How a journalist from Russia became a photopsychologist in the American metropolis

"Nothing but light." The name of this large-scale photography project fully reflects its essence: photographer Anastasia Kuba uses nothing but natural light, which enters the studio through a large window. Not only are there no spotlights and spotlights: there is no makeup, props, hairstyles and even...

Top 10 secret bars of New York

December 5th in America is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. On this day in 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the 21st Amendment to the Constitution and uttered an almost catchphrase: “And now, I think it’s time for a beer.” Now every year on December 5th...

One step before the green card: medical board, interview, work permit

Before you get a green card, it remains to go through several formal procedures. In this seemingly simple wrap-up phase, mistakes can ruin your previous efforts (see our 10 Relatively Honest Ways to Stay in the US series). If giving fingerprints is business ...

Donbass refugees in the USA: life from scratch and immunity to propaganda

The conflict in eastern Ukraine led to the fact that hundreds of thousands of Donbass residents became refugees. September 5 marks a year since the signing of the first Minsk Agreement, which provides for a ceasefire in the region, but it is still far from a full-fledged truce and a solution to the territorial issue. ...

Chinese and Russian hackers are looking for American spies

Foreign intelligence agencies, especially in China and Russia, are actively collecting and analyzing hacked American databases to identify US intelligence officers and agents, according to the Los Angeles Times. Among these bodies of information are security check files, airline data and medical forms ...

More than two hundred repatriates from the United States flew to Israel

232 new immigrants arrived this morning, August 18, to Israel from New York as part of the Nefesh be-nefesh (soul to soul) program. Among them are 59 young men who came to serve in the Israeli army. They will receive the status of a lone soldier, since everyone...

Boy Scouts of America want to lift ban on gay counselors

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is lifting the ban on appointing gay adults as Boy Scout troop leaders. The organization's board is scheduled to ratify the resolution Monday, which the BSA executive committee unanimously approved on July 13. The organization calls for the ban to be lifted due to “fundamental changes in legislation regarding the rights of homosexuals.”…

The first inhabitants of America came from Siberia

Scientists from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Copenhagen have carried out joint studies of the human genome. As a result, it turned out that the first inhabitants of America came from Siberia. It turned out that the first settlers appeared here twenty-three thousand years ago and began to live in Alaska. Then,…

Americans will build a terminal for the supply of liquefied gas in Ukraine

American investors plan to build an LNG terminal in Ukraine and a new transshipment terminal in the port of Yuzhny. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk stated this when reporting to parliament. “One of the largest American companies that has experience working in Ukraine, Cargill, has made a decision regarding...

Ukraine will buy American liquefied gas

Ukraine is thinking about buying liquefied gas from the capacities of the American company Frontera Resources Corporation in Georgia. So, on July 13, within the framework of the first American-Ukrainian business forum, which was held in Washington, Naftogaz of Ukraine and the American company Frontera Resources Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding. According to ...

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