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Meta fined €390m for data breaches
Vienna/Menlo Park/EU-wide – The Facebook group Meta is sentenced to a fine of 390 million euros for violations in the use of personal data in Ireland. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has prohibited Metas from “circumventing” the approval of the EU General Data Protection Regulation via a clause in the terms and conditions, data protectionist Max Schrems announced on Wednesday. A Meta spokeswoman said the company would appeal the decision.
Mother of the assassin in the trial of the attack in Vienna
Vienna – In the trial against six defendants who are said to have supported the assassin in connection with the terrorist attack in Vienna on November 2, 2020, the assassin’s mother testified as a witness on Wednesday. When asked by a jury whether she thought several people were involved in the assassination or whether her son carried out the attack alone, she said in the regional court: “I do think that someone helped.”
Stepmother sentenced to nine years for child abuse
Salzburg – A woman was convicted at the Salzburg regional court on Wednesday, who is said to have abused three of her stepchildren for years. The woman was sentenced to nine years imprisonment for natural violence. Meeting another child, she was acquitted. The second-rate father, who the prosecution had also accused of violence, was sentenced to three months for assault and coercion.
US House of Representatives reconvenes after election chaos
Washington – After several unsuccessful ballots in the renewed vote on the most powerful post in the American Parliament, the US House of Representatives has met. The MPs gathered in the chamber in the US capital Washington on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Republican Kevin McCarthy missed the required majority in the election for chairman of the House of Representatives three times because various party colleagues refused to support him.
Boy who fell in a concrete pipe in Vietnam is dead
Hanoi – Several days after a 10-year-old boy fell in a 35-meter-deep concrete pipe in Vietnam, authorities have pronounced him dead. The boy died amid several unsuccessful rescue attempts, Doan Tan Buu, the famous head of government of South Vietnam’s Dong Thap province, told reporters on Wednesday evening (local time).
Ski accidents: More deaths on the slopes, but fewer injuries so far
Innsbruck/Vienna – After a discussion about the numerous fatal ski accidents on the slopes, especially in Tyrol, broke out, the Kuratorium für Alpine Sicherheit (ÖKAS) now has an initial data balance sheet. This confirms earlier ventilation: With 13 deaths in the organized ski room so far, there are significantly more than in the same period (November 1 to January 3) of previous seasons, but the number of injuries is “below average” at 505 in comparison, it said .
WHO concerned about coronavirus variant XBB.1.5
Geneva – The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the new coronavirus variant XBB.1.5. The variant discovered in October is more easily transferrable than any of the previously known variants, said WHO corona specialist Maria van Kerkhove on Wednesday in Geneva. According to the available genetic analyzes of the virus, it is spreading primarily in the USA and Europe and has already been detected in 29 countries.
Independent complaints body for police violence pending
Vienna – In connection with violence in the Dr.-Franz-Koch-Hof in Vienna-Floridsdorf on New Year’s Eve – young people and young adults are said to have thrown pyrotechnic objects at the police – there are now allegations against the police. Cell phone videos show boys being pushed, harassed and insulted by a plainclothes officer with a baton. There is still no independent complaints body that could examine these processes.
Vienna Stock Exchange with third day of profits in a row, ATX plus 0.45 percent
Vienna – The Vienna Stock Exchange ended Wednesday’s session higher. The leading index ATX rose for the third trading day in a row and closed 0.45 percent higher at 3,212.45 units. The markets are currently being supported primarily by the easing of inflationary pressures in Europe. Bank stocks could gain. Raiffeisen Bank International climbed 4.8 percent, Erste Group increased by 3.3 percent. Oil stocks fall as oil prices continue to fall. OMV is at 3.6 percent.
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