Customers will wait longer for some Apple phone models, as the largest assembling Foxconn factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou is operating with significantly reduced capacity, the US company announced. Foxconn has imposed further restrictions due to Covid-19.more

For the first time in Venice's history, it happened yesterday that while St. Mark's Square was flooded, water did not enter the nearly 1,000-year-old basilica. The water was stopped by glass protective barriers, installed in recent weeks. Yesterday they passed a successful test of the so-called high water (acqua alta).more

Today in another drawing for the US Powerball lottery, the top prize is $1.9 billion. On Saturday again, no one had, counting including the extra, six winning numbers. A ticket costs $2.more

Well-sleeping women are more motivated to perform professionally and gain success. Men are not affected, the US study suggests.more

President Joe Biden's administration is unofficially encouraging the Ukrainian government to signal openness to negotiations with Russia and abandon its publicly demonstrated demand that engagement in peace talks be possible once President Vladimir Putin is removed from power, Reuters reported today, citing information from The Washington Post.more

Food banks (Tafel) in Germany have never before supplied so many people. "Since the beginning of the year, we have seen a 50 percent increase in the number of customers," - relayed the head of Tafel Deutschland Jochen Bruehl to the Rheinische Post daily yesterday. This means that some 2 million people are benefiting.more

Twitter, which has been headed by Elon Musk since late October, has launched an $8 monthly subscription program that will allow users to, among other things, receive a blue tag, until now only given to verified accounts.more

A British passenger plane Jet2 flying from the Canary Islands to Manchester was forced to land in Bilbao yesterday due to a toilet failure, Spanish media reported.more

A court in Rotterdam has decided that the sale of filtered cigarettes is illegal due to an incorrect way of measuring levels of harmful substances, Dutch media reported yesterday.more

In the inner Solar System, astronomers have observed three large asteroids hiding in the solar flare. Although they say no immediate threat, one of the asteroids is moving in an orbit that could someday put it in Earth's path.more

Ahead of the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, which begins Sunday, scientists have summarized information on climate change in 2021 in a special report. Strongly impactful weather and climate phenomena directly affected more than half a million people in 2021, according to the report.more

U.S.-based Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE have begun research to develop a single vaccine against Covid-19 and influenza, the companies announced yesterday.more

An increasing number of Dutch companies are paying their employees one-time bonuses to cushion the effects of high inflation, the NOS portal reports. The amounts range from €150 to €2,000.more

Excessive alcohol consumption is the most common preventable cause of premature death in the US, CNN said, citing a study published in the US medical journal JAMA Network Open.more

Belgium is importing more products from Russia than before the country's aggression against Ukraine, The New York Times reported. According to the American newspaper, 130 percent more Russian products have been imported into Belgium over the past six months.more

A district court in The Hague has sentenced to two months in prison Belgian men who tried to damage Johannes Vermeer's painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" last week. The judge justified the high sentence as a preventive measure of punishment.more

The Baltic Pipe receiving terminal was launched in Nybro in western Denmark at the beginning of November, Danish gas grid operator Energinet announced. Thanks to the investment, Norwegian gas has started flowing to Poland.more

The U.S. government has intelligence information showing that representatives of the Russian military leadership discussed the possibility of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, the New York Times reported, citing Washington officials. Vladimir Putin was said not to have participated in these talks.more

The Joe Biden administration is considering a formal review of Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, the Washington Post reported yesterday. According to the daily, the deal gave access to sensitive data - including potentially Twitter users - to investors with ties to Saudi Arabia and China.more

French Home Office Minister Gerald Darmanin and Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt have proposed tightening regulations on deporting foreigners abroad and granting residency titles to undocumented workers working in sectors with labor shortages.more

Next year, Belgium will launch a new pilot project where smart cameras will be used to identify drivers using their mobile phones while driving. Such persons will be fined, the Belga agency informed.more

12 thousand Germany only recorded illegal border crossings in October, according to an internal migration report prepared by the federal police for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The data reached by the daily "Bild" indicate the impending collapse of the asylum system.more

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy carrier rocket has soared into space. She took part in a secret mission of the US armed forces at 9:41 local time from NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.more

Canada's immigration plan aims to increase the number of people receiving permanent residency to up to half a million by 2025, said Immigration Minister Sean Fraser.more

North Korea issued a veiled threat of nuclear weapons and announced that the United States and South Korea would "pay the worst price in history," the AP agency said.more