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Dubai has announced the world’s first jetpack competition to be held on February 28, 2024. This event will bring together eight pilots from around the world to compete in a new sport. The event, which has been officially endorsed by the Dubai Sports Council and is being organized with the participation of Gravity Industries, a […]
On Saturday evening, the Diia app temporarily stopped functioning during the voting for Ukraine’s representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. The voting was eventually extended until 19:00 on February 4, and Diia resumed its work, but users continued to report either difficulties with access or loss of documents, and social media was flooded with memes […]
People in Argentina are suffering from a terrible heat wave People are fleeing to fountains and rivers, and a red alert has been declared in the country. Argentines are massively looking for shade and trying to refresh themselves in fountains because of the infernal heat that has engulfed the country. This was reported by Reuters. […]
The European Union has announced a significant development of rail links across the continent, which will connect the Mediterranean region from southern Spain to Ukraine. According to the Spanish newspaper Levante, at the end of 2023, Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU Council, reached an important preliminary agreement with the European Parliament on […]
Germany wants to introduce a payment card for refugees. Fourteen of the 16 federal states are participating in the implementation. Bank transfers are blocked. That is, it prevents the possibility of transferring money from state support to the person’s country of origin. The card cannot be used to pay for goods or services abroad. Thus, […]
Researchers at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) have studied people’s faces and their perception in society. It turned out that the shape of the face and facial expressions can influence the way people see and consider a person: they may seem either rich or poor. A new study has shown that a typical millionaire looks […]
Many flight attendants don’t like working in the premium economy section. Flight attendants hate working in a certain section of the plane – and it’s not as obvious as many might think: it’s not a crowded economy class or a major first class. In her blog for Sun Online Travel, an experienced flight attendant explained […]
On the evening of January 29, it became known that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhny, was dismissed from his post. This decision was made by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. This was stated by former MP Boryslav Bereza. This information was confirmed by OBOZ.UA’s sources in Zaluzhny’s team. “My sources from the […]
French billionaire Xavier Niel says his investment company NJJ Capital has agreed to pay $500 million for Turkcell’s Iletisim Hizmetleri AS unit in Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg Niel said the deal price was cheap compared to the profits of Ukrainian telecom operator Lifecell. The deal will give NJJ Capital control over Lifecell LLC, […]
Staying in shelters with pets is now officially allowed. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has introduced the relevant amendments to the “Requirements for the Maintenance and Operation of Civil Defense Facilities”. Now, people who enter shelters with pets must stay in separate rooms or secluded areas. It is noted that persons arriving at protective facilities […]