Working from home can be a challenge in itself: no office chair, no
canteen, no colleagues to chat with over coffee. But with the
coronavirus here to stay for the foreseeable future, millions of people
around the world have gotten used to sitting at the kitchen table just
like Merguet to work on spreadsheets or take conference calls. But
without a fast and reliable connection, slow downloads, choppy audio or
video calls that keep freezing up can make life difficult for
telecommuters.
Merguet isn't the only one who has had to wind
down data-intensive tasks. Even in well-off countries like Germany,
internet problems are common. DW used open-source data from M-Lab
to compare the speed of internet connections around the globe. M-Lab
collects data from many millions of speed tests that users perform every
month.
For the complete report go to:
Berlin, Lagos, Budapest: How fast is your internet? | World| Breaking news and perspectives from around the globe | DW | 09.10.2020
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6/9/16
ECB: Draghi asks for faster response of Eurozone governments to reforms
Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) warns on
lack of actions of Eurozone leaders at the Brussels Economic Forum.
Draghi asked the governments to act in all policy areas in order for stabilisation of the economy to occur. “In the euro area, many structural reforms have been implemented in recent years, and especially in those countries worst-hit by the crisis. The benefits can now be seen. But there are many more benefits still to aim for, and so much more needs to be done,” stressed Draghi.
As consolidation after 2010 in the area was implemented in some countries mainly through tax rises rather than current spending cuts, the full burden of macroeconomic stabilisation was placed on monetary policy, as Draghi suggests. “This has led to a slower return of output to potential than if fiscal policy had been more supportive. This is why the ECB has said many times that fiscal policy should work with not against monetary policy,” underlined the man responsible for the Euro area’s monetary policy.
“Supporting demand is not just a question of the budget balance, but also of its composition, especially the tax burden and the share of public investment,” he adds. “We should not see fiscal policy as solely a macroeconomic tool, which is only available to countries with strong public finances. We should also see it as a microeconomic policy tool that can enhance growth even when public finances need to be consolidated.”
Read more: Draghi asks for faster response of Eurozone governments to reforms
Draghi asked the governments to act in all policy areas in order for stabilisation of the economy to occur. “In the euro area, many structural reforms have been implemented in recent years, and especially in those countries worst-hit by the crisis. The benefits can now be seen. But there are many more benefits still to aim for, and so much more needs to be done,” stressed Draghi.
As consolidation after 2010 in the area was implemented in some countries mainly through tax rises rather than current spending cuts, the full burden of macroeconomic stabilisation was placed on monetary policy, as Draghi suggests. “This has led to a slower return of output to potential than if fiscal policy had been more supportive. This is why the ECB has said many times that fiscal policy should work with not against monetary policy,” underlined the man responsible for the Euro area’s monetary policy.
“Supporting demand is not just a question of the budget balance, but also of its composition, especially the tax burden and the share of public investment,” he adds. “We should not see fiscal policy as solely a macroeconomic tool, which is only available to countries with strong public finances. We should also see it as a microeconomic policy tool that can enhance growth even when public finances need to be consolidated.”
Read more: Draghi asks for faster response of Eurozone governments to reforms
7/25/13
Spain train crash driver under investigation amid questions over speed - by Giles Tremlett
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| Spain's AVE |
Analysis of video of the accident in the northern city of Santiago de Compostela suggested the train was going faster than 85mph on a bend where drivers are supposed to slow down after a straight stretch that allows them to reach up to 125mph.
"We were going strongly when we got into the curve," one driver was reported to have admitted shortly after surviving the accident on Wednesday, which killed more than a third of the passengers and left 168 injured.
A spokeswoman for the Galicia supreme court said the driver, who was only slightly injured, was under investigation.
The man, who has been named, is not believed to be under arrest but is expected to face questions from a judge with access to the train's data recording black box.
While trapped in the cab, the driver was reported to have given an account over the radio to officials at Santiago station. He was quoted saying, "I hope there are no dead because they would fall on my conscience" and having repeated over and over: "We're human. We're human."
Read more: Spain train crash driver under investigation amid questions over speed | World news | The Guardian
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