Today Russia's economy does not give small and medium-sized businesses the opportunity to exist. Russian businessmen massively close down their enterprises. They write about it in their blogs and upload photos of queues in tax agencies, Joinfo.ua informs. "Today I ...
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Donbas today: ruins of Debaltseve left after rebels
According to the Minsk Agreement, the Ukrainian army left Debaltseve. The rebels are there. They settle in the deserted streets and set up firing positions. The inhabitants of the city are forced to wander the streets looking for at least ...
Read More »YouTube to launch child-friendly version
Next Monday, one of the most popular video hosting will launch a news service for kids, Joinfo.com reports with reference to BBC. "It is understood that YouTube Kids will have parental controls and restrictions on who can upload content. The ...
Read More »WHO approves 15 minute Ebola test
The World Health Organization approved a great discovery – 15 minute Ebola blood test, developed by U.S. firm Corgenix Medical Corp. WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic reported: "It's a first rapid test. It's definitely a breakthrough." According to BBC, it should ...
Read More »Apple tests unmanned system
Apple has already started its work on the service, similar to Google Street View. Dodge Caravan is already making regular trips along the streets of Coral Springs, Florida, with the system of 12 survey cameras fixed on its roof. They ...
Read More »Telescopic contact lenses to open another world
An incredible creation of optics engineers – telescopic contact lenses – were presented at the AAAS' conference in San Jose. The lenses developed by the scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology use the design developed at DARPA for drones, Motherboard ...
Read More »Greek government to forgive half of debts to poor
New government of Greece intends to forgive a significant part of debts to the citizens and businesses in a difficult financial position. "Those who have debts of 200-300 euros will have them erased," said junior finance minister Nadia Valavani on ...
Read More »Switzerland to give Ukraine $ 200 million loan
The Swiss government is considering granting a loan to Ukraine in the amount of $ 200 million. It is reported by Joinfo.ua with reference to the federal authorities of Switzerland. The report notes that this loan is a part of ...
Read More »John Herbst: Putin will not stop
Ukrainian new agency The Day asked John Herbst, a former American envoy to Ukraine, his opinion on the issue of weapon delivery to Ukraine and whether the appointment of Ash Carter as a new head of the Pentagon would change ...
Read More »Russia to stop anonymizing web traffic
According to the news agency Motherland, the government of the Russian federation intends to block Tor, a browser and network that anonymizes web traffic. Certain domains have been blocked in Russia since 2012, when a blacklist law went into effect, but the ...
Read More »U.S. Senators blame Merkel and Obama of encouraging Putin’s aggression
Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain expressed their indignation regarding the developments in Ukraine and the respond of Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, and Francois Hollande blaming them of legitimization of partition of Ukraine, Euromaidan Press reports. "The Chancellor of Germany ...
Read More »Monopoly launches Game of Thrones
According to The Guardian, HBO announced that Game of Thrones Monopoly will be available already this year. In the United States it will cost $60. "Players will be able to snap up Craster's Keep (Old Kent Road) and the Fist ...
Read More »When science becomes magic
This short film is documenting a live performance, captured entirely in camera. It is much harder to describe the transformation taking place with the screen in the video than it may seem. This is exactly the case when it is better ...
Read More »U.S. Department of State calls on Russia to make rebels stop fire
According to the statement, published by U.S. Department of State, Washington knows that the Special Mission of the OSCE confirms militants' attacks in the Donbas. In particular, they conduct shelling of Severodonetsk, Luhansk and Donetsk, Joinfo.ua reports referring to the ...
Read More »Interstellar leads scientists to new discovery
The authors published their findings in the magazine Classical and Quantum Gravity. Using computer simulation, for the first time the specialists succeeded to demonstrate how the camera placed near a black hole, would show it, as well as the galaxies ...
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