The National Highway Safety Transportation Administration (NHTSA) and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced today that 20 automakers have agreed to make automatic emergency braking (AEB) standard by September 1st, 2022, representing “more than 99 percent” of the ...
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Putin: Russia could redeploy forces in Syria within hours if needed
Comments come days after announcing that Moscow’s military involvement in Syria would be wound down, the Guardian reports. “Of course, if required Russia will be ready in just a few hours to increase its forces in the region to a ...
Read More »EC to propose visa liberalization with Ukraine in April
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said that the European Commission will make a proposal for visa liberalization with Ukraine in April, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to UNIAN. “As far as visa liberalization is concerned, we have a shared interest ...
Read More »Study: two years later 95% of Russians still approve Crimea’s annexation
According to the study of the Russian Sociological Studies Center (VTsIOM), 79% of the Russians have a positive attitude to Crimea, another 16% were unable to answer this question by saying that he had never thought about it, Joinfo.ua reports ...
Read More »Amazing solving of 3 different Rubik’s Cubes while juggling them
While most people in this world struggle to juggle and other people in this world don’t like the brain pruning effect of a Rubik’s Cube, Rubocubo is totally different: he can juggle three different Rubik’s Cubes while solving all of ...
Read More »Scientists created Sun’s magnetic map
The complex overlay of lines can teach scientists about the ways the sun’s magnetism changes in response to the constant movement on and inside the sun. Note how the magnetic fields are densest near the bright spots visible on the ...
Read More »Russia released golden iPhone to mark illegal annexation of Crimea
On Supremo Putin Crimea Gold Edition, trimmed in gold, shows the profile of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the phrase “Crimea in the hearts of men” and Patriotic slogans like: “the Crimea in the hearts of the people”, “For Crimea! For ...
Read More »Denmark wins ‘world’s happiest country’ title
Denmark and Switzerland were closely followed by Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, according to the World Happiness Report Update 2016, released Wednesday in Rome by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations, CNN reports. Denmark won the title three of the four ...
Read More »Russia pulled out almost half of war planes based in Syria – Reuters analysis
Just under half of Russia’s fixed-wing strike force based in Syria has flown out of the country in the past two days, according to a Reuters calculation which suggests the Kremlin is accelerating its partial withdrawal. The precise number of ...
Read More »UN suspends Maria Sharapova as goodwill ambassador
The UN has suspended Maria Sharapova as a goodwill ambassador following the Russian tennis star’s admission that she tested positive for the banned substance meldonium at the Australian Open in January, the Guardian reports. The UN Development Programme, which works ...
Read More »McCain: I fear bloody spring coming again to Ukraine
“The announcement that Russia will begin withdrawing some military forces from Syria signals Vladimir Putin’s belief that he has bombed and killed enough of the opponents of the murderous Assad regime to ensure its survival,” McCain said in a statement on March 14 on ...
Read More »First group of Russian war planes left Hmeymim air base in Syria
Russia’s Defence Ministry published video on Youtube on Tuesday, showing the first group of war planes leaving Hmeymim air base in Syria for permanent location airfields in the territory of the Russian Federation, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to TASS. The ...
Read More »Police hunting after gunfire in counter-terrorism raid in Brussels
Three officers were reportedly hurt, one of them seriously. Streets in the suburb of Forest have been sealed off, BBC reports. A BBC reporter at the scene says there has been more gunfire subsequently. The raid is linked to the ...
Read More »Google’s AlphaGo AI wins Go series 4-1
The final game proved to be a close one, with both sides fighting hard and going deep into overtime. AlphaGo is an AI developed by Google-owned British company DeepMind, and had already wrapped up a historic victory on Saturday by ...
Read More »Ukraine to merge cross-border gas pipelines with Poland, Slovakia and Romania
The Cabinet of Ukraine expects to sign by October 1, 2016 an agreement on the merger of cross-border gas pipelines (interconnection agreements) with Slovakia, Poland, and Romania, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Interfax-Ukraine. This will boost the technical ability to reverse ...
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