US inflation rose to 5 percent on an annual basis last month, from 4.2 percent a month earlier. As a result, the average price level for consumers in the…
Japan tends to allow its own population to attend games during the Tokyo Olympics. Japanese media reported no concrete numbers or maximum occupancy rates for stadiums. The government and…
The British health authorities took measures on Tuesday against the further spread of the so-called delta variant of the coronavirus. This mutation first appeared in India and is now…
According to the Taliban, Afghans who have worked for foreign armies do not have to fear for their safety. They must show sufficient “repentance”, the Muslim extremists say in a…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is open to foreigners to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. People who are not yet eligible for vaccination in their own country can…
In 2017, the US Department of Justice secretly seized the phone records of four New York Times reporters. The newspaper reported this on Wednesday (local time). The Trump administration…
In a speech to top officials of his communist party, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “a credible, sweet and respectful” image of his country to spread in the world….
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a second Chinese corona vaccine for worldwide use. More than three weeks ago, the vaccine from state-owned Sinopharm was found suitable through…
Turkish intelligence has arrested a cousin of an Islamic cleric and politician, Fethullah Gülen, in Kenya. The man was taken to Turkey. Turkish state news agency Anadolu reports that…
The British medicine watchdog MHRA has approved the Leiden Janssen vaccine for use in the United Kingdom. There, the authorities had previously approved the use of the corona vaccines…