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Revoked Iran sanctions made oil prices drop to the lowest since 2003
On Saturday January 16, the U.S. and the European Union lifted sanctions against Iran, Reuters reported. Iran, a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said on Sunday that it is ready to increase exports by 500,000 ...
Read More »Ukraine wins women’s biathlon World Cup relay
Ukrainian team of Juliya Dzhyma, Iryna Varvynets, Valentyna Semerenko and Olena Pidhrushna won the women’s biathlon World Cup relay, with one penalty and four spare rounds in 1:16:14.2, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Biathlonworld. Germany finished second with two penalties ...
Read More »Brent futures fell below $29, further decline expected
On Thursday, U.S. and Brent crude futures slumped to new 12-year lows, taking this year’s losses to more than 20 percent, the worst two-week decline since the 2008 financial crisis, Reuters reports. Brent futures for March delivery fell $1.94 to ...
Read More »The first experimental container train has departed from Ilyichivsk sea port to China establishing a new route of the Silk Road
“Today from the Ilyichivsk sea port the first experimental container train leaves by the route Ukraine-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-China. It will become the new direction of the Silk Road and alternative route for delivery of freights from Ukraine to these markets bypassing the ...
Read More »Ukrainian documentary film Winter on Fire about Revolution of Dignity nominated for Oscar
A documentary film about Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine in 2013-2014 has been nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Radio Liberty. The Oscar nominations were announced on January 14 at a ceremony ...
Read More »Islamic State attacks Jakarta with multiple blasts and gunfire
Islamic State said it was behind an attack by suicide bombers and gunmen in the heart of Jakarta on Thursday that brought the radical group’s violence to the world’s most populous Muslim country for the first time, Reuters reports. Just ...
Read More »Robotic glove helps patients to restore hand movements
A new robotic glove for hand rehabilitation swaps conventional rigid electromechanical components for soft fabric with embedded actuators (motors). The glove, dubbed EsoGlove by its National University of Singapore creators, is meant to conform to natural hand movements and is ...
Read More »The iconic British actor Alan Rickman has died at 69
Rickman’s family said in the statement on Thursday: “The actor and director Alan Rickman has died from cancer at the age of 69. He was surrounded by family and friends,” the Daily Mail reports. The British actor, known for his ...
Read More »Turkey identified a suicide bomber in Istanbul
Turkish police reports that identified a suicide bomber as Nabil Fadlı born in Saudi Arabia in 1988, who had crossed into Turkey through Syria as asylum seeker and has visited the Zeytinburnu Migration Directorate on January 5, where he gave ...
Read More »Moscow will not prolong contract on the power supply from Russia to Ukraine
According to the information from Russian Ministry of Energy, Moscow will not prolong the contract on the supply of electricity from the Russian Federation to Ukraine after the rejection of purchases of Ukrainian electricity for Crimea, TASS reports referring to ...
Read More »Oil prices fell 3 percent to almost $30 on Tuesday
January 12, crude oil fell 3 percent to near $30 per barrel and levels not seen in over a decade, with analysts scrambling to cut their price forecasts and traders betting on further declines, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Reuters. ...
Read More »Ukrainian hryvnia is world’s third undervalued currency
The exchange rate of the Ukrainian hryvnia is undervalued by 68.7%, UNIAN agency reports with reference to The Economist. According to the research, the justified exchange rate of the Ukrainian hryvnia to the U.S. dollar should be at UAH 7.3 instead ...
Read More »Gunmen attack Baghdad shopping centre
On Monday evening, about 20 gunmen stormed the al-Jawhara shopping centre in the mainly Shia al-Jadeda area of Baghdad, after a car bomb exploded outside, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to BBC. Security forces sealed off the area and then stormed ...
Read More »David Bowie has died at the age of 69 from cancer
David Bowie has only released a new album called Blackstar last Friday on the singer’s 69th birthday, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Daily Mail. David Bowie was known as the creator of glam rock and was one of the most ...
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