Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that he will be taking two months off from work after the birth of his daughter to focus on being a parent. He posted this news on his Facebook. “Every day things are ...
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Brussels keeps highest security alert. Schools, universities, metro will reopen on Wednesday
Belgium maintained the highest – fourth – security alert for Brussels on Monday. The rest of the country stays on the third level, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to Reuters. Yesterday, Belgian armed police mounted raids across the country after ...
Read More »Crimea blackout: food on the fire, broken ATMs and rising crime
Crimea has been cut off from the electricity supply from Kherson region since Saturday night. The most people in Crimea are not only without light now, but without the Internet and mobile communications, Joinfo.ua reports citing Russian media. It turned out ...
Read More »Volyn native filmed the assassination of President Kennedy
The murder of the 35th US President John F. Kennedy rocked America 52 years ago. Volyn native Abraham Zapruder was a witness of those distant historical events. Moreover, it was him to filmthe time of the murder, and later Zapruder’s ...
Read More »Ukraine returned to the top 10 world crude steel manufacturers
The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) reported that, according to the results of the metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine, they produced 2.055 million tons (Mt) of crude steel in October, up by 6.4% compared to the same month 2014. As a result, ...
Read More »Brussels announced a third day of lockdown, the capital’s metro, universities and schools will be closed on Monday
Belgian armed police mounted raids across the country late on Sunday after the prime minister announced a third day of lockdown in the capital for fear a new, Paris-style mass attack may be imminent, Reuters reports. Police said they arrested ...
Read More »That is how NASA’s new spaceship looks like
On Friday November 20, Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, finally got NASA’s clearance to launch astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2017, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to Tech Insider. Only one other company — Boeing — has NASA’s ...
Read More »Kristina Stoloka, Miss Ukraine 2015, will present Ukraine in Miss World 2015 in China
Kristina Stoloka, 18, is Miss Ukraine 2015. She is the winner of the 25th national contest. So, now she is on the way to China to present Ukraine in Miss World contest. Kristina is a student in Kyiv. She is ...
Read More »Six-week-old puppy gets wheelchair made by 3d printer
Meet Tumbles. The puppy is only six weeks old but he is known across the world because of disability. He was born with no front paws and the disability makes him face a big challenge. But now, thanks to advances ...
Read More »Heavy rains and floods in Transcarpathian region caused damage to roads and households
Losses from floods, which occurred after heavy rains and snow in the Carpathians, amounted to more than 2 billion UAH, said the head of the Regional State Administration Gennadiy Moskal in the video conference to the channel “112 Ukraine”. Region ...
Read More »Want to track aliens? A new project helps ordinary people to scour the skies
A team of Canadian developers offers a unique opportunity to track extraterrestrial encounters. The main peculiarity of the offer is that you can get your own satellite to track aliens, Joinfo.com reports with the reference to The Daily Mail. Their ...
Read More »In England a woman found a smart way to keep her chickens warm in winter
Battery hens, which have spent most if not all of their lives in cages to maximize laying eggs, have trouble acclimatising to normal outdoor conditions once they are released. (Their name comes from the rows and rows of connected cages ...
Read More »Ukraine is Europe! – a song about Russian aggression in Donbas
Ukrainian song writer Stepan Faifura wrote in comment to the video: “All you need to know about Ukraine and Russia in one video explained.” Here are the lyrics: Cherry blossom as white snow falling down to the dawn tender and ...
Read More »UFO hunters finds a ‘Face of God’ on Mars
According to the legend, ancient Assyrians had developed space travel and visited Mars, Joinfo.com reports with the reference to The Daily Mail. On the planet they left a statue of a god, and UFO hunters assumes it has been found. A ...
Read More »Ukraine will build a railway with European width to connect Gdansk and Odesa
Ukraine will construct the narrower railway according to the European standard (1435 mm wide). This project was planned in Ukraine since the 1990s. But after signing the Association Agreement with the EU, it moved to the implementation phase. The project ...
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