In Bangkok, people protect themselves from the heat with umbrellas.picture: ap April 21, 2026, 10:35April 21, 2026, 10:35 For almost three weeks, large parts of Thailand have been groaning under extreme heat with dangerous temperatures sometimes exceeding 50 degrees. The capital Bangkok is particularly badly affected. In response, the city administration has set up more […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 04/21/2026 – 11:45 GMT+2 The European Court of Justice has ruled that Hungary’s amended Child Protection Law violates EU law and discriminates against gay and transgender people. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It is the first time the court has found that an EU member state breached the fundamental values set out in the EU Charter […]
Continue ReadingDespite the lack of clarity about a possible further round of negotiations, the US government sees itself closer than ever to what they believe is a good deal with Iran. “The United States has never been as close to making a really good deal as it is right now – in contrast to the terrible […]
Continue ReadingClaude, Chat-GPT and other artificial intelligence are actively used in Europe.Image: watson/imago Almost half of the Swiss population now uses generative artificial intelligence to create new texts, images, videos or songs. The Federal Statistical Office comes to this conclusion. April 21, 2026, 10:39April 21, 2026, 10:39 The results of the 2025 omnibus survey on internet […]
Continue ReadingHundreds of thousands of German-made components are used in Russian drones attacking Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s military intelligence service. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The HUR published a list of components without which Russian drones would not function, many of which originated in Germany. The War and Sanctions portal lists 137 components from Germany – 59 of them […]
Continue ReadingThe Japanese government has largely lifted its historic restrictions on arms exports abroad. April 21, 2026, 06:23April 21, 2026, 06:23 As the Kyodo news agency reported, the changes approved by the Cabinet and the National Security Council are aimed at “expanding Japan’s security cooperation with partner countries.” This means that the country is increasingly turning […]
Continue ReadingSweden warns: Putin could test the stability of NATO and the relationship with Trump “at any time” with little effort. April 21, 2026, 05:22April 21, 2026, 05:24 Niels Anner / ch media When security experts run through possible scenarios for a Russian attack in the Baltic Sea, Gotland, Bornholm and Saaremaa are usually mentioned. In […]
Continue ReadingRussian units withdraw from the area around Zaporizhzhia. This is reported by an influential Russian military blogger. April 21, 2026, 05:01April 21, 2026, 05:01 An article by The area around the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is hotly contested. “In the last 24 hours alone there were brutal attacks on Dnipro, Cherkassy, Kharkiv, Kryvyi Rih, […]
Continue ReadingAmazon is investing heavily in AI company Anthropic.Image: keystone Amazon is deepening its alliance with OpenAI rival Anthropic with another billion-dollar investment. As a first step, Amazon will invest $5 billion in the developer of the AI chatbot Claude. April 21, 2026, 04:28April 21, 2026, 04:28 In further steps it could be up to 20 […]
Continue ReadingA Canadian woman was killed in shootings in the important Mexican ruined city of Teotihuacan a few weeks before the start of the World Cup. April 21, 2026, 04:25April 21, 2026, 04:25 An armed man opened fire for reasons that are still unclear and then took his own life, Mexican security authorities said. At least […]
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