The news about the coronavirus
Primary schools and daycare centers open in eleven countries. There are 16 regulations in the 16 federal states: sometimes face-to-face, sometimes alternating lessons. Sometimes mask compulsory, sometimes none. Sometimes easing when the incidence value is below 100, sometimes only when it is below 50. And two countries are going their own way when it comes to school openings. An overview by Anna Günther and Paul Munzinger (SZ Plus
RKI registered 4,369 new infections and 62 new deaths. The numbers decrease compared to the previous week. The nationwide seven-day incidence is increasing slightly. According to a report, Berlin’s medical officers are calling for easing not to be made generally dependent on incidence values. It is “not expedient to link containment measures to incidences of 20/35/50”. News from Germany at a glance
Entry ticket to normal life. In Israel, people are allowed to go to swimming pools, hotels and cultural events again – provided they are vaccinated or already immune. The vaccination certificate should also be an incentive for vaccination skeptics. Read how well this works with SZ Plus.
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Doubts about the legality of the state loan for Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof. The loan of 460 million euros raises the question of how laxly or strictly the federal government should distribute tax money. The government seems to have made the aid for the group suitable. Apparently she interpreted EU state aid law generously. From Michael Kläsgen
US air traffic control authority checks engines of Boeing 777. Before that, debris from a machine had rained down over Denver. The inspection will, according to the head of the supervisory authority, “likely mean that some aircraft will be taken out of service”. United Airlines has announced that it will voluntarily take its 24 affected machines out of service. Japan’s authorities are even ordering a flight ban as a precaution. To the message
Protests in Myanmar escalate. Large parts of the country go on a general strike at the beginning of the week. Most of the shops remain closed. At least two protesters were reportedly killed in protests against the military coup over the weekend. More on this
Memorial place for victims of Hanau destroyed in Cologne. The local Jusos had remembered those killed in the attack with pictures in public spaces. Unknown had torn off foils with names and pictures of the victims and threw them into an embankment on the Rhine. The state security should be involved in the investigation. To the message
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Johnson wants to introduce plan to exit lockdown. Measures such as school closings and far-reaching exit and contact restrictions are to be lifted “carefully but irreversibly”, the British Prime Minister had announced. The plan is for the first students in England to be taught on site again from March 8th. After that, outdoor activities could be allowed before retail and later the catering industry. Worldwide news at a glance
EU advises on new sanctions against Russia and Myanmar. The foreign ministers of the EU countries talk about the latest developments in the Navalny case and the situation after the military coup in Myanmar. According to diplomats, new sanctions are expected to be launched at the meeting. Relations between the EU and Russia are likely to sink to a new low, write Silke Bigalke and Matthias Kolb.
Interim report on the series of right-wing extremist attacks in Neukölln. An interim report is released five months after the investigation by two special investigators begins. He is to be presented in the Interior Committee of the House of Representatives. The final report should be ready in April.
Kremlin leader Putin meets Belarusian ruler Lukashenko. The presidents are planning talks in the city of Sochi on the Black Sea. Russia is a close ally of neighboring Belarus. There have been protests there since the presidential election in August, which was overshadowed by allegations of manipulation. Opposition leader Tichanovskaya admits her temporary defeat in an interview.
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Probably the most expensive gif in the world. The Nyan-Cat is already a real oldie in the world of the Internet: In 2011 the eight-bit cat with the rainbow tail and the strawberry pop-tart body went online as a YouTube video. Within a very short time, people fell for the “meow cat”, it quickly became a widely shared gif. Several years followed in which the colorful animal could not be escaped. But on Friday the Nyan-Cat finally reached worlds where no gif had been before. Because on this day the Nyan Cat gif was auctioned off by its maker Chris Torres (alias PRguitarman): for the illustrious price of around 490,000 euros.
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