During a visit to the United States to participate in the events of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenskaya received the Clinton Global Citizen Award. This is stated in a press release on the official website of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The award was founded in…
Ukrainian paramedic and volunteer Yulia Paevskaya “Tyra” was awarded the annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) award from the US Secretary of State for women, UNN reports. “For the 17th year in a row, the Secretary of State's IWOC Award recognizes women from around the world who have demonstrated...
The Ukrainian brand Turbat received the ISPO Award, the main award in the travel equipment industry, comparable to the Oscars in cinema. He received recognition for the innovative sleeping bag Turbat Ultar, which was developed by Max Pereginka - a programmer, a travel equipment geek, a traveler, and now a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ...
The city of Miami Beach, Florida, is discussing a bounty for the capture and destruction of large iguanas. In this way, they are trying to provoke the destruction of cold-blooded invasive species that are wreaking havoc in the state. The New York Post writes about it. “People will come out to hunt them for money…
Ukrainian Marina Vyazovskaya, Frenchman Hugo Duminil-Copen, American June Hu and Briton James Maynard were awarded the prestigious Fields medals on July 5, NDTV reports. The Fields Medal, sometimes referred to as the Nobel Prize in Mathematics, is awarded for "outstanding mathematical achievement" to individuals under the age of 40...
Columbia University has named the winners of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Journalism in 2022, reports Zaborona. The Washington Post received the main award, The New York Times took several awards. To celebrate the courage of the Ukrainian people in general and journalists in particular, a special…
Volodymyr Zelensky presented the award to a dog of the Jack Russell Terrier breed named Patron, who is considered a symbol of resistance to Russian aggression, reports TheGuardian. The cartridge is the official symbol of the International Focal Point for Humanitarian Demining. He weighs about 4 kilograms, which means that his body mass is…
In Russia, a schoolboy was awarded the Dmitri Mendeleev medal for creating the dumpling standard. Fontanka writes about it. A graduate of the metrological class of school No. 237 in St. Petersburg, Maxim Lukashev, created the so-called dumpling standard. “It fills the mouth perfectly. It oozes, fills all the space, and...
The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information about Russian military intelligence officers who are involved in malicious cyber activities against critical U.S. infrastructure. RFJ is requesting information on six officers from the Main Intelligence Directorate…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was awarded the Ronald Reagan Medal of Freedom, Ukrayinska Pravda reports. Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova received the Ronald Reagan Freedom Medal for Zelensky, which was presented by Frederick Ryan, head of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. Ryan emphasized that this high award…