The French lovingly call wine "the juice of the earth" and "heavenly nectar." And yet, en masse, with inexhaustible enthusiasm, they periodically destroy this divine gift. And not only by pouring it…
Following the introduction of smoking restrictions in public places, the Cuban government has established a new procedure for selling alcohol on the island. According to Izvestia.Ru, in both cases…
Soon tourists who have mastered the rules of the Eastern bazaar while on holiday in Egypt or Turkey will be able to apply their bargaining skills in prim London.
UN experts have concluded that natural cataclysms that may occur in megacities could cause enormous destruction and, by their scale, exceed the recent earthquake and series of tsunamis in Asia…
Ireland has fully completed its transition to the metric system. Now, on all roads of the Emerald Isle, speed signs in kilometers per hour are installed. Nevertheless, according to the police, this…
America is in the grip of a litigation orgy. According to Vremya Novostei, even former American spies are joining the long queue of plaintiffs to sue the CIA for unfulfilled promises.
Now there is very tough competition in the tourism market. Therefore, as Gazeta.Ru notes, winning offers for vacationers that will help the country emerge victorious in this struggle need to be…
What instinct warns animals of danger? It seems that scientists who observed the behavior of elephants, leopards and rabbits, which left the disaster zone in South Asia in time, are close to solving…
Cuba is ready to give up producing the famous Cuban cigars if humanity is ready to give up smoking. The Cuban Vice Prime Minister Jose Ramon Fernandez, who arrived in Lebanon on an official visit…
Motorists of foggy Albion have managed to achieve a very tangible victory over the road police – at least within the framework of a single European state. At the beginning of the year, an official…
On Oxford Street, London's main shopping street, police officers steal bags from passers-by. Then, however, they give them back – and ask them to be more careful in future. This is how the London…
After ten months of preparation, a Boeing 747 aircraft belonging to the Dutch airline KLM made its last unusual water journey. The route ran from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam to the National…