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YouTube is a major source of disinformation and misinformation worldwide but does too little to stop it from spreading. More than eighty organizations engaged in fact-checking, verifying information state this in an open letter to the…
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Members of the British opposition want Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign after new reports that the government held a party while the country was in lockdown. In addition, an invitation to a garden party in May 2020 was leaked to…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to protect Russia and friendly countries against "so-called colour revolutions". He was referring to mass protests that can shake governments and, in his opinion, are influenced from abroad. …
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Germany is switching to a 2G-plus policy for restaurants and cafes, which means that a corona test is also mandatory in addition to showing a vaccination and recovery certificate. The test obligation does not apply to people who…
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The Swiss military has banned the use of messaging apps such as Whatsapp, Signal and Telegram while on duty. The army prefers a Swiss service, a spokesman confirmed. In late December, the Swiss military issued a notice requesting…
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The head of an Israeli study into the efficacy of the fourth vaccine against Covid-19 calls the observed fivefold increase in the number of antibodies "good, but not enough". "We see a certain increase in antibodies, but that…
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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opens today in Las Vegas. Many companies will show their novelties during the technology fair. Still, due to the coronavirus, several big names have refrained from physical presence or limited it to the…
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (66) was urgently admitted to a hospital in Sao Paulo on Monday morning. The Brazilian media report this. It is believed that Bolsonaro is again battling a bowel obstruction. For the time being,…
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The first countries have already ushered in the new year at 11 am. Belgian time. It is now 2022 in New Zealand and on the small islands of Samoa, Tonga and Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. For the second year, the celebrations…
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Turkey has put into use a corona vaccine developed domestically for the first time. The drug is called Turkovac and is administered in hospitals. Turkey already used the vaccines from the Chinese Sinovac and Pfizer/BioNTech. The…
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