California has introduced additional safety precautions for hoverboards, the hottest tech toy of the year. The new law, which came into force on January 1, 2016, prohibits persons under the age of 16 from using a hoverboard for movement ...
While it is illegal to use e-scooters in New York. But some members of the city council believe that the situation needs to be changed. They argue that the devices are not much different from conventional skateboards and suggest that norms be prescribed for when and where these devices can be used. “The police ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law prohibiting the recognition of the main sacred texts of Christians, Muslims, Jews and Buddhists as extremist. The law applies to full texts and quotations from the Bible, the Koran, Tanakh and Ganjur. In August 2015, the court of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk recognized the book "Supplication (dua) to God: its purpose and place in Islam" as extremist. ...
The US Senate approved a revised draft budget for US defense needs, which includes, among other things, the allocation of $ 300 million in military aid to Ukraine. The Senate decision was made following the approval of the document last week in the House of Representatives. Project…
High-ranking Russian and Ukrainian officials have come under sanctions from the United States of America following the annexation of Crimea, including the head of the Russian presidential administration, Sergei Ivanov, and the former chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, Viktor Medvedchuk. Several dozen civil servants from Russia were banned from entering the territory ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the Russian authorities to seize foreign property based on the "principle of reciprocity." This follows from the document published on the portal of legal information. The law will come into force in 2016. Thanks to him, the Russian court will have the right to limit the jurisdictional ...
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a law allowing foreigners and stateless persons to serve under contract in the country's Armed Forces. Document No. 716-VIII, which was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on October 6, provides foreigners and stateless persons with a legal opportunity to serve under a contract in the Armed Forces ...
Legalization of marijuana is the full authorization of the use of marijuana for private use and medical purposes. The liberalization of marijuana trafficking is an indicator of the qualitative development of legislation both in the United States and in other developed countries. For a long time, this drug was banned everywhere, except ...
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday approved a bill that would set the strictest government standards in the United States for the use of antibiotics in livestock production. “Science shows that the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture has contributed to undermining decades of medical advances,” Brown said in a statement.…
President Obama has decided to sign a decree directing government contractors to provide seven-day paid sick leave to their employees, the White House said. As senior adviser to the president Valerie Jarett told reporters on Sunday, the United States is the only country where there is no paid sick leave policy, and the presidential ...