Yesterday, as fans all over the world celebrated the “Back to the Future Day”, Nike sent to Michael J. Fox the first pair of ‘self-tying’ sneakers, which looks exactly like the shoes Michael wore in Back to the Future II. Nike ...
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The US Congress supported the local elections in Ukraine
The US House of Representatives during the plenary session by an absolute majority – 413 votes – adopted a resolution “supporting the right of the Ukrainian people to freely choose their leadership and determine their own future”, which was introduced ...
Read More »NASA awarded the three winners for 3D-printed habitats on Mars
The design competition challenged participants to develop architectural concepts that take advantage of the unique capabilities 3-D printing offers to imagine what habitats on Mars might look like using this technology and in-situ resources, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to ...
Read More »Era of free clean energy is near – expert
Vivek Wadhwa, director of research at Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke, expressed an opinion, according to which the renewable clean energy will become affordable to the people all over the world, and it will be unlimited, Joinfo.ua ...
Read More »YouTube launches new subscription service
YouTube launches a new subscription service, which will compete for the viewers with Netflix and Spotify, Joinfo.ua reports with the refrence to SkyNews. The service named Red launches in the US on October 28 and will offer ad-free videos, unlimited ...
Read More »Today you are back to the future!
Today, 26 years after Back to the Future Part II premiere, people around the world celebrate the day to which Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel in the film. Internet is going a little crazy about it, comparing all the ...
Read More »Protests in Moldova continue: the left preparing a bill on the government’s resignation
Socialists and communists in Moldova continue the efforts make the current government resign and take their place. Party of the Socialists (MDBGS) is already preparing a draft of law on the no-confidence vote to the government under the leadership of ...
Read More »Slovenia needs help to cope with inflow of migrants
Slovenia is going to ask the EU for help with police forces and money deal with thousands of migrants headed through their territory northward. The Interior Ministry of Slovenia said that near 19,500 migrants have entered the country since Friday, ...
Read More »Justin Trudeau wins Canada elections
On October 19 Canada held the 42nd Canadian general election to elect members to the House of Commons of the 42nd Canadian Parliament. The Liberal Party led by Justin Trudeau won 184 of the 338 seats in parliament with representatives in every province and roughly 40% of the popular ...
Read More »NATO launches biggest military exercises in 13 years
The opening ceremony of large-scale NATO exercises Trident Juncture 2015 took place on Italian Air Force on Sicily on October 19. These exercises are the biggest in 13 years. NATO leaders’ main concern these days is resurgent Russian army capacity, ...
Read More »Boat crash: “Ivolga” shipped to pier for investigation
The boat “Ivolga”, drowned near Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Odesa region on October 17, has been raised and shipped to the pier in the Iliichivsk commercial sea port for investigation. This was said at the briefing by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of ...
Read More »Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens original trailer released
The world premiere of the long-awaited premiere of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens will take place in Los Angeles on December 14. France will see it on December 16, UK on December 17 and in the US will be ...
Read More »Ukraine prepaid to Gazprom for further gas supplies
Naftogaz of Ukraine transferred to Gazprom an additional $ 136 million for Russian gas supplies in October, Ukrainian Energy Minister Vladimir Demchishin said, Joinfo.ua reports. “Naftogaz has paid another $ 136 million”, – the minister said to journalists in Kyiv ...
Read More »Standard & Poor’s improved ratings of Ukraine
International rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) upgraded the long-term and short-term sovereign ratings of Ukraine under obligations in foreign currency B-/B to SD/B (selective default). According to a press release from the agency, long-term and short-term ratings on liabilities ...
Read More »U.S. announced mandatory registration of drones
The registration will be carried according to the program that will require drones to be registered with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on Monday at a press conference today in Washington D.C., Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to ...
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