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UK: Criticism of Contradicting Statements on the Mask Requirement
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UK: Criticism of Contradicting Statements on the Mask Requirement

Corona infections are increasing in Great Britain, but London is sticking to its easing plans. There is now also confusion on the subject of masks. Some call for "personal responsibility", others want to get rid of it quickly.   The British government has come under increasing criticism for contradicting messages about wearing masks after the planned end of all corona measures. "I think it's pretty confusing for people what the right thing to do now," Warwick University Infectious Disease Expert Mike Tildesley told BBC television on Monday. He hoped enough people weighed the risks themselves not to be a massive increase in infections. The immunologist Peter Openshaw from Imperial College London criticized the planned lifting of the mask requirement on the BBC 4 radio station. It is...
Qualcomm Announces Its Own Smartphone
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Qualcomm Announces Its Own Smartphone

Chipmaker Qualcomm releases a device with a Snapdragon chip and a price tag of 1,500 dollars. The thing will be called 'The Phone for Snapdragon Insiders', and Qualcomm will not build it itself.   The device is made in collaboration with Asus. The device is intended to showcase the power of Qualcomm's technology, and the smartphone will only be sold to members of the Snapdragon Insider fan community, a fan club the company started earlier this year. Qualcomm has been the supplier of, among other things, the network chips that are in almost every smartphone for years. However, the 'Snapdragon Insider' smartphone is the first that Qualcomm releases as a consumer phone under its own name. The device, therefore, seems instead a showcase of various technologies of the company, including...
Lufthansa: Network Almost Back to Old Level in September
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Lufthansa: Network Almost Back to Old Level in September

German airline Lufthansa expects its network of routes to be nearly back to pre-coronavirus levels by September, despite air traffic restrictions. That's what the head of flight route planning at Lufthansa said in an interview.   According to planner Heiko Reitz, Lufthansa, with its subsidiaries Swiss, Austrian, Eurowings and Brussels Airlines, wants to return to almost all destinations worldwide. However, flights will then be less frequent than before because the number of travellers is still much lower than before the outbreak of the corona pandemic. A number of tourist destinations are already back in the network for the summer. Lufthansa hopes that profitable business travel will also recover from the crisis. KLM previously said that the international network is almost back to...
Trump Engages in Legal Battle With Twitter and Facebook Bosses
Technology, News, US

Trump Engages in Legal Battle With Twitter and Facebook Bosses

Former US President Donald Trump, who has been banned mainly from social media, will file lawsuits against Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.   He will reportedly announce the legal steps on Wednesday, news site Axios reports based on insiders. Trump has long argued with tech giants Facebook and Twitter over freedom of speech and censorship. As a result, the former president has been banned entirely by Twitter. Facebook deleted him for two years. The bans came after the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6 by Trump supporters. The legal battle is backed by the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit organization that stands behind Trump's policies. These would be collective lawsuits, in which steps are taken on behalf of a larger group.
E-Cigarette Sellers Fear Major Loss of Turnover and Jobs
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E-Cigarette Sellers Fear Major Loss of Turnover and Jobs

Hundreds of e-cigarette retailers and importers fear a huge drop in their sales. Acvoda, the consumer organization for e-cigarette users, reports this. From July 1, 2022, flavoured electronic cigarettes will be banned.   The trade association Esigbond thinks that the sector will miss out on around 200 million euros in turnover and that 800 jobs will disappear. It has been agreed in the National Prevention Agreement to strive for a smoke-free generation by 2040. "To achieve that, we must now do what we can to ensure that as many children as possible grow up in a smoke-free and tobacco-free environment," said outgoing State Secretary Paul Blokhuis. (Public health) earlier. E-cigarettes come in all kinds of flavours, such as apple pie, wine gum or mojito. When the ban comes into effe...
Pope is Doing Well After Surgery, Stays in Hospital for A Week
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Pope is Doing Well After Surgery, Stays in Hospital for A Week

Pope Francis is doing well after his colon surgery, the Vatican reports. He is conscious and can breathe unaided.   The 84-year-old Church Father is expected to remain in the hospital for another week. The pope went under the knife on Sunday for a planned operation at the medical and surgical faculty of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome. Several popes have been treated here in the past. The Vatican said Pope Francis has a common bowel disease in the elderly and can lead to pain or fever. The disease causes protrusions in the intestinal wall that can become inflamed, and a condition called diverticulitis.
Tesla Delivers More Cars Again
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Tesla Delivers More Cars Again

Tesla produced and delivered more than 200,000 cars last quarter. This means that the company has further increased production compared to the first three months of this year. Analysts had expected slightly more.   More than 99 percent of all cars Tesla made and delivered to customers were Model 3 and Model Y. These are the smaller coupe and SUV the company makes. Tesla made 204,081 of those models and delivered 199,360. The Model S and Model X, the larger coupe and SUV, produced 2340 units, and Tesla delivered 1,890 to customers. However, production of the Model S was stopped for some time because Tesla was working on a renewed version of that model. Tesla does not disclose where it sold its cars. However, the company has car factories in the United States and China and is workin...
Trump Chief Surrenders Under Criminal Investigation
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Trump Chief Surrenders Under Criminal Investigation

Trump Organization finance director Allen Weisselberg surrenders to authorities as part of a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's company. That reports The New York Times.   Allen Weisselberg walked into the building that houses the Manhattan criminal court today, according to the American newspaper. He and a Trump Organization representative are expected to appear in court later in the day. In recent months, it was investigated whether tax had been paid on, among other things, cars, homes and apartments for employees. The prosecutors tried to get Weisselberg's cooperation, but his lawyers always said he wouldn't. Now the financial director has decided to cooperate. These are the first charges against former US President Donald Trump's company since prosecut...
Putin: British Naval Ship Wanted to Test Russian Response
Russia, News, UK

Putin: British Naval Ship Wanted to Test Russian Response

The British naval vessel that Moscow said illegally entered Russian waters in the Black Sea near Crimea earlier this month did so to observe in detail the response of Russian forces. President Vladimir Putin said so on Wednesday.   "This was, of course, a provocation," Putin said in his annual televised question-and-answer session after the British ambassador in Moscow had previously been questioned. "Even if we had sunk the British destroyer near Crimea, it is unlikely that the world would have been on the brink of World War III," he added. The warship HMS Defender sailed in a maritime zone that most countries consider belonging to Ukraine, but the Russians have claimed that sea area since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. According to the recent discovery of confidential military...
Inflation in Germany Rises Less Sharply in June
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Inflation in Germany Rises Less Sharply in June

Inflation in Germany rose less sharply in June than in May when it reached its highest level since 2018. Lately, there has been a lot of buzz in the financial markets about rising inflation because central banks such as the European Central Bank (ECB) may be able to raise interest rates more quickly. Lower inflation is related to less sharp increases in energy and food prices. Certain services also became less expensive after their prices previously rose sharply due to high consumer demand due to the reviving of the economy from the corona crisis. For example, it concerns holidays. According to introductory figures from the German Federal Statistical Office, inflation was 2.1 percent year-on-year, equated to 2.4 percent a month earlier. This is a so-called harmonized figure so that Ger...