Demand for Harley-Davidson motorcycles collapsed last quarter due to the corona crisis. In the United States, by far the largest market for the American company, sales fell sharply in March….
The fact that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has disappeared from the public eye may have to do with concerns about the coronavirus. That said a South Korean minister…
The 27 EU countries granted asylum or other protected status to 295,800 refugees last year. 27 percent of them were Syrians, 14 percent Afghans and 13 percent Venezuelans. The…
Construction workers have resumed work at the burnt-out Notre-Dame in Paris. The repair work was halted there for a month and a half because of the corona crisis. A…
The number of people diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Spain on Friday was much higher than 24 hours earlier. 6,740 people tested positive, compared to 4,635 on Thursday….
The World Health Organization (WHO) wants to accelerate the development and production and thus the use of medicines, tests and vaccines against corona. Through intensive cooperation, resources in the…
KLM boss Pieter Elbers will hand in a fifth of his fixed salary for the rest of this year. He announced this during the shareholders’ meeting of the company. …
Russian pro-government media continues to bombard the world with disinformation about the coronavirus. The ‘EU vs Disinfo’ site of the EU foreign service had thirty new cases this week,…
Forest Fires in Australia Caused Huge CO2 Emissions. The wildfires in Australia a few months ago released 830 million tons of carbon dioxide or CO2. That’s a whopping 300…
US President Donald Trump wants Iranian ships that hinder US naval ships from being sunk. The president says on Twitter that he has ordered the US Navy to target…