit this week for a trade mission. And he is accompanied by a large delegation of 131 Dutch companies and four ministers. Such a trade mission is pretty lucrative for Dutch companies. During a visit to China last April, 248 million euros were contracted. Rutte will talk to Prime Minister Modi in India about the impending steel war with the United States and negotiations on a trade agreement between the EU and India. The two also spoke in The Hague last year. Rutte gave Modi a gift as a present, reports eBuzzFeed. India is looking for investments, and ...