Today’s news in star-Ticker.
Today’s news in star-Ticker:
7:04 a.m.: Lufthansa achieves an operating profit in the summer
A strong freight business and the recovery in ticket demand helped Lufthansa just about into profitability in day-to-day business in the summer. For the year as a whole, CEO Carsten Spohr wants to at least halve the operating loss (adjusted EBIT) compared to the Corona year 2020, as the company listed in the MDax announced. Last year, the collapse in business resulted in an operating loss of almost 5.5 billion euros.
In the third quarter, Lufthansa was able to almost double its revenue compared to Corona summer 2020 to 5.2 billion euros. Despite the burdens resulting from the downsizing, the group achieved an operating profit of 17 million euros. A year earlier, there was a loss of almost 1.3 billion euros.
6.43 a.m.: Corona vaccinations for five to eleven year olds in the USA started
In the USA, corona vaccinations are starting for children between the ages of five and eleven: after the CDC health authority issued a vaccination recommendation for this age group with the vaccine from Biontech / Pfizer on Tuesday evening (local time), the first younger ones were on the same evening Vaccinated children. President Joe Biden spoke of a “turning point” in the fight against the pandemic.
The US Food and Drug Administration granted the vaccine emergency approval for this age group late last week. As a result, the government began shipping more vaccine doses across the country. With the CDC vaccination recommendation, children from the age of five can now receive their syringes, and according to government information, the vaccination campaign should start in full in the coming week.
5.55 a.m.: Survey: majority for 2G rule in all football stadiums
According to the wish of a majority of German citizens, only vaccinated and recovered spectators should be allowed into the German football stadiums. In a representative survey carried out by the Yougov opinion research institute on behalf of the German Press Agency, 60 percent of those questioned said they should only use the 2G rule for access to the arenas. According to this, 29 percent of Germans would not find this correct.
At the professional clubs in the Bundesliga and 2nd division there is no uniform rule for the admission of spectators. While some clubs are relying on the 2G model, Borussia Dortmund, among others, recently switched back to a 3G model. Fans who have tested negative for the corona virus are also allowed into the stadium. A negative citizen test is sufficient. Previously, there had been criticism from the ultra scene of the corona restrictions.
5.48 a.m.: Predictions: Republican wins gubernatorial election in Virginia
Republican Glenn Youngkin has been predicted to win the gubernatorial election in the US state of Virginia, which is considered an important test of sentiment. The Republican was just ahead of US President Joe Biden’s candidate Terry McAuliffe in the vote, as it emerged on Wednesday night (local time) from consistent predictions from CNN and NBC. The election in Virginia a year before the congressional elections is being closely followed in the country – for Biden’s Democrats the result is a severe setback.
5.28 a.m.: Democrat Adams wins mayoral election in New York
The Democrat Eric Adams becomes the new Mayor of New York. The black ex-policeman won the mayoral election in the US metropolis, according to projections, with around 67 percent of the vote, clearly against his rival Curtis Sliwa of the Republicans. The 61-year-old becomes the second African American mayor in New York history.
“Tonight I made my dream come true, and with all my heart I will remove the barriers that prevent you from achieving yours,” said Adams after his election victory to celebrating supporters in Brooklyn. Even while he was in the police force, the democrat had campaigned against racism among the security forces.
4.40 a.m.: “Sansibar” on Sylt closed due to Corona
After the Corona outbreak in the cult eatery “Sansibar” on the North Sea island of Sylt, celebrity host Herbert Seckler (69) closed his restaurant. “All are double vaccinated, I can not explain it to myself. But I can not answer to have opened wider,” said Seckler of the “Bild” newspaper. To care for guests and employees, he will close his restaurant in the Rantum dunes until further notice. 29 of around 100 employees had tested positive for the corona virus.
4.37 a.m.: Arms exports continue to decline – cabinet approves report
The federal government approved significantly fewer arms exports in the first half of 2021 than in the same period of the previous year. This emerges from a report by the Ministry of Economic Affairs that the Federal Cabinet intends to adopt today. From January to June, the export of weapons and other military equipment from Germany was approved for 2.3 billion euros – 17 percent less than in the same period of the previous year.
The most important arms export figures for the months January to June had already been published in advance by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in July. The semi-annual report, which is available to the German Press Agency, now goes into a little more detail on the exports of the armaments industry. Since 2014, the government has reported twice a year on its export permits to ensure greater transparency
4.23 a.m.: Two dead by falling in a concert building in Sweden
Two people were killed in a seven-story fall in a concert hall in Sweden. According to the police, an 80-year-old man fell on Tuesday evening before an Abba tribute concert in Uppsala from a gallery in the foyer of the concert building seven floors down on other concert-goers. He and one other man were killed and a 60-year-old woman was injured. The police assume an accident.
The incident occurred on Tuesday evening half an hour before the scheduled start of the concert. The concert was canceled after the accident. A police spokesman emphasized that there was no evidence of a possible criminal background to the fall.
3.50 a.m.: RKI reports another decrease in the corona incidence
The nationwide seven-day incidence of new corona infections fell for the second day in a row. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported an incidence of 146.6 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days on Wednesday morning. The previous day the incidence was 153.7.
According to the latest information from the RKI, 20,398 new infections with the coronavirus and 194 other deaths related to the virus were recorded within 24 hours. The total number of registered cases of infection in Germany since the beginning of the pandemic rose to 4,628,419, the total number of deaths to 96,027.
0.02 a.m.: Missing four-year-olds found in Australia after two weeks
A four-year-old girl who disappeared with her family on a camping holiday in Australia two weeks ago has been safely tracked down. The police “saved” Cleo Smith early Wednesday morning (local time), a spokesman said. According to this, emergency services gained access to a locked building in the western Australian coastal town of Carnarvon, where they came across the child. A man was arrested and little Cleo was reunited with her parents.
The police had offered a reward of one million Australian dollars (642,000 euros) for clues in the case of the missing girl. Cleo disappeared from her sleeping family’s tent on a remote campsite in a tourist area not far from Carnavon in mid-October.
The police said at the time that it was allegedly a kidnapping. There is reason to be concerned about the safety of the girl. The case had sparked great sympathy across the country, and the police launched an extensive search from the air, at sea and on the ground.