Internet giant Google is threatening to shut down his news search engine in Australia. Reason is a proposal for a new code of conduct that would force Google to pay for links to news articles. Google’s Mel Silva said in the Australian Senate that the legislation is unworkable, and that it is impossible for the company to calculate the financial …
The share of the Chinese web giant Alibaba increased by more than 8 percent at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday. Investors were delighted to hear the news that founder and top man Jack Ma had heard from them again after weeks of absence. In a video on social media, he spoke to teachers as part of his charity …
In Guatemala, a so-called migrant caravan with several thousand Honduran troops on its way to the United States has encountered tear gas and violent clashes with the authorities. Several people were injured, according to Jordan Rodas Andrade, the human rights ombudsman in the Central American country. On television and social media videos, thousands of migrants were seen in groups in …
The number of applications for unemployment benefits in the United States increased considerably last week. According to the US Department of Labor, 965,000 applications were submitted, or 181,000 more than a week earlier. This is the strongest increase since March last year. In recent months tens of millions of people in the US have been using the social safety net …
Telegram has 500 million users. The service reports that “in the series 72 hours more than 25 million users from around the world have become members of Telegram”. The range of 500 million was breached in the first week of January, writes Telegram founder Pavel Durov. “People no longer want to trade their privacy for free services,” he wrote. “They …
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefit last week remains at a high level. According to the US Department of Lab our, 787,000 applications were submitted, a decrease of 3000 compared to a week earlier. In recent months tens of millions of people in the United States have been using the social safety net as a result of the …
The tech group Apple also looks at achievements in the field of renewable energy, diversity in the workplace and other social and environmental issues when handing out bonuses for top managers. This is apparent from an application submitted to the US stock exchange guard SEC. The change is coming into effect this year. The change is intended to motivate Apple’s …
More than two thirds of the COVID vaccines distributed in the United States remain unused so far, American health officials said on Monday. The governors of the states of New York and Florida have already announced that they are going to punish hospitals that are not using the available vaccines fast enough. The federal government has now distributed about 15 …
China strongly opposes the decisions taken by the US government and will take the necessary measures to protect the legal rights of Chinese companies. That’s what a State Department spokesman said on Monday in a response to the announcement that the quotations of three telecom companies will be terminated in New York. These are China Mobile, China Telecom and China …
Republican politician Luke Letlow, from the state of Louisiana, died of coronavirus at the age of 41. Letlow had been in intensive care since December 23. A week earlier, he was tested positive for the virus. After a day in the hospital, he thanked his doctors on Twitter. “I’m sure with the care I get here, I’ll soon be on …
