Russia flexes ‘growing power’ of its Navy with huge parade involving 200 warships in St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships this year, as he attended a naval parade in St Petersburg on Sunday marking the country’s Navy Day. The parade in the port city and the nearby town of Kronshtadt featured 200 ships and vessels and over 4,000 troops and aimed to ‘demonstrate … Read more

Russia flexes ‘growing power’ of its Navy with huge parade involving 200 warships in St Petersburg

President Vladimir Putin said the Russian navy will get 40 new ships this year, as he attended a naval parade in St Petersburg on Sunday marking the country’s Navy Day. The parade in the port city and the nearby town of Kronshtadt featured 200 ships and vessels and over 4,000 troops and aimed to ‘demonstrate … Read more

Billboard explains how Hot 100 chart is calculated following controversy involving Tekashi 6ix9ine

Billboard on Monday released a detailed explanation as to why Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s Stuck With U edged out Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj’s Say So and Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Gooba for the top spot, after Tekashi claimed that his competition had cheated to attain the number one status. Tekashi said that his camp had … Read more

US government asks for all field research involving bats be suspended during COVID-19 pandemic

US government suspends all research involving bats out of concern that humans could pass coronavirus on and make the pandemic harder to contain US government officials have suspended all bat research during COVID-19 They fear humans could pass the virus to bats, making the pandemic harder to contain and eventually eliminate Bats are common carriers … Read more

Ride-hailing apps lead to more crashes involving motorists and pedestrians

Ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft cause a spike in the number of crashes between cars and pedestrians at over-crowded pick-up locations Cities with ride-hailing apps see a decline in number of alcohol-related cases  But overall number of collisions has remained roughly the same, scientists say  Study revealed a spike in motorist-pedestrian collisions at pick-up locations   By … Read more