Christine Johns

The Eiffel Tower in Paris has reopened to the public after being closed for months. Tickets for the first day were already sold out online in the run-up to the reopening. The world-famous monument closed at the end of October after…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reversed his appointment as the Rector of Istanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University after months of protests. Critics found that appointment undesirable political interference in education.…

A blog and a paysite of the ransomware gang has been taken off the net, according to analysts. The REvil group is said to be behind the major Kaseya attacks that have brought down hundreds of companies in recent weeks. Ransomware…

The stock market in Tokyo continued to improve on Tuesday after the solid profit the day before. In addition, better-than-expected trade figures from China fueled optimism about the global economic recovery from the corona crisis. …

The European Central Bank (ECB) will present a new outlook on its monetary policy at its policy meeting this month. Central Bank President Christine Lagarde called the policy meeting "an important one." The ECB has completed its…

Two weeks before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the flame has arrived in Tokyo. During a short ceremony at the Komazawa Olympic Park, Governor Yuriko Koike was presented with a small lantern containing the flame. "We…

The emaciated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is believed to have no severe health problems. However, according to a parliamentarian, the South Korean intelligence service estimates that the dictator has lost about 10 to 20 kilos. In…

The Olympic torchlight procession over Tokyo's roads is cancelled, officials announced on Wednesday. The reason for the cancellation is that Japan is still ravaged by the coronavirus. As a replacement, private ceremonies will be…

Germany needs a higher vaccination rate than previously thought to stop the highly contagious Delta variant spread. Health institute RKI says that 85 to 90 percent of Germans should be fully vaccinated, depending on the age group. …

U.S. President Joe Biden used National Independence Day on Sunday to celebrate progress in the fight against the corona pandemic. A thousand people were invited to a ceremony in the garden of the White House. Since Biden took…