As many as 23 of Berlin’s new “green” electric buses stopped running during the recent cold snap and had to be replaced with diesel alternatives, German media has reported. According to the Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin’s main public transport operator, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), last week’s low temperatures caused problems with the electric vehicles batteries, with […]
The decision means Trump’s road to another presidential bid remains wide open.
Technically, of course, it’s not a proposal to send people to jail for going on holiday. But taken in the round, the intended effect of it is to scare the living daylights out of any Briton who fancies a week or so of debauchery in Santa Ponza: Failing to quarantine in a designated hotel after […]
The CDC has recommended that people fit their mask more closely, or double up in order to reduce air leakage and enhance their protection by an estimated 90%.
“Mistakes were made” regarding the use of Article 16, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, referring to the controversial blunder that caused turbulence regarding Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit status. The comment was made in an address to the European Parliament regarding the EU’s vaccine rollout, which she admitted had been far too slow, and […]
The result of last night’s vote was 56 to 44. That wasn’t on the main question, about whether former President Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection against his own country’s Government. That vote will come later. Last night’s vote, actually, was about whether the US Senate has the authority to put Trump on trial […]
French nun Sister Andre will celebrate her 117th birthday later this week.
The public health chief said that might not happen before autumn, when vaccination rates are high enough to create herd immunity.
Elon Musk’s car company Tesla has purchased 1.5bn dollars (or 1.2 billion euros) worth of Bitcoin, and plans to start accepting the cryptocurrency as payment for their products in future. This surge in interest caused the price of Bitcoin to spike 17% to $44,220 – a record high for the cryptocurrency. This comes mere days […]
Births in Italy in December fell by a massive 21.6%, as experts predict a “baby bust” because of the effects of the Covid lockdown. The decline in births was announced by Italian statistics agency ISTAT, who sampled numbers from 15 Italian cities to make their findings. The news will add to Italy’s demographic woes with […]
Bad weather, covid curfews and other factors have led to the “worst ever” shortage of marijuana in Jamaican history, locals say. Marijuana fields were reportedly damaged by heavy rain last year during the hurricane season, followed by an extreme drought, which led to an enormous loss in profits in sales of the drug. This was […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has agreed to entertain a complaint by a double murderer currently serving life in prison, who claims that his “human rights” were violated when prison authorities confiscated his pornography. According to the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), the prisoner is alleging that his privacy and right […]