Due to ongoing repair work, travel between Poland and Ukraine will encounter delays at major border checkpoints until mid-November.
In August 2024, Poland closed the Dorohusk checkpoint, located near Ukrainian Yahotyn, for essential repairs. This…
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Pull back from the border or risk ‘tragic mistakes’ – POLITICO
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said earlier this month that he had deployed nearly one-third of his country’s armed forces to the border with Ukraine, telling state-run TV the move came in response to Kyiv amassing troops near its…
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How Can Soil Solarization Protect Plants? » ScienceABC
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Soil solarization helps kill pathogens that infect plants—such as worms, fungi, and bacteria—using heat. Farmers who use this method insulate the soil with a layer of plastic wrap during the hottest time of the year to heat the soil….
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The Average Wealth in the US vs. 7 European Countries
The United States is generally considered a wealthy country by many people in the world. But the country’s unequal wealth distribution is overlooked by those just considering the national wealth average.
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Physicists ease path to entanglement for quantum sensing — Harvard Gazette
Nothing in science can be achieved or understood without measurement. Today, thanks to advances in quantum sensing, scientists can measure things that were once impossible to even imagine: vibrations of atoms, properties of individual photons, fluctuations associated with gravitational…
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At Camp Ramah in Ukraine, sports and Jewish traditions are an escape from war – The Forward
Ariel Oberfeld, 17, traveled from his home in suburban Chicago to work as a counselor at Ramah Yachad in Ukraine in 2024. (Courtesy Midreshet Schechter)
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At Camp Ramah in Ukraine, sports and Jewish traditions are an escape from war
(JTA) — Ariel Oberfeld spent his childhood summers at a Jewish overnight camp in Wisconsin. This summer, the 17-year-old traveled further afield, to teach sports at Ramah Yachad, a Jewish camp in Ukraine holding its…
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How Do Living Bridges Grow? » ScienceABC
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Living bridges, like those found in the state of Meghalaya in India, are grown by manipulating the roots of a plant called Ficus elastica. This is possible because the plant grows on other trees and produces aerial roots that can then…
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Maps and satellite imagery show Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
Ukrainian troops staged a surprise cross-border attack into Russia early last week, and now Kyiv claims to control more than 1,100 square kilometres of its neighbour’s territory.
The incursion has reframed the war and caused chaos in western…
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Mapping Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region | Interactive News
During the past week, Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kursk in the most significant cross-border attack since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
The Kursk region, located in western Russia and bordering…
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