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 ...
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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 ...
Read More »UNESCO not accepts Chersonese reserve belonging to Russia
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) does not accept that Tauric Chersonese museum reserve belongs to Russia, – stated Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to UNESCO Eleonora Mitrofanova, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to 112 Ukraine TV channel. ...
Read More »Antonov State Enterprise presented a video of a new Ukrainian multi-purpose transport aircraft An-132
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko published the presentation of the AN-132 on his page on Facebook, Joinfo.ua reported. Antonov State Enterprise, a member of Ukroboronprom group, presented a video of a new Ukrainian multi-purpose transport aircraft An-132. On February 21, ...
Read More »Ukrainian President awarded three Canadian doctors for assisting participants of Anti Terrorist Operation: Thank you for your care
Three members of the Canada-Ukraine Foundation’s Medical Mission team were awarded with Orders of Merit from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Dr. Oleh Antonyshyn, Mission Lead and Plastic Surgeon from Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, was awarded the Order of Merit, and ...
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