Biden visits Catholic Mass and graves of the family

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The day after his victory in the U.S. election, Joe Biden today attended church services and visited the graves of family members near his home in Wilmington. Biden’s son Beau, his first wife Neilia and daughter Naomi are buried in Greenville Cemetery. Beau died in 2015 as a result of a brain tumor. Neilia and Naomi Biden died in a car accident in 1972. According to the journalists on the spot, the elected US president was accompanied by his daughter from a second marriage, Ashley Biden, and his grandson Hunter.…

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World leaders congratulate Joe Biden

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The U.S. election is decided, on Saturday Joe Biden won the presidency. Congratulations and political wishes were quickly sent from all over the world, and spontaneous celebrations took place in many US cities. But in view of the many complaints against the results, skepticism prevails in some places. After four days of waiting, Donald Trump received the news of his election defeat in golf. He reacted by stating that he did not recognize the election results and would bring further lawsuits on Monday. In Austria people were happy about the…

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Record number on a Sunday: 5,933 new infections – 24 deaths

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In the past 24 hours, 5,933 new infections were reported – more than ever before on a Sunday. There are already 459 patients in the intensive care unit. The figures for the federal states in detail: Burgenland: 215Carinthia: 195Lower Austria: 1.370Upper Austria: 1.608Salzburg: 144Styria: 752Tyrol: 808Vorarlberg: 319Vienna: 522 After there was a new record number of new infections in Austria on Saturday, the number of new cases on Sunday – as always on the weekend – has decreased significantly. 5,933 new infections were reported in the past 24 hours. The…

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Already more than 40,000 dead in France

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In view of the massive increase in corona infections, there is a growing fear in France that hospitals will be overloaded. In France, more than 40,000 people have already died of corona infection. With 306 new deaths within 24 hours, the number of victims in the country rose to 40,169 corona deaths on Saturday, according to the health authorities. The number of new infections on Saturday was not reported; the day before, it had reached a new high with more than 60,000 infections within 24 hours. In view of the…

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Corona explosion: intensive care units soon at the limit

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The situation in hospitals is becoming increasingly dramatic. For the first time since yesterday, more than 3,000 patients are undergoing Covid treatment. 432 have to be treated in an intensive care unit. Resources have long since become scarce. A collapse is feared by many experts. Since yesterday, not a single intensive care bed is free in the state hospital of Hohenems (Vorarlberg). New patients are immediately diverted to Feldkirch. The problem: it is already the second fully occupied hospital in the Ländle. Dornbirn is also at its limit. More than…

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Trump repeated: I won the election

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US President Donald Trump continues to see himself as the victor and repeated misleading and unsubstantiated claims in the evening. The entire tweet was written in capital letters – one of Trump’s ways of showing anger or rage: “The election observers were not allowed to count. I won the election, got 71,000,000 legal votes”. “Bad things” had happened “that our election observers were not allowed to see. Twitter immediately gave the tweet a warning. Trump does not want to acknowledge a victory of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the…

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“I will restore the soul of America” – Joe Biden

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The era of Donald Trump (74) is over. At 2:39 European Time time (20:39 local time) last night, his successor Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (77) addressed his fellow countrymen and also the whole world. The 46th “elected president” of the USA promised in his first speech after his historic election victory: “I will restore the soul of America! This is the time to heal.” He reached out his hand to the 71 million voters who had voted against him and for Donald Trump: “I don’t see any blue states. I…

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SITUATION IN EUROPE: Strict rules and mass testing against coronavirus

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In view of further increasing corona numbers, several European countries have tightened their protective measures against the virus, in some cases drastically. In Greece, a three-week lockdown for the entire country with a night-time curfew has been in force since Saturday. Poland imposed further restrictions. Lithuania is going into a partial lockdown for an initial three weeks. In Latvia the Corona emergency applies from Monday. In Lithuania, the number of new corona infections reached a peak on the first day of the partial lockdown. The health authority in Vilnius reported…

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Breaking News – Biden wins US election

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It was a shaky game, but in the end it was enough for Joe Biden. The Democrat wins the presidential election and becomes the 46th President of the United States of America. This was reported on Saturday by CNN and the news agency AP. Election loser Donald Trump has to vacate the White House after only one term in office. It took four days of counting before even large US media companies dared to go public with a result. Finally, on Saturday, CNN and AP reported that Biden had won…

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