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On Monday, January 1, a powerful earthquake hit Japan, killing more than 100 people. Search operations are ongoing, and there may still be victims under the rubble. The amount of losses reached $6.4 billion. This was reported by Reuters. As of Saturday morning, January 6, more than 30,000 evacuees are waiting for help, and the […]
On January 4, 2024, SpaceX launched a Swedish broadband satellite into orbit as part of its second mission in 2024, Space.com reports. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Ovzon 3 satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Spaceport in Florida at 01:04 Kyiv time. The first stage of the Falcon 9 returned to Earth, landing at […]
The Department of Strategic Communications of the Ukrainian General Staff has released a demonstration video of the combat operation of the American Avenger air defense system, which is at the disposal of the 1129th Bila Tserkva Air Defense Regiment. According to a report published on the official tg-channel of the agency, the Avenger air defense […]
China has built a full-scale target of the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford class nuclear aircraft carrier in the Taklamakan Desert. This was reported by The Drive. The target underscores the People’s Liberation Army’s continued focus on expanding and improving its ability to engage U.S. aircraft carriers and other warships at long range. […]
Tesla has lowered its range estimates for several Y, S, and X models in the US, reducing the range for some trims by 6%. In particular, Tesla’s online configurator now displays an estimated range of 285 miles (458 km) for the Performance Model Y, which is 18 miles less than the previous estimate of 303 […]
On October 18, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department added all five individuals to the Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) list. The United States is offering to pay a reward of up to $10 million for information that will “destroy the financial network” of the Palestinian movement Hamas. This was reported by the press service of […]
DARPA has selected Aurora Flight Sciences to build a full-scale X-plane to demonstrate the viability of using active flow control (AFC) actuators for primary flight control. In 1903, the Wright brothers piloted the world’s first airplane that used wing deformation to successfully fly. Since then, almost every airplane has used a system of movable external […]
Poland is preparing to lift the blockade of the Shehyni-Medica checkpoint on the border with Ukraine. This was reported by the Rzeczpospolita publication. Today in Rzeszow, Minister of Agriculture Czesław Siekerski will sign an agreement with farmers under the “Deceived Village” agreement, thanks to which they will no longer block the border crossing in Medyka. […]
The animal population of the Earth in the form we know today began to develop in the Cambrian period. It was then that the main groups of organisms appeared, including the first predators. The new article is devoted to Timorebestia koprii, a newly described species of carnivore discovered in Greenland. Unlike other carnivores of the […]
In early 2024, Ukraine continues to work on changes to mobilization legislation and military service. For this purpose, a number of innovations have been developed and presented in the draft law No. 10378. Some of these changes will affect Ukrainian men abroad. The mobilization of Ukrainian men abroad has been confirmed by MP from the […]