EBG compleo GmbH is a leading provider of charging stations for electric vehicles. Since developing and selling the first charging station under the EBG compleo name ten years ago, the company has experienced rapid growth. In the meantime, the Dortmund-based company, which has already realized more than 20,000 charging points…
Russia on Thursday denied reports that it was considering barring its own citizens from renewing passports abroad, a move that would further disadvantage exiled dissidents who fled political persecution. The independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta said earlier Thursday that it had obtained a copy of a draft Foreign Ministry decree suspending passport renewals and other consular services for Russians…
The U.S. secretly shipped over 100 long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine last week, some of which were immediately deployed and used to strike a Russian military airfield in Dzhankoi in occupied Crimea, the New York Times reported on April 25. Washington announced an aid package worth $300 million to Kyiv on March 12 while Congress…
U.S. President Joe Biden announced during a briefing on April 24 he had signed the foreign aid bill containing close to $61 billion for Ukraine into law, marking the final step of the legislative process. After months of political infighting and a deteriorating situation on the battlefield in Ukraine, the U.S. House of Representatives finally…
Scientists from the University of Fribourg have discovered a mechanism with which they were able to reduce age-related inflammation in the rodents, thus slowing the ageing process. At the end of the treatment, the mice showed better cognitive, visual and motor skills due to the drug improving their bodies’ cleansing system, the University of Fribourg…
According to the results of the first quarter, 13.9 million passengers used taxi services in the Republic of Kazakhstan – 4.9% less than a year earlier. Regionally, taxis carried the most passengers in Almaty (2.5 million people), Astana (1.5 million) and Karaganda region (1.1 million). The least official taxi services were used in Zhetysu (277…
On April 29, the Shakhty City Court was supposed to hear the defendant and retire to the deliberation room to pass a verdict, but the hearing was postponed due to the failure of one of the participants to appear, reports an Orda.kz correspondent. The defendant’s lawyer, Elena Sevrina-Seliverstova, did not appear at the trial. “Yes,…
Former Taldykorgan police chief Marat Kushtybaev was sentenced to 11 years for rape, KazTAG reports. “By the court verdict, K. was found guilty under paragraph 5) of part 2 of Article 120 (rape with the use of violence against the victim, by a person in the performance of official duties) of the Criminal Code and…
Civilization as we know it wouldn’t exist without rare earth elements. No smartphones, LEDs, wind turbines, or even car batteries. REEs, such as cerium and scandium, are scattered throughout the earth’s crust. China alone produces nearly 90 percent of the world’s supply, and the U.S.’s only mine closed…
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the United States is providing another $1 billion defense aid package to Ukraine, which will include HIMARS missiles, artillery rounds, air defense systems, and other armaments. The defense chief spoke at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting on April 26, Ukrinform reports. “Today, I’m pleased to share that the…