Articles by lux-editor

24th February 2020

The economic impact of coronavirus outbreaks is increasing

The rising cost of the coronavirus outbreak for business and the world economy is expected to become clearer this week as major firms issue trading updates and China reports the toll on its manufacturing [...]

24th February 2020

Experts says that the world is approaching a tipping point for coronavirus

The world is fast approaching a tipping point in the spread of the coronavirus, according to experts, who warn that the disease is outpacing efforts to contain it, after major outbreaks forced Italy and Iran to introduce stringent internal travel restrictions and South Korea’s president placed the country on red [...]

22nd February 2020

Young Manchester United fan writes to Liverpool for Jurgen Klopp and gets an answer

The Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp, has said he was so charmed by the sheer cheek of a young Manchester United fan who wrote to ask whether he could start making Liverpool lose games that he sent the 10-year-old a personal [...]

22nd February 2020

If I can be protected from HIV, others must also be

“May you of a better future, love without a care,” wrote the artist and film-maker Derek Jarman in his final year. It’s a line that returned to me last month as I rode the Eurostar back to London with my colleagues, Marc and Phil. After meetings with sexual health activists from across Belgium, Marc took out the [...]

21st February 2020

“Dear God, please send me to hell”: Derek Jarman fingerprints sold complete

If there were a choice, Derek Jarman implored God, then could he please go to hell. And if the almighty insisted on reincarnation then “please promise me that I will be [...]

21st February 2020

Kazakhstan-affiliated company has been temporary suspended, AML&CTF review performed

Luxembourg fiscal authorities have suspended a foreign company from being listed in the business register. The company, TARO S.à r.l., has been temporary de-listed because it does not fully comply with several regulations. It raised the awareness of the tax evasion prevention and AML task [...]

21st February 2020

Local and global factors contributing to extreme right-wing violence in Germany

The deadly terrorist shooting in the German town of Hanau represents the latest in a string of far-right attacks and plots in what has long been considered one of Europe’s most stable [...]

20th February 2020

Toxic kitten? Researchers speculate on the link between rare poison and cat allergies

What’s not to love about a kitten that makes you giggle at its playful capers, or a cat that cuddles its warm body into yours and purrs blissfully while you stroke its soft fur? While many of us relish the company of our feline friends, for others it’s a miserable experience: sneezing, red eyes, hay fever, itchy [...]

20th February 2020

Two dead after train from Sydney to Melbourne derailed in Victoria

Two people were killed and several injured after the Sydney to Melbourne XPT derailed in Victoria on Thursday [...]

20th February 2020

loss from the storm Dennis will cost insurance companies £225 million

Flooding and damage left in the wake of Storm Dennis, which swept across the UK on 15 and 16 February, is estimated to cost £225m in insurance claims, taking the total insurance costs from two February storms to [...]

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