Finland joined NATO: the border of the alliance with Russia has doubled
Finland became the 4st member of NATO at a solemn ceremony held on Tuesday, April 31, at the headquarters of the North Atlantic Alliance in Brussels. Now the length of Russia's border with NATO has doubled, reports the BBC. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland presented the instrument of accession to the US Secretary of State, who announced…
During April, Russia will head the UN Security Council
Russia has become the chairman of the UN Security Council, reports the BBC. Each of the 15 members of the council holds the position of chairman for a month in turn. The order is determined in alphabetical order of country names in English, according to Meduza. Before Russia, this post was held by Mozambique, after it ...
China gives students extra vacation so they can fall in love
Nine vocational colleges in China are giving students a week off in April so that their students can go in search of love during the holidays. The country is struggling to raise its birth rate, which has fallen sharply in recent years, reports Insider. Schools located in…
Checkout only in a coffin: how an unusual 'hotel of death' works in India
As the loud hum of the fans echoes through the room, 95-year-old Premwati Gupta periodically moves her bony limbs as her grandson feeds her holy water from the Ganges River. There are no medical devices or life-saving drugs to revive her from her deathbed to an almost empty...
Vogue has placed a 106-year-old tattoo artist from the Philippines on the cover: she became the oldest model to grace a fashion magazine
Vogue Philippines featured Apo Wang Oda as the cover star of its April issue, making the 106-year-old Filipino tattoo artist the oldest person ever to appear on the cover of Vogue. CNN writes about it. 106-year-old Wang Od, also known as Maria Oggai, perfected…
The son of the President of Uganda said he was ready to send his army to defend Moscow
The son of Ugandan President Muhuzi Kainerugaba said he was ready to send troops to defend Moscow. The Moscow Times writes about it. "Call me a 'Putinist' if you like, but we Uganda will send soldiers to defend Moscow if it is ever threatened by the imperialists!" - wrote...
Prehistoric delicacy: scientists have created a meatball of mammoth meat
An incredible exhibit has appeared at the Amsterdam Science Museum - meatball made from mammoth meat. The BBC writes about this. Scientists have managed to create artificial flesh using DNA from woolly mammoths and elephants. The project, in collaboration with Australian scientists, was carried out by Vow, a company that produces artificial meat.…
An underwater farm at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea grows fruits, vegetables and herbs: this approach could save humanity from hunger
An hour from Genoa in northwestern Italy, off the coast of the picturesque village of Noli, nine transparent plastic domes are underwater, filled with fragrant herbs, according to National Geographic. Here, a team of researchers grow over 100 different fruits, herbs, flowers and vegetables in futuristic…
Musk, Wozniak and Harari ask to stop research and training of artificial intelligence: it poses too much threat
Prominent entrepreneurs, researchers, politicians and writers have signed an open letter asking for a halt to artificial intelligence (AI) experiments. The appeal was published by the non-profit organization Future of Life Institute. More than a thousand signatories call on all AI labs to immediately suspend research and training of AI systems,…
A school in Florida considered the statue of David pornography: Italian art historians and politicians intervened in the scandal
A museum in Florence, which houses Michelangelo's statue of a naked David, has officially invited students and teachers from an American school whose director had to quit because of a lesson on the work of art, to come and see the original. School principals in the state...