A federal judge in Brooklyn, New York denied the U.S. government’s motion to compel Apple Inc. to provide access into an iPhone used in a drug case, according to court documents released on Monday, Reuters reports. The government sought access ...
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NASA to return supersonic passenger air travel
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the award at an event Monday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. “NASA is working hard to make flight greener, safer and quieter – all while developing aircraft that travel faster, and ...
Read More »Ukrainian President says no time for parliamentary elections
Ukrainian President said that the Parliament and the coalition should take responsibility of the reboot of the government today, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the Presidential press service. “The only thing I would like to emphasize is that I cannot ...
Read More »Ukraine to export meat and poultry to UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has permitted supply of Ukrainian lamb meat, poultry and beef, and the veterinary services of the two countries are being agreed the draft veterinary certificates for exports of milk and dairy products, fish and fish ...
Read More »Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins his first Oscar
Leonardo DiCaprio has finally won his first Oscar for The Revenant, BBC reports. He was named best actor at the 88th Academy Awards, with Brie Larson named best actress for Room. Mark Rylance won the best supporting actor Oscar, with ...
Read More »Electricity tariffs in Ukraine to rise by 25% from March 1
The National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ukraine will increase the minimum electricity price for households by 25% from March 1, 2016 to UAH 0.57 per kWh, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to UNIAN. A two-year schedule of electricity tariffs ...
Read More »Hubble telescope shows a blue bubble in Carina constellation
According to NASA, this beautiful NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a Wolf–Rayet star known as WR 31a, located about 30,000 light-years away in the constellation of Carina (The Keel), Joinfo.ua reports. “The distinctive blue bubble appearing to encircle WR ...
Read More »Ukrainian athlete wins European Championship in 10m air pistol
Ukrainian Olena Kostevych won the 1st place in 10 m air pistol shooting at the European Championship that took place in Gyor, Hungary. The Ukrainian athlete showed the result of 200.9 points. Bulgarian Antoaneta Boneva took the second place with ...
Read More »Beautiful wooden clock writes time on a drawing board
Kango Suzuki, 22, a student at Japan’s Tohoku University of Art and Design, designed an amazing automaton clock called Plock that writes the 24 hour format time on a magnetic drawing board, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Mashable. Crafted using ...
Read More »Lithuania joins Ukraine and Poland in space cooperation
Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania will cooperate in the space sector within joint trilateral format, Joinfo.ua reported with reference to Interfax-Ukraine. During the meeting of the Ukrainian-Lithuanian working group on space sector cooperation, the parties agreed to expand the existing bilateral ...
Read More »Russian State Duma refused to honor the memory of Boris Nemtsov, murdered a year ago
Russian State Duma rejected MP Dmitry Gudkov’s proposal to honor with a moment of silence the memory of the Russia’s prominent politician Boris Nemtsov, murdered a year ago, Joinfo.ua reports. Russian opposition MP Dmitry Gudkov posted on Facebook that he ...
Read More »UN panel bans lithium-ion battery shipments from passenger flights
According to the organization, there are not sufficient safeguards in place for the shipment of large quantities of lithium-ion batteries. The new regulation goes into effect April 1st and will remain in force until new fire-resistant packaging is developed, the ...
Read More »Building collapses in downtown Ukraine’s capital
A non-residential building collapsed on Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street in the center of Kyiv, press secretary of Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko Oksana Zinovyeva informed. One person is reported to have been trapped under the ruins, and five have been evacuated, Joinfo.ua ...
Read More »Ukraine outraged at Taras Shevchenko’s house destruction in Russia’s Orenburg for parking lot construction
Ukraine’s Culture and Foreign Ministries will appeal to the international organizations over the demolition of an architectural monument in the Russian city of Orenburg – the house, where prominent Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko lived in exile, said Deputy Premier and ...
Read More »Rare ‘superbloom’ blankets Death Valley
Parts of Death Valley, the driest place in North America, have exploded in a riot of color with a rare “superbloom” of millions of wildflowers, the Guardian reports. The bloom started in the southern part of the Californian wilderness and ...
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