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21 July 2021, Thuringia, Gera: Employees transport shipping boxes during a trial run at the logistics hall of the new Amazon logistics centre in Gera, a new site by the e-commerce company that will create around 1000 jobs. Photo: Bodo Schackow/dpa-zentralbild/dpa

Economy & Business

E-COMMERCE

Amazon deleted more than 200 million fake reviews

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/25/21

Some companies sell false or fictitious product reviews

FILED - 18 June 2021, Berlin: French President Emmanuel Macron makes a statement to journalists together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured). Macron will hold an extraordinary meeting of the Defense Council on the “Pegasus” hacking of his phone. Photo: Axel Schmidt/Reuters-Pool/dpa

World

FRANCE

French parliament passes law against radical Islamism

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/24/21

It specifically deals with facilitating the dissolution of associations that question French values, fighting against forced marriages and meting out punishment against online hate speech

23 July 2021, Japan, Tokyo: Thomas Bach (R), President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), greets Japan's Emperor Naruhito during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium. The ceremony is attended by only 950 VIPs due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Dirk Waem/BELGA/dpa

Sports

TOKYO 2020

Tokyo Olympics opened by Emperor Naruhito; Osaka lights cauldron

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/23/21

Groups of protesters gathered outside the arena as the staging of the Games during the health crisis is opposed by a large majority of the Japanese people

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Sweden phases out use of AstraZeneca vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/23/21

Some of the remaining AstraZeneca doses will be donated

23 May 2021, Italy, Milan: Inter Milan's Christian Eriksen celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Udinese at the San Siro stadium. Photo: Piero Cruciatti/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa

Sports

FOOTBALL

Christian Eriksen's career in Italy not possible with defibrillator

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/23/21

It is not possible in Italy to issue a match permit for a professional with a defibrillator

World

SIBERIA

Over 100 Russian villages engulfed by smoke as forest fires spread

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/23/21

Environmental activists believe that 3 million hectares are affected

World

NORWAY

Memorials to mark 10th anniversary of terrorist attacks start in Oslo

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/22/21

"The terrorism of 22 July was an attack to our democracy," Prime Minister Erna Solberg said

Sports

TOKYO 2020

Olympic opening ceremony creative director fired over Holocaust joke

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/22/21

On Monday, the composer for the opening ceremony, Keigo Oyamada, resigned after reports surfaced online that he had bullied children, including disabled ones, during his school days

Typical pizzas that are served in pizzerias in Finland. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

World

HALLBY PRISON

Swedish prison hostage situation ends in arrest after pizza order

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/22/21

Hostages are said to be a man and a woman, while the hostage-takers were murder convicts armed with razor blades

FILED - Building on their military gains since the official start of the withdrawal of international troops, Taliban insurgents continue to capture districts in Afghanistan. Photo: picture alliance/dpa.

World

Norway joins Finland, Sweden in suspending Afghan deportations

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/21/21

This decision affects unsuccessful asylum seekers, and those with withdrawn or rejected Norwegian residence permits

World

HALLBY PRISON

Inmates take guards hostage in Swedish prison, demand pizza with kebab

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/21/21

Photos actually showed police officers putting several pizza boxes into a car. The pizzeria confirmed that 20 kebab pizzas had been taken away

HANDOUT - 20 July 2021, Russia, Zhukovsky: A general view of models of a new light tactical single-engine jet fighter at the Sukhoi pavilion of the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon. Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

'CHECKMATE'

Russia unveils new fighter jet

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/21/21

In view of tensions with the West, Russia has repeatedly announced the development of new weapons

26 June 2021, Peru, Lima: Supporters of the left-wing presidential candidate Castillo take part in a demonstration. Photo: Adrian Portugal/dpa

World

LATIN AMERICA

Marxist Castillo wins presidential election in Peru

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/20/21

Castillo, 51, wants to build a socialist state, tighten control of the media and abolish the constitutional court

A view of Vilnius, Lithuania. Photo: Pixabay.

Finland

MIGRATION

Finland sends assistance to Lithuania as refugees cross from Belarus

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/20/21

In recent weeks, hundreds of asylum seekers have crossed the border illegally. As of Monday, the official count stood at more than 2,000 people, as opposed to 81 in 2020

16 July 2021, Portugal, Lisbon: People wait their turn to be vaccinated during a Corona vaccination campaign. Portugal has been classified as a high-incidence area by the federal government because of particularly high infection rates. Photo: Pedro Fiuza/ZUMA Wire/dpa

Coronavirus

IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

Study: Covid antibodies persist for at least 9 months after infection

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/20/21

3,000 residents of a northern Italian town sealed off by the Italian army in early 2020 were tested for antibodies in May 2020 and again in November

19 July 2021, Japan, Tokyo: A police officer walks past Olympic rings at the entrance to Olympic Village. The Olympic Village is a housing development that will house the participants of the 2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

Sports

TOKYO OLIMPICS

Ugandan athlete missing in Japan spotted on CCTV

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/19/21

The athlete left a note at his hotel saying he wanted to work in Japan before buying a train ticket to Nagoya

Kurt Westergaard received in 2010 the M100MediaAward in recognition of his commitment to freedom of speech and expression. Photo: Twitter/@M100Colloquium.

World

DENMARK

Danish cartoonist who angered Muslims by depicting prophet Mohammed died

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/19/21

His depiction of Mohammed, showing the prophet wearing a turban in the shape of a bomb, was met with the greatest outrage from Muslims.

HANDOUT - 16 July 2021, Saudi Arabia, Mecca: Muslim pilgrims maintain their social distancing while performing the arrival circumambulation (Tawaaf Al Koudoum) around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the centre of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca during the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Photo: Hassan Alfahimi/Saudi Ministry of Media/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

World

RELIGION

Muslims start downsized Hajj in Saudi Arabia due to pandemic

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/19/21

In an attempt to prevent human contact and infections, robots have been introduced to hand out bottles of holy water to pilgrims in the Grand Mosque, Saudi media reported