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German cities want new measures against the coronavirus to contain the current outbreak as quickly as possible. The association of German cities says that action from the national government is needed before the summer holidays. …

McDonald's in France will pay 1.25 billion euros to avoid prosecution for tax fraud between 2009 and 2020. This is according to an agreement that was approved on Thursday by the president of the Paris court, Stéphane Noël. The…

In a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that China "stands behind Russia on sovereignty and security". The People's Republic has been neutral in Ukraine since the…

The chip sector is estimated to spend a total of $109 billion this year. Three-quarters of that amount is in Asia. Europe is growing spectacularly but remains a small fish in the global pond. The $109 billion in investments will go…

The heat wave that has gripped the southwestern United States will also expand eastwards in the coming days, the US National Weather Service warns. Last weekend, the southwest of the country already had to deal with extremely high…

The European Central Bank (ECB) plans to raise interest rates again in July for the first time since 2011. With this, the central bank wants to curb high inflation in the eurozone, which was announced in the interest rate decision in…

The new MacBook Air may have a 1080p Full HD camera, but older laptops often have to make do with a lousy webcam. macOS 13 Ventura offers a solution for this. Apple's next operating system for the Mac will allow users to use their iPhone as…

Ukrainian exports of grain, oilseeds and vegetable oil rose by 80 percent in May compared to a month earlier. However, with a total volume of over 1.7 million tons, the war-affected country's exports are still significantly below May 2021…

A 66-year-old Briton has been sentenced by an Iraqi court to 15 years in prison for smuggling antiquities. The judge in Baghdad acquitted a 60-year-old German in the same case. British retired geologist Jim Fitton and German…

The British Queen Elizabeth made her appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace at the end of the so-called Trooping the Color parade. Beside her cousin Edward, the Duke of Kent, she inspected the troops riding by or marching…