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The infection situation is still manageable, but experts are closely monitoring developments and are focusing in particular on the spread of new variants. After the recent focus on the Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75, attention is now also being paid to BJ.1, which has already been detected in Europe. This is another subline of Omicron-BA.2, which originally appeared in India, with an additional 14 mutations in the spike protein. As Austrian geneticist Ulrich Elling now announced on Twitter, it has now also arrived in Austria. He wrote on Twitter that. “Another worrying…

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In almost every country, cars drive on the right side of the road. But not in the United Kingdom. Why don’t our British neighbors drive on the same side as we do? It hurts a little to admit it, but the English are correct. Because in the very beginning, ALL people drove on the left! The origins of left-hand trafficThe beginnings of these traffic rules can be found in ancient times and the Middle Ages. At that time, people carried weapons on their bodies in everyday life, and most were…

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The U.N. released a troubling report Thursday that found an average of nine out of 10 countries were taking a step backward in development. Why is it that we are not taking action? That was the question posed by the head of the U.N. development agency UNDP, Achim Steiner, after the presentation of the report. Steiner said it is the second time in a row that the global human development index, measured since 1990, has declined. For nine out of 10 countries, the situation has worsened. “The world is lurching…

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Anyone walking through London sees her profile almost everywhere: Queen Elizabeth II was on coins, banknotes, and stamps. That will change in the next few years. In the future, the British will also sing the anthem in the name of the new King. For Great Britain, the death of Queen Elizabeth II is an intelligent moment in the country’s history. For the time being, the Queen will continue to be present in the everyday life of the British; after all, her likeness is emblazoned virtually everywhere. However, this will change…

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The new King Charles III has renewed his mother’s promise of lifelong service to his people. The 73-year-old said in his first address to the nation this Friday as the new monarch. He also named his son and heir to the throne William as the fresh Prince of Wales and his wife Kate (both 40) as Princess of Wales. His mother had once promised to devote “her whole life, may it be short or long,” to the service of her subjects. Charles said that she had kept that promise, and…

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For more than seven decades, Elizabeth II sat on the British throne. The vast majority of people know only her as the representative of the United Kingdom. Her immense fund of political experience made her an influential advisor. The Queen is dead; long live the king! The inconceivable for many people has happened – Queen Elizabeth II, on the British throne since February 1952 and thus the most extended reigning head of state in the world, is dead. She was called the “eternal queen,” Most people on earth only know…

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The government’s relief package consists of many individual points: One-off payments for pensioners, a 500-euro climate bonus, and an electricity price brake. For those who have lost track, here is a detailed look at all the anti-inflation measures. Details on the electricity price brakeThe entire relief package consists of many individual points. In total, almost 35.2 billion euros will be invested to counteract the effects of inflation and massively increased energy prices in Austria. The first two relief packages were approved at the beginning of the year, the third in…

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Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is dead. The palace announced that the Queen died peacefully at her Scottish country residence, Balmoral Castle, on Thursday at 96. Elizabeth II was on the throne longer than any other British monarch. She was head of state of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and more than a dozen other countries, including Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Her death marks the end of an era. Elizabeth II is inherited by her son Charles (73). The Queen’s grandson Prince William (40), will succeed to the throne. Number…

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Austrian virologist Florian Krammer relies on the new Omicron-adapted vaccines and the Wuhan variant for the fourth vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen. While these bivalent vaccines from Biontech and Moderna are now approved, “we don’t know when they will be available in Austria,” explained the Icahn School of Medicine expert at Mount Sinai in New York. “I would wait for that,” Krammer told APA. Boost with adjusted vaccine“If it were a little clearer when the adapted vaccine would be available in Austria, it would be a good idea to get…

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