Tag: Civil defense
Poverty rates in the USA are rising dramatically
Homeless person in Tulsa, Oklahoma Poverty in the United States is increasing. (Photo: AP) Washington In the USA, the poverty rate has risen again for the first time in two…
Supply chain problems after floods in Slovenia
Production at VW The company has sent around 100 employees to Slovenia to help the supplier. (Photo: Oliver Killig) Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Vienna Due to the shortage of parts following the…
Flight tickets for 19.99 euros – cheap flights are back
Frankfurt If you don’t have any plans for your fall vacation yet, you should check the airline websites more often in the coming days. The airlines are starting more discount…
Almost half of the start-up strategy projects have already been implemented
Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck Habeck sees progress on projects that are important for the industry. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government sees itself on the right track in…
Hannover Re expects prices to continue to rise
storm Extreme weather events hit Europe again this summer. (Photo: imago images/Kirchner-Media) Frankfurt Geopolitical uncertainties, an increase in natural catastrophes and high inflation rates are also affecting the insurance industry.…
There was no strategy, it was about survival
Frankfurt When Jens Bischof took the microphone on flight EW 9592 from Düsseldorf to Palma de Mallorca last Wednesday, a murmur went through the cabin. The Eurowings boss here on…
RKI reports a new high with 92,223 new infections – Omikron now predominates in Germany
the Position of the German Ethics Council for the possible introduction of a general compulsory vaccination also depends on which corona variant is currently dominating the infection process. That’s what…
Finance Minister Lindner promises support for employees of MV shipyards
Christian Lindner The Minister of Finance has promised the employees of the MV Werften help. (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin After the MV shipyards filed for insolvency, Federal Finance Minister Christian…
Biden apparently nominates economist Raskin as vice chair of the Fed board
Sarah Bloom Raskin The economist could become the vice chair of the Fed board. (Photo: Reuters) Washington US President Joe Biden has apparently appointed former Federal Reserve Chair and economist…
Supreme Court blocks Biden’s “light vaccination” for companies
US President Joe Biden was “disappointed” with the Supreme Court’s decision. (Photo: AP) Washington In the United States, the Supreme Court has temporarily stopped a vaccination or test requirement in…
New quarantine regulations pass the Bundestag – these rules apply now
Berlin The Bundestag has cleared the way for the new quarantine rules agreed between the federal and state governments in the corona pandemic. The regulation, which was approved on Thursday…
Omicron now prevailing in Germany – US Supreme Court halts vaccination requirement for companies
According to a new study, many nurses in geriatric care in Germany want to give up their jobs. Forty percent of those surveyed are considering quitting their jobs, as Bernadette…
Europe is looking for a new way of dealing with Covid
Zurich, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm Despite record high numbers of infections, some European countries such as Denmark or France are already loosening their corona measures again. Other countries such as Spain…
France is a corona and yield hotspot at the same time
France is the Corona hotspot in Europe, the number of new infections is more than four times as high as in Germany. But as aggressively as the Omikron variant is…
“Markets could collapse by up to 50 percent” – economist Shiller fears a sustained return of inflation
Robert Shiller Shiller is a researcher and Nobel Prize winner for his work on the empirical analysis of capital market prices. He worries about the current inflation. (Photo: Laif, AP,…
Poland does not pay fines, now the next escalation threatens
Mateusz Morawiecki Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sees his country wrongly condemned. (Photo: imago images / newspix) Berlin, Brussels Another escalation level could soon follow in the dispute between the…
Stiko now recommends Booster from the age of twelve – France’s teachers are on strike against Corona rules
The vaccinations against the corona virus are progressing a little faster in Germany. 780,000 vaccine doses were administered on Wednesday, around 66,000 more than the day before. This was announced…
Bundestag wants to decide on shorter quarantine
Berlin Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) has campaigned for general vaccination requirements with the hope of an end to the pandemic. “In the long term, we will only be…
Immigrants alleviate bottlenecks in skilled occupations
Even if the BA boss was only repeating familiar figures, he underlined the importance of migration for prosperity with his statement. This is now underpinned by a study that the…
Inflation becomes Joe Biden’s biggest election year problem
New York, Washington Joe Biden tries to create a good mood. “America is fortunate that our economy is growing one of the fastest in the world,” said the US President…