Sebastian Kurz stepped down as Chancellor of Austria tonight, but that doesn’t mean his days as the most powerful man in Austrian politics are numbered. He will hand over his post to his foreign minister and lead his Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP) from parliament. Everything indicates that the 35-year-old ‘wonderboy’, the youngest European head of government of all time, is determined …

Gabby Petito (22) and her fiancé Brian Laundrie (23) embarked on a road trip across the United States this summer in their campervan. Everything seemed to be going well, but over time the two started arguing more and more. On September 1, Laundrie returned home alone. There was no sign of Petito. On September 11, her family reported her missing. …

Supporters of former President Donald Trump during the capture of the Capitol on January 6.AFP Image The documents relate to Trump’s crackdown on the day an angry mob of supporters of the former president stormed the United States House of Representatives in Washington. Trump tried to block the publication of the documents. According to him, as a former president, he …

The state encourages the elderly because it would be good for their social life. But the young people so driven from their basketball court or the inhabitants of the neighborhood who love loud music, think differently. But: Talking to older people about their behavior often doesn’t work, as it can just happen: On Taobao, the Chinese variant of Amazon, someone …

Government money has been embezzled, influencing the press, incriminating conversations on apps. After police raids on ministries, the ÖVP party office and the chancellery Wednesday Austria is surprised at an unprecedented political scandal. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s whirlwind career, 35, appears to be the result of bribes, political machinations and abuse of power. Austrians are already talking about Kurz House, the …

Former US President Trump wants to prevent his former associates from testifying in a congressional inquiry into the takeover of the Capitol by his supporters. In a letter viewed by the AP news agency, Trump wrote to witnesses called that their conversations with the president were confidential. The Congressional committee investigating the Jan.6 attack has subpoenaed four of Trump’s direct …

According to Microsoft, the Russian attacks mainly targeted US government agencies and think tanks. A state sponsored hack aims to collect information relating to national security. The figures released by Microsoft are based on the period between July 2020 and July of this year. Ukraine, Great Britain and other unspecified European member states of NATO were most often subjected to …

The airport on the Spanish island of La Palma was closed again this morning due to a layer of ash descended from an ash cloud from the Cumbre Vieja volcano. This reports Aena, the company that manages airports in Spain. “The airport is no longer operational at the moment,” said an Aena spokesperson. The ashes that are deposited on the …

The bots fit into an arsenal of surveillance techniques that pose major privacy concerns, writes The Guardian. The small state has seen “an explosion” in government surveillance of citizens. In a test in September, two robots roamed streets and a shopping mall looking for “socially undesirable behavior,” such as smoking, parking bikes improperly – and breaking distance rules. The text …

The French Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates strikes a chord on Twitter with the story of a young girl who wanted to flee Afghanistan with her faithful bird. Due to hygiene measures, the bird was not allowed on a flight to France, after which the ambassador took care of the animal. In a touching Twitter thread, loved by thousands …