Today’s news in star-Ticker.
Today’s news in star-Ticker:
8.19 a.m .: 38 degrees in the Arctic – temperature record officially recognized
A temperature record of 38 degrees was measured in the Arctic last year. The World Weather Organization (WMO) recognized the measurement from June 20, 2020 in Siberia as a record for the region north of the Arctic Circle, as it reported in Geneva. This is a sign of climate change and is ringing the alarm bells, said WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas. The temperatures in the Arctic have risen more than twice as much as the global average. A record was also measured in Antarctica, at the opposite pole, in 2020: 18.3 degrees.
7.50 a.m.: Military burns down village in Myanmar
In Myanmar, the military burned an entire village. About 100 soldiers entered the village of Kaebar in the northwest of the country, local media and eyewitnesses reported. The residents then fled in a panic. The soldiers then set fire to almost 100 houses and reduced them to ashes. Pictures with the rubble of the houses could be seen on social networks. “They shot around when they came into the village and the villagers ran into the forest. Then they burned the houses,” said a message from a local resistance group. The attack in the Saigang region therefore occurred on Monday. The former Burma has been plunging into chaos and violence since a coup in February.
7.28 a.m.: Kiev’s mayor Vitali Klitschko asks the federal government for support
Faced with concerns about a Russian attack on Ukraine, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, has called for support from the new German government. Ukraine urgently needs international support and military aid, wrote the former boxing world champion in the “Bild” newspaper. “The new federal government must understand that aid has never been so important for our country.” The situation is “very, very serious”.
According to NATO findings, Russia has drawn between 75,000 and 100,000 soldiers in areas not far from Ukraine. The developments bring back memories of 2014. At that time, Russia had annexed the Crimean peninsula after the coup in Ukraine and began supporting separatists in eastern Ukraine, which is still ongoing.
6.56 a.m.: Musk is selling Tesla shares for a good $ 900 million
Tesla boss Elon Musk has sold shares in his group again. The entrepreneur sold a little more than 934,000 papers for 906 million US dollars, according to mandatory reports to the US Securities and Exchange Commission. This means that Musk has already sold almost 12 million Tesla shares worth a good 12.7 billion dollars (11.25 billion euros) since he sold ten percent of his 17 percent stake in a Twitter vote in early November at the electric car maker.
5.05 a.m.: Study: Alcohol abuse by students in the Corona year 2020 is on the decline
In the corona pandemic year 2020, according to a study, significantly fewer school children received medical treatment for excessive alcohol consumption. This emerges from the current report for children and young people from DAK-Gesundheit. According to this, the number of children and adolescents who received medical treatment for alcohol abuse in hospitals or medical practices fell by 28 percent compared to 2019. The study also shows a decline in tobacco, cannabis and other drugs: In 2020, a total of 18 percent fewer children received medical care for substance abuse. According to the report, however, the number of depressed adolescents has increased.
3.36 a.m.: California reintroduces the mask requirement
The most populous US state of California is reintroducing a mask requirement in many places due to the significantly increased corona infections. As the health authority announced, mouth and nose protection must be worn in all publicly accessible indoor spaces from Wednesday. This also applies to people who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. The requirement is initially to apply until January 15.
The authority said that the number of coronavirus infections and hospital admissions has increased significantly since the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of November. At the beginning of December, the first infection in the USA with the new Omicron variant was discovered in a person in California who had traveled from South Africa.
3.22 a.m.: Abuse scandal in US gymnastics – victims get millions
In the abuse scandal involving former US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who has now been convicted, his victims were awarded compensation of 380 million US dollars (337 million euros). The decision in the multi-year legal dispute between the US Gymnastics Federation and the National Olympic and Paralympic Committee on the one hand and the victims on the other was made by a court in Indianapolis on Monday, as the US Gymnastics Federation announced. The sum covers claims from “hundreds of women,” wrote ESPN, including Olympic champions Simone Biles, Alexandra Raisman and McKayla Maroney.
A total of three judgments had been passed against Nassar since the summer of 2017, and he was sentenced to prison terms of up to 175 years for his criminal assaults, including against minors. He pleaded guilty to sexually abusing several girls in the trials. Hundreds of gymnasts and their parents had sued him.
3.02 a.m.: Assange’s brother worried about the health of Wikileaks founder
The brother of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Gabriel Shipton, has expressed great concern about his brother’s health. “We live in the fear that he will not hold out or actually die during this extradition process,” Shipton told AFP on Monday. In front of the British consulate in New York, Shipton organized a demonstration with other supporters of his brother, including the co-founder of the British rock band Pink Floyd, Roger Waters. His brother was “no longer the man he was when it all started,” said Shipton. But “he remains strong and combative”.
2.13 a.m.: Capitol attack – committee wants to bring Trump’s ex-chief of staff to court
The committee to deal with the attack on the US Capitol has paved the way for criminal action against the then President Donald Trump’s chief of staff. The committee unanimously adopted a report alleging Mark Meadow’s disregard for Congress. The next step is for the House of Representatives to vote. There the Democrats of US President Joe Biden have a slim majority. If the majority should join the committee, the case will go to the Justice Department, which could indict Meadows.
1.01 a.m.: Association chief of the medical officers – offices are now a little better with corona reports
According to the head of the association of medical officers, the health authorities in Germany are a little better at submitting corona evidence. “I assume that the registration data have improved compared to two weeks ago,” said the chairwoman of the board of the Federal Association of Doctors of the Public Health Service (BVÖGD), Ute Teichert, the German press agency. In many offices, the staff is now only used to process incoming infection reports, but there is less contact follow-up. The support from Bundeswehr soldiers in many places also eased the situation.
0.23 a.m.: Again thousands of participants in protests against corona measures
In several German cities, thousands of people again protested against the Corona measures on Monday. According to the police, around 2,900 people took part in a registered protest march through the city center in Rostock. The police were on duty with 330 officers, who mainly checked compliance with corona requirements.
Because not all demonstrators adhered to the mask requirement, the protest march was stopped for about 20 minutes. Overall, however, the demonstration was peaceful, the police said. In three cases, administrative offense proceedings were initiated due to violations of the mask requirement. There were also several criminal charges, including insults. There were also corona protests in several cities in the Mecklenburg Lake District. According to their own statements, the police from Neubrandenburg accompanied registered demonstrations in Neubrandenburg, Malchow, Röbel, Waren and Greifswald.