New fires broke out around Chernobyl

Tens of thousands of people had to move out of the "forbidden zone" around the plant after the nuclear accident of 26 April 1986, but there are nuclear waste repositories and military ammunition depots. “Firefighters continue to sprinkle water in places where smoldering dry trees and wood matter and also peat smolder. Due to wind gusts in the...

McDonald's would like to thank everyone fighting coronavirus. They import free food to healthcare professionals

“We appreciate all those who have been struggling for the lives of patients in recent days, testing the sick, or overseeing the infection as slow as possible. We would like to thank everyone in this way. It goes without saying that we also put our hand to the work and help in the way that is closest to us. That means providing food and last but...

New albums: The Strokes, Nightwish, Laura Marling

Nightwish: Human. : II: Nature. Finnish symfo-metal band Nightwish released their first double album. The second record is based on instrumental compositions. Many songs were inspired by the contemporary world or by the great personalities in it. The band tried to approach their production with a noticeable variation, as it has presented in terms...

USA suspends WHO funding

The current pandemic could be prevented, according to Trump, if the organization did not spread the "misinformation" presented by China, in which the virus first appeared last year. The United States is the largest contributor to the WHO, sending about 22 percent of its budget to the organization last year. "Today, I ordered the World Health...

The fate of the US Open should be decided by the end of June, reports USTA

The January Australian Open managed to play despite the raging Australian fires, the French Open was moved at the turn of September and October, Wimbledon was canceled for the first time since World War II. What about the US Open? Usually the final grandslam of the season takes place in New York, the pandemic of the coronavirus most affected city...

Astronomers have captured the greatest explosion of an unprecedented supernova

The Pan-STARRS telescopes at Haleakala on the Hawaiian island of Maui were first seen in February 2016, and scientists have now presented the results of their research. An unprecedented supernova with the catalog designation SN2016aps preceded the connection of two giant stars, each of them 50 times larger than the Sun. Around 1000 years before...

Fewer passengers and higher prices. Flying changes after a pandemic

Of course, airlines will still have the same number of seats on the planes, but they will not occupy them all due to social separation. "If this is required by civil aviation authorities and health institutions, one seat in each row will be emptied," said IATA head Alexandre de Juniac, adding that these changes will affect short flights. For...