SAN FRANCISCO – According to a media report, the Internet platform Twitter has held talks about the purchase of the audio app provider Clubhouse. In the discussions in the past few months, a clubhouse valuation of four billion dollars was in the room, the Bloomberg agency reported on Wednesday. – .
WASHINGTON / FRANKFURT – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects a sustained boom on the US stock exchanges in the short to medium term. Despite already very high prices, strong economic growth and loose monetary policy provided further impetus, the fund explained in its financial stability report published on Tuesday. The IMF is concerned, however, … Read more
BRASÍLIA – In view of the increasing criticism of the lack of crisis management in the corona pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has appointed new heads of six ministries. The names of the new ministers should be published in the official gazette, according to a message from the communications ministry in Brasília on Monday evening … Read more
The SchweBERN – izer ice hockey championship features three games on Tuesday at 7.45 p.m., including the derby between SC Bern and SCL Tigers. The city of Bern urgently need points to reach the playoff round of 16 for the teams in places 7 to 10. The last-placed Langnauer, who were no longer eligible for … Read more
SYDNEY – Severe flooding in southeast Australia has forced thousands of people in and around Sydney to evacuate their homes. According to the authorities, there were 20 evacuation orders by Monday. According to the Prime Minister of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian, 18,000 people were brought to safety, of which 15,000 were in the coastal … Read more
YANGON – According to reports from local media and eyewitnesses, numerous people were killed in protests against the military junta in Myanmar over the weekend. Around seven weeks after the coup, the number of deaths rose to at least 247, the prisoners’ aid organization AAPP announced on Twitter. The real number is likely to be … Read more
LOS ANGELES – The British royal family stopped their financial aid to the Queen’s grandson in early 2020, according to Prince Harry. “But I have what my mother left me. And without that we would not have made it,” said Harry in a CBS interview with presenter Oprah Winfrey on Sunday evening (local time). The … Read more
NEW YORK – US actress Shailene Woodley (29) and professional football player Aaron Rodgers (37) are engaged – and according to Woodley, they have been for some time. “We’re engaged,” said the actress on Tuesday night on the Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon. “But it’s not news to us, that’s why it’s a bit … Read more
FUKUSHIMA – Even ten years after the tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, the earth does not come to rest there. Since the severe seaquake on March 11, 2011 with a magnitude of 9.0, there have been aftershocks that can be felt more than 14,000 times, as the Japanese business newspaper “Nihon Keizai Shimbun” reported on … Read more
WASHINGTON – In the US Senate, after a violent exchange of blows between the defense and the prosecution, there are signs that the impeachment proceedings against ex-President Donald Trump will soon be concluded. Prosecutors again called for the Republican to be convicted of storming the Capitol. “It’s about protecting our republic and about defining the … Read more