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This year’s Formula One race at the Hungaroring is set to be impacted by the current heatwave sweeping across Europe. Temperatures of up to 31 Celsius (88 Fahrenheit) are expected on race day, July 21, which will impact all involved. Hungarian authorities and race organizers will have to be prepared to provide enough free water and plenty of shaded areas for the hundred of thousands of fans expected to attend over the course of the weekend. Having medical provisions on site will also help. But what about the drivers? “I think that in terms of racing car drivers, we aren’t really considering the risk enough,”…

Follow DW’s live coverage of the global mass IT outage here. A number of companies in Australia were hit on Friday by what the country’s cyber-security authority said was a “large-scale technical outage,” with other countries around the world also reporting technical disruptions. “Our current information is this outage relates to a technical issue with a third-party software platform employed by affected companies,” the office of Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator Michelle McGuinness said in a statement. “There is no information to suggest it is a cyber security incident. We continue to engage across key stakeholders,” the statement on X, formerly…

Skip next section France: Outage hits Olympics IT operations 07/19/2024July 19, 2024France: Outage hits Olympics IT operations The Paris Olympics’ organizing committee said its IT operations have been affected by the global cyber outage, with just one week to go before the Games begin in the French capital on July 26.   “We have activated contingency plans in order to continue operations,” the committee said in a statement, without immediately giving details on the problems it was experiencing. https://p.dw.com/p/4iV8gSkip next section Spanish airports hit by delays07/19/2024July 19, 2024Spanish airports hit by delaysSpain’s Aena, the world’s largest airport operator based on passanger numbers,…

Follow DW’s live coverage of the global mass IT outage here. A number of companies in Australia were hit on Friday by what the country’s cyber-security authority said was a “large-scale technical outage,” with other countries around the world also reporting technical disruptions. “Our current information is this outage relates to a technical issue with a third-party software platform employed by affected companies,” the office of Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator Michelle McGuinness said in a statement. “There is no information to suggest it is a cyber security incident. We continue to engage across key stakeholders,” the statement on X, formerly…

Melania and Ivanka Trump made a rare appearance at the Republican National Convention, showing support for Donald Trump’s presidental bid.Entering the event in Milwaukee on Thursday night to a warm round of applause, the former president’s wife waved to the crowd before taking a seat in the family box. Unlike previous Republican conventions in 2016 and 2020, she did not give a speech.Trump v Biden latest: Trump addresses adoring RepublicansShe was joined by Mr Trump’s eldest daughter, Ivanka, and her husband Jared Kushner, who have also been noticeably absent from the campaign trail, despite having held senior roles on Trump’s…

This year’s Salzburg Festival will feature 172 performances over 44 days in 15 venues, drawing an expected quarter-million visitors from around the world. (Last year, despite wars and crises, 79 nations were counted in Salzburg, 40 of which were non-European). More than 1,500 artists — including the biggest stars of the opera and theater industry — make up the program, conceived and coordinated by an international team led by artistic director Markus Hinterhäuser. This year’s theme: ‘Between heaven and hell’ The festival management presented the program back in December 2023: 10 opera productions and just as many theater productions, flanked by numerous concerts, exhibitions and discussion…

Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination during a speech capping a convention dominated by the weekend’s attempt on his life. “The discord and division in our society should be healed,” the former president said at the start of his speech.  “I am running to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America,” he added. In a 90-minute speech, Trump seemed to have gone off script after the first few minutes. He made various pledges to his voters including putting an “end” to international crises, and carrying out the…

The virus that causes polio has been detected in sewage samples in Gaza, according to its health ministry.It said tests had been carried out with UNICEF and that the finding “exposes thousands of residents to the risk of contracting poliomyelitis”.It warned of a potential “new health disaster” if action isn’t taken.Polio mainly affects children and usually spreads through contact with faeces; for example when people don’t wash their hands properly, or from contaminated food or water.The dire conditions in Gaza, where infrastructure has been decimated and thousands are packed together in camps, make transmission far more likely.In a statement, the…

Donald Trump is set to formally accept the Republican Party’s presidential nomination during a speech capping a convention dominated by the weekend’s attempt on his life. The former president promised to deliver a message to unify his party and the country behind his vision for “a new golden age for America.” Trump’s acceptance speech marks the climax and conclusion of the four-day Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Trump’s appeal to voters Over the four days, a stream of speakers aimed to depict Trump as a compassionate family man and dedicated public servant unfairly criticized by Democratic opponents. The televised event aimed to…

On Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will present an advisory opinion on the “legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.” The United Nations General Assembly requested the ICJ render an advisory opinion in December 2022 — well before the Hamas-led attack in Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s massive military campaign in the Gaza Strip in response.  According to Israeli officials, the militant Islamist Palestinian group Hamas killed about 1,200 people in the attack and took more than 250 hostages to Gaza. According to the…