WARSAW (Reuters) – As Amazon sets its sights on central and eastern Europe, the e-commerce giant will need to convince long-time Allegro shoppers like Elzbieta Modrakowska to click away from the region’s leading online marketplace. FILE PHOTO: The Allegro website is displayed in this illustration taken October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado […]
The village, located in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on the east coast of China, was captured via drone footage. The Jiakou Reservoir dried up and revealed the foundations of many buildings. Local Mr Xu said tourists have been visiting the site looking for hidden treasures. The reservoir has been affected by […]
The business that preserves Dr. Seuss’ legacy announced Tuesday that six of the legendary author’s books for children will stop being published because of racist imagery. The move has both sparked backlash from conservatives who call it the “cancel culture,” and reignited the debate over promoting classic, but problematic, books. […]
China’s top court has awarded a record 159 million yuan (US$24.6 million) compensation payout to a chemical producer in a trade secrets case, a ruling that comes after Beijing has repeatedly vowed to improve protection of intellectual property rights in the country. On Friday, the Intellectual Property Court of the […]
The government issued a public appeal on Sunday, to trace someone who has been infected with a coronavirus variant first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus. The unidentified person failed to properly fill out a test registration card, meaning British authorities had no idea who, or where, they are. […]
Pope Francis has insisted that his historic trip to Iraq which is due to take place this week will go ahead despite an attack on US forces in the country today. The 84-year-old pontiff said he cannot disappoint people ‘who have suffered so much’ by calling off the visit, the […]
Rep. Ronny Jackson once said a junior female staffer had ‘great t**s’, drank alcohol on multiple presidential trips and took sleeping pills that sparked concerns about his ability to administer medical care to the president, according to a bombshell report. The ex-White House physician, who served under both Presidents Barack […]
In 2012, when Frank Ocean told me (yes, me, specifically) to “imagine being thrown off of a cliff” in the Tumblr note he published before dropping the transformative Channel Orange, the same Tumblr note in which he admitted publicly for the first time that he had been in love with […]
Ten rockets struck an Iraqi base hosting US troops on Wednesday morning, security sources said. No fatalities were immediately reported in the attack on Ain al-Asad air base, which also houses Iraqi forces, the sources said. A Baghdad Operations Command official told Reuters that 13 rockets were fired at the […]
FILE PHOTO: A parking sign for electric vehicles is pictured in Gruenheide, Germany, November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The number of charging points for electric vehicles in Germany has increased by more than 10% in the past three months to reach 39,538, energy industry association BDEW said […]
EU’s ‘shambolic’ vaccine rollout criticised by Ann Widdecombe Mr Scholz, Germany’s finance minister as well as being the leader of the Social Democratic Party, launched his angry tirade during a cabinet meeting. The stinging criticism, highlighted by the Financial Times, underlines the ongoing tensions against a backdrop of severe vaccine […]
In November 2013, Minneapolis police pulled over LaSean Braddock shortly after midnight as he drove home from a double shift as a mental health worker at Hennepin County Medical Center. Braddock, 48, said he had grown somewhat accustomed to being stopped by police because his identity had been stolen and […]