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London Police Ask Report on Party Gate to Limit

28Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, UK

London Police Ask Report on Party Gate to Limit

London police have asked top public servant Sue Gray's team investigating illegal parties at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's residence to report as little as possible about meetings the force itself is investigating. This should guarantee that police investigator can do their work without prejudice. The publication of Gray's report, which has been eagerly awaited for days, should not be delayed if it is up to the police. It is possible that passages in it are deleted or not released at the request of the police. It is unclear when the investigation, which could cause serious harm to Johnson, will be made public. It may be Monday. According to the BBC, Gray wants to send the government a report that can be published in full. British politics has long been under the spell of partie...

North Korea Fires Projectile for Sixth Time This Month

27Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, North Korea

North Korea Fires Projectile for Sixth Time This Month

On Thursday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, North Korea fired two projectiles into the sea east of the country. This month, it would be the sixth time that the country has fired a projectile. The South Korean military says it is likely that two ballistic missiles are involved. North Korea's firing of these missiles violates UN Security Council resolutions. On January 14 and 17, the country is believed to have also fired ballistic missiles. On January 5 and 11, hypersonic missiles were fired. Last Tuesday, the country fired a cruise missile. Unlike ballistic missile testing, cruise missile testing is not covered by United Nations sanctions on North Korea. Since 2019, the country has not carried out that many rockets launch in a short period of time. As a result, negot...

Greek Government Under Fire for Problems After Heavy Snowfall

26Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Greece, News

Greek Government Under Fire for Problems After Heavy Snowfall

The Greek government is under fire for the problems caused by heavy snowfall. Emergency services had to evacuate thousands of people this week after being stranded in their cars on a snow-covered highway near Athens. The media is talking about a "fiasco". Emergency services are still on the road to remove hundreds of abandoned vehicles. Many people left the road on foot, leaving their cars behind. The government and the private company that maintains the highway have apologized for the massive congestion. Some motorists had spent the night from Monday to Tuesday in their cars. Soldiers distributed food, water and blankets on the road. The highway operator blames "car problems and lack of experience among drivers". The CEO of the organization has resigned. Victims of motorists wil...

US States Sue Google for Unauthorized Data Collection

25Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, Technology, US

US States Sue Google for Unauthorized Data Collection

The attorneys general of several US states, including Texas, Indiana and Washington D.C., are suing internet giant Google to obtain users' location data through deceptive tactics. Google used that data to advertise in a more targeted way. Prosecutors say the unauthorized data collection took place from 2014 to at least 2019 on smartphones running Google's Android operating system and other apps and web services from the internet giant. In addition, Google continued to track the location of users' smartphones, even though they had disabled that feature, via the separate 'Web & App Activity' account settings. "In reality, regardless of the settings they choose, consumers who use Google products have no option but to allow the company to collect, store and use their location," ...

British Court Hears Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition to US

24Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, UK, US

British Court Hears Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition to US

It may be a decisive twist in a legal saga that has been going on for years: London's High Court will hear on Monday a request to appeal to the Supreme Court against the extradition of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. If he refuses, he threatens to be extradited to the United States. The United States accused the Australian of having released more than 700,000 classified documents about US military and diplomatic activities, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, since 2010. As a result, there are a lot of charges against him, and he faces a total of up to 175 years in prison. According to his supporters, the case constitutes a severe attack on press freedom. At the beginning of last year, Judge Vanessa Baraitser had spoken out against the extradition of Assange. His mental heal...

British Minister Calls on People to Go to Office

21Jan

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News, UK

British Minister Calls on People to Go to Office

The UK economy secretary has called on people to return to the office to take advantage of face-to-face cooperation. "The world must learn to live with the coronavirus after a pandemic that wiped out trillions of dollars from a global manufacturing," Kwasi Kwarteng said. Since the outbreak of the corona crisis, millions of Britons have been working from home, whether or not forced by the measures. Next Wednesday, the British government's advice to work from home will end. This call comes after announcing the termination of a large part of the corona measures. "People who work in the office benefit from working with colleagues to be able to interact with them directly," he said. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is betting that the omikron variant of the coronavirus has reached i...

20Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, Technology

Google Stops Free G Suite

Until now, early users of Google's G Suite could use their own domain name for free. However, the tech giant now says that that is coming to an end, with major consequences for early customers. Google says it will discontinue the free version of G Suite that allowed businesses to use their own domain name. Those who signed up for the service between 2006 and 2012 could use G Suite with their own domain name. So, for example, you could email from your company name instead of 'gmail.com'. The service to set up free domain names for G Suite was already deprecated in 2012, but companies that already had one have been able to use it until now. So that is about to change. Those companies that use the free version of G Suite will have to pay for it from May. Google has sent emails to "G...

US to Give $200 Million in Additional Military Aid to Ukraine

19Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, Ukraine, US

US to Give $200 Million in Additional Military Aid to Ukraine

Last month, the United States gave $200 million extra military aid to Ukraine. The US Department of Defense made this known when Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv. Blinken visits Ukraine to show support in the conflict with Russia. He speaks in Kyiv with President Volodimir Zelensky and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmitro Kuleba. Ukraine and Western countries fear that Russia is preparing an attack on Ukraine, for which it has gathered tens of thousands of soldiers along the border. Russia denies this. The Kremlin believes that Western countries are increasing tensions with arms supplies to Ukraine and does not want the country to join NATO. Tensions between the West and Russia are underway. Blinken will speak in Berlin on Thursday with German, France, Great Britain...

Brexit Attracts A Lot of British Companies to Flanders

18Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Business, Europe, News, UK

Brexit Attracts A Lot of British Companies to Flanders

2021 was a full year in terms of foreign investment in Flanders. Thanks to Brexit, there was a remarkable amount of investment from the United Kingdom. Flanders Investment and Trade, the agency that attracts and guides foreign investors, can announce record figures. International companies launched 295 new investment projects in Flanders last year. In addition, they announced 6,233 additional jobs. Traditionally, American companies are the largest investors in Flanders. Only last year - in full corona crisis - they had to leave the first place to the Netherlands. But this year, America is again number 1, with 64 files representing a quarter of the total number of investment projects. The British are in second place, with 49 investment projects accounting for a market share of al...

No VR Headset from Apple for the Time Being

17Jan

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

News, Technology

No VR Headset from Apple for the Time Being

Apple may have to delay the debut of its virtual reality headset. There are problems with the development of the glasses, with which, among other things, virtual objects can be projected into the real world. That reports financial news agency Bloomberg based on insiders. There would still be problems with the gadget's software and camera. The glasses could also overheat. Nevertheless, the VR headset should become Apple's first major new product since the Apple Watch was launched in 2015. According to Bloomberg, the American tech company has been working on the glasses since about that year. The delay would be a setback for Apple, which has never officially announced the headset. The presentation is now scheduled for the end of this year. It may then take until 2023 before the g...