The Perseids show up every year in August when Earth ventures through trails of debris left behind by an ancient comet. This year, Earth may be in for a closer encounter than usual with the comet trails that result in ...
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Rio 2016: Ukrainian gymnast Oleh Verniaiev wins silver medal at the Olympic Games
Verniaiev was competing in the artistic gymnastics men’s individual all-around on Wednesday evening, UNIAN reports. Earlier, the gymnast took the first place in the qualification round on August 6 and was close to confirming his spot in the competition on ...
Read More »Ukrainian universities win EU grant for ‘Internet of Things’ project
The SmartMe University educational online platform and seven Ukrainian higher education institutions will receive a EUR816,720 grant from the European Union’s Erasmus program for the implementation of an educational project in the field of IoT, according to the press service ...
Read More »Rio 2016: Ukrainian Elina Svitolina outplayed Serena Williams at Olympics
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina outplayed the American in two sets of women’s tournament with a score of 6:4 and 6:3 and reached the quarterfinals, Joinfo.ua reports. On August 10, Svitolina will play the two-times Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova from ...
Read More »Ukraine’s second medal in Rio 2016: Olga Kharlan wins bronze in fencing
Ukrainian Olga Kharlan has won the bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Monday evening. She won Manon Brunet from France with the score 15:10, Joinfo.ua reports. The Russians Yana Egorian and Sofya Velikaya won the gold and ...
Read More »Rio 2016: Ukrainian Kou Lei defeates French Gauzy
“Kou Lei defeated the representative of France and continues to fight in the table tennis tournament at the Olympic Games,” the press-service of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine said, Interfax-Ukraine reports. Earlier Lei has outplayed the Egyptian Amar Assar by ...
Read More »Japan’s Emperor Akihito worries age may make it tough to perform his duties
In nationally televised remarks, Akihito also said there were limits to reducing the emperor’s duties as the “symbol of the state”, the status accorded him under Japan’s post-war constitution, Japan Today reports. Public broadcaster NHK reported last month that Akihito, ...
Read More »Rio 2016: Ukrainian gymnast Radivilov reaches final
“Our gymnast has reached the final in his best vault and helped the whole team. We cheer for Ihor [Radivilov] very much,” Minister of Youth and Sport Ihor Zhdanov wrote on his Facebook page, according to Interfax-Ukraine. Earlier the representative ...
Read More »Earthquake hits eastern Ukraine, no casualties reported
The EMSC reports that the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 10 km and 78 km south of Donetsk in Mariupol district, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to Interfax-Ukraine. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported no injuries. ...
Read More »Facebook is stepping up its war on clickbait in the News Feed
Over the next few weeks, Facebook will implement changes meant to reduce the distribution of headlines that withhold information or attempt to mislead the reader, the Verge reports. Facebook started its latest change to the News Feed by having employees ...
Read More »Obama: Trump’s warning on elections is ‘ridiculous’
The advertised purpose of President Barack Obama’s pre-vacation news conference Thursday was to highlight gains in the war against ISIS in Iraq and Syria with the Pentagon as a backdrop, CNN reports. But for all his talk of terrorism, Russia ...
Read More »4th industrial revolution’s impact on the back office
The big digital manufacturing breakthroughs such as 3D printing, big data analytics and human-robot collaboration (HRC) focuses on the impact expected on the factory floor. But this industrial revolution may have its most profound effects on white-collar staff in the ...
Read More »Rio Olympics 2016: Ukraine to march 195th during opening ceremony parade
During the opening ceremony, Ukraine will be marching 195th of 207 participant countries, the country’s NOC reported, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to 112 Ukraine TV channel. “The organizers chose to adhere to the alphabetical order; by the tradition, Greece will ...
Read More »X-Ray technology reveals woman hidden behind Degas portrait
Portrait of a Woman, painted between 1876 and 1880, has long been known to have a concealed painting underneath its surface, but the details have always been a mystery — until now, ABC reports. By applying a non-invasive, rapid, high-definition ...
Read More »Wealthy Republicans campaign for Hillary Clinton
They say they are seeking money and endorsements from other Republicans disillusioned by Trump, their party’s candidate for the Nov. 8 presidential election, Reuters reports. Some have received encouragement from Clinton and members of her campaign staff. “I made the ...
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