NEWS 16.11.2023

USA: Hackers harvest data from 1.3 million people

Criminals in the U.S. state of Maine have harvested sensitive data from more than a million people. The attacks are said to have resulted from security vulnerabilities in the software, MOVEit.

Road sign at the Maine border

NEWS 10.11.2023

New Delhi: Traffic restrictions and schools closing due to smog

Due to the highly polluted air in India's capital, New Delhi, traffic has now been restricted there. The city has some of the worst air quality in the world.

People walking in smog

NEWS 03.11.2023

Great Britain: Police to use facial recognition when searching for shoplifters

In the Great Britain, retailers and the police want to take action against shoplifting together. The Police plan to use facial recognition in doing so.

Minister Philp after meeting with retail representatives

NEWS 15.09.2023

G20 summit disappoints on climate protection

In the wake of the G20 summit, organisations for environmental protection criticise leading industrialised nations for not standing by their commitments to reduce CO2. No agreement could be reached regarding phasing out oil and gas.

G20

NEWS 25.08.2023

United Arab Emirates should release prisoners before the climate conference

Human rights organisations call on the United Arabic Emirates to release unlawfully detained inmates before the world climate conference in Dubai. Dozens remain detained after their sentences have passed.

Dubai

NEWS 18.08.2023

Afghanistan under the Taliban: "Human Rights Nightmare"

There is a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. According to human rights organisations, the Taliban has, for the most part, abolished women's rights. Critics and media representatives are being arrested.

Veiled women at a market in Kabul

NEWS 15.08.2023

July 2023: The world has never been hotter

At least 120,000 years have passed since the Earth was as hot as it was this past July, reports the EU Copernicus Climate Change Service. For the first time, global warming has reached about 1.5 degrees.

Sun at the beach

NEWS 03.08.2023

Russia declares broadcaster critical of the Kremlin as an undesirable organisation

Russian authorities have put another independent media outlet on a list of undesirable organisations. Cooperating with the media outlet, Doschd, is now prosecutable.

TV Rain's YouTube channel

NEWS 28.07.2023

New York City: Algorithms to count the amount of subway fare evaders

With the help of algorithms, cameras in New York subway stations are to count how many subway riders are travelling without a ticket. Civil rights activists fear that the technology could continue to be expanded upon in the future.

Subway turnstile at a subway station in New York City

NEWS 21.07.2023

Climate Crisis: Weather extremes in North America becoming more frequent

Summer in North America is extreme: The continent is suffering from heat waves, forest fires, heavy rain, flood disasters and high air pollution. 2023 is giving us a preview of the effects of climate change that are becoming ordinary with each passing year.

New York in smoke