Warning about fake sweepstakes on WhatsApp

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Certain links popping up on WhatsApp inviting to Milka sweepstakes are a particularly dangerous scam. Year after year, supposed sweepstakes from the chocolate giant Milka pop up on WhatsApp, especially around holidays like Easter, Halloween, or Christmas. However, these links are anything but sweet; on the contrary, anyone who opens these lures in the form of messages is in for a bitter surprise. As the online portal “Mimikama” warns, such scams are circulating again. The sweepstakes promise participants the chance to win “Free Halloween gift baskets from Milka” or a…

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How to reduce stress and prevent diseases

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Whether at work or in our private lives, more and more people are suffering from stress. And in the long run, this can put a psychological strain on us and hurt our health. The tips from our expert Angela Homfeldt will help you integrate more mindfulness into your everyday life and reduce stress. You don’t need any previous experience with simple exercises – for some, a quiet place. But you can also do some activities in the car or while walking. Mindfulness: We perceive ourselves in the here and now…

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Not only do people pick their noses

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Mammal specialist Anne-Claire Fabre encourages further study of why the animal does this and how picking its nose has changed over evolution.That humans occasionally pick their noses is not uncommon. But at least twelve primate species also regularly stick their fingers up their noses, according to a Swiss mammal specialist. Also, she says booger eating is not so unhygienic but is even beneficial in some cases. Disgusting and unhygienic: this is how people judge nose-picking and turn away in disgust when they catch others doing it. However, the behavior is…

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New “planet killer” could collide with Earth

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An international team of astronomers has discovered an asteroid about 1.5 kilometers in size that, in the worst-case scenario, could collide with and devastate Earth in the distant future. 2022 AP7 is the giant asteroid “discovered in the past eight years that is potentially dangerous to Earth,” the Noirlab research group said. 2022 AP7 “crosses Earth’s orbit, making it a potentially hazardous asteroid,” said study lead author Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science. However, he said, the danger is low because the asteroid typically crosses its orbit “very…

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4,179 new Corona infections were reported Tuesday

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On Tuesday, 4,179 new Corona infections were reported by AGES, bringing the seven-day incidence down to 388.1 and reducing active Corona cases by 2,490 to 53,333. No deaths were registered, but hospitalizations stagnated: 1,889 people were hospitalized with corona, four more than the previous day. One hundred people are cared for in intensive care units; this number increased by two from the last day but decreased by five within a week. Corona vaccination offer is expanded in Vienna.Due to the high demand, Vienna is expanding the deadline-free Corona vaccination offer…

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Tropical storm “Nalgae” kills at least 98 people

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Since the end of last week, a storm has been ravaging large parts of the Philippines. Nine hundred thousand people had to leave their homes; dozens are still missing. Authorities fear even more deaths.Tropical Storm Nalgae in the Philippines has left nearly a hundred people dead – and authorities fear more victims will still come. As of Monday, 98 people had died, and 63 were missing, the Southeast Asian island nation’s disaster management agency said. That figure, however, does not include dozens of residents of one village who probably fled…

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All Saints’ Day: What does it mean anyway? The holiday at a glance

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All Saints Day is a holidayAll Saints Day is on November 1, so it falls on Friday in 2024. In Austria, All Saints’ Day is considered a public holiday. It has a high religious significance but is lived out to varying degrees. All Saints Day Meaning – What is All Saints’ Day, and why do we celebrate All Saints’ Day?All Saints Day is a Catholic Solemnity and thus has special significance in the Catholic faith. The name suggests that it is about all the saints. This is precisely the reason…

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2,798 new Corona infections were reported Monday

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Two thousand seven hundred ninety-eight new Corona infections were recorded in Austria on Sunday. The Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) announced this on Monday. On Sunday, 2,798 new Corona infections were recorded in Austria, AGES reported Monday. The number of new cases was thus below the average of 5,295 recorded over the past seven days, and the number of active cases fell to 57,967, down by 5,264 from the previous day. As of Monday morning, 1,885 people were in the hospital, down by 97 from the number reported…

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Vignettes will be more expensive in 2023

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Bad news for motorists! Vignette prices will be adjusted by 2.8 percent to the Consumer Price Index in 2023. Drivers will have to dig deeper into their pockets for the vignette in the future.According to legal requirements, vignette tariffs will be adjusted annually to the harmonized consumer price index (HICP) and increased by 2.8 percent for 2023. Thus, the annual vignette for passenger cars will cost 96.40 euros next year and for motorcycles 38.20 euros. As always, the new vignette will be available in the last days of November at…

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