Latest UK daily cases show a 72% jump on the 48,071 new infections recorded last Sunday; Irish officials say 52% of cases estimated to be new variantUK health secretary refuses to rule out further curbs before ChristmasThe science case for more Covid r…
Germany tightens restrictions on travel from UK to curb Omicron spread
Carriers banned from transporting British tourists to Germany as it classifies UK as virus variant area of concernCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGermany is tightening restrictions on travel from the UK in an attempt to cur…
Google offers behavioral pledges on news payments in France to try to end costly antitrust litigation
In its latest move to placate European competition regulators, Google has offered a set of commitments to France’s antitrust watchdog — in the hopes of settling a costly (for it) intervention over legally mandated payments for displaying snippets of news publishers’ content. Back in July, France’s Autorité de la Concurrence slapped the tech giant with […]
Flink, the Berlin-based instant grocery startup, is now valued at $2.85B after raising $750M in a round led by DoorDash
Instant grocery delivery continues to be a very frothy market, but today comes news of a major funding round for one player in it that investors believe will still be standing after the hype has died down. Flink, the Berlin-based startup that sells food and other essentials at supermarket prices and aims to deliver them […]
Germany’s foreign minister under pressure over Nord Stream 2 sanctions
Annalena Baerbock has sympathy with US demands, but there’s Social Democrat support for Russia’s pipelineGermany’s new foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has been caught a diplomatic vice days into the job, as US puts pressure on the coalition govern…
Olaf Scholz to be voted in as German chancellor as Merkel era ends
Scholz to lead coalition government after agreement was signed by party leaders on TuesdayOlaf Scholz is to be voted in as chancellor by the Bundestag on Wednesday, opening a new chapter in German and European politics as the Merkel era comes to an end…
South African talent marketplace OfferZen gets $5.2M to deepen European expansion
South African tech talent marketplace OfferZen is one of the beneficiaries of the growing global demand for tech workers: It confirmed to TechCrunch that it has raised €4.5 million ($5.07 million) in Series A funding from South African investment company Base Capital. This is OfferZen’s first round of funding since Philip Joubert, Malan Joubert and Brett […]
Covid live: UK reports 47,240 new cases; Merkel urges successor to impose more restrictions in Germany
UK also records 147 further deaths; outgoing German chancellor warns ‘every day counts’ as cases exceed 75,000 a day for first timePregnant women urged to take Covid jab as new data shows it’s safeEU moves to place booster vaccines at heart of travel r…
Perfeggt brings in first capital to shell out plant-based egg alternative
Worldwide, over 1.3 trillion eggs are produced annually, and Perfeggt co-founders believe this market is largely untapped and has room to grow with plant-based alternatives.
Pandemic skyrockets in Europe; COVID is the No. 1 cause of death
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