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Government crisis in Austria: All about the scandal around Austria’s chancellor

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Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz allegedly got into his position with the help of bribery. Prosecutors suspect that a newspaper published positive survey results for which taxpayers’ money flowed. The Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has ordered a search of the Austrian Chancellery, Finance Ministry and the headquarters of Sebastian Kurz’s ÖVP party. Prosecutors are investigating Kurz and some of his close associates on suspicion of embezzlement, bribery and corruption. Starting in 2016, the team around the 35-year-old head of government allegedly used taxpayer funds to buy positive coverage in a…

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Pope Francis: “This is the hour of shame”

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“This is the hour of shame” – this is how Pope Francis reacted in Rome to the report on child abuse in France. Addressing the more than 300,000 victims in Wednesday’s general audience, he expressed “sorrow and pain” in light of the trauma they have suffered. In addition, he spoke of shame, “vergogna,” the word can also be translated as shame: “my shame, our shame, my shame,” that the Church has been unable for too long to place the victims of abuse at the center of its concerns. Francis has…

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1,965 new infections in Austria

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Yesterday, the highest number of infections within 24 hours since April 10, 2021, was reported, with 2,693 new infections registered. From Wednesday to Thursday, 1,965 new Corona infections were registered in Austria. There are also 11 new deaths related to Covid 19 infection to report, bringing the pandemic death toll in Austria to 11,072 so far. The number of active cases is up 385 to 20,570, with a seven-day incidence of 142.70. There are currently 851 people in Austria’s hospitals related to covid disease, down three from the previous day.…

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More than 700,000 corona deaths in the U.S.

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More than 700,000 people have died in the United States in connection with the corona virus.That’s according to a Reuters calculation based on official data. On average, more than 2,000 people died from or with the virus each day last week. There are about 120,000 new infections per day. Corona deaths in Russia: more than 800 people died in one dayThe U.S. has the most cases of infection and death in the world. About 56 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. Sixty-five percent have received at least one dose,…

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How Windows 11 comes to the PC

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Windows 11 is here, but very few users are already seeing an upgrade offer on their computer. On October 5, Microsoft officially launched Windows 11. However, this does not mean that all computers can now be updated. Only on a few devices do users already see an upgrade offer. Quite a few PCs will never get Windows 11, and most computers won’t get their turn until next year. But as usual, Microsoft allows impatient users to get there faster and offers several ways to do so. First of all, it…

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New Informations about the AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines

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AstraZeneca vaccine developer, immunologist Sarah Gilbert, is calling for a more equitable distribution of available Corona vaccine doses. Writing in a peer-reviewed journal Wednesday (Oct. 6), she said greater efforts must be made to ensure vaccines reach poorer countries in particular. By early September, just over 40 percent of the world’s population had received at least one vaccine dose, but barely two percent in the poorest countries, it said. Booster vaccinations and childhood immunization, as was already happening in Western countries, would increase pressure on supply chains. As long as…

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Mandatory 3G in the workplace may be coming sooner than expected

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A draft Health Ministry regulation calls for the 3G rule to apply to all workers, owners and operators of stores who might encounter colleagues or customers at work, starting Oct. 15: They must be vaccinated, recovered or test negative for Corona. Workers would have to have the proof with them at the workplace at all times, according to the draft, which was made available to “ZiB 2.” 3G obligation for all employees with contact to customers or colleaguesIn the case of direct customer contact – with exceptions such as the…

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Greater Sydney relaxes rules

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The Australian state of New South Wales and the megacity of Sydney are breathing a sigh of relief: because 70 percent of the population there is now fully vaccinated, the regional government has announced far-reaching relaxation of the strict CoV restrictions. As early as Monday, fully vaccinated people will be allowed to eat in restaurants and go to the gym again – for the first time in 100 days. In addition, ten instead of five adults can again meet in private homes, and outdoor gatherings of 30 instead of 20…

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Philippine-Austrian Festivals Parade will be staged in Vienna

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Filipino Community Leaders/Representatives of Civic/Religious/Interest/Regional Groups in Austria met together on Saturday, 2 October to discuss and plan the events and programmes for the upcoming upcoming Pamana II Philippine-Austrian Festivals Parade on 30 October 2021, Stephansplatz-Heldenplatz 1010, Vienna, Austria. The big and prestigious event is spearheaded by the European Network of Filipino Diaspora Austria (ENFID-Austria ) to highlight the milestone the filipino community is celebrating this year: 75th Year of Philippine Austrian Bilateral Relations. The get-together and briefing was held at the Parish Hall of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Parish,…

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