– International Football Federation (FIFA) on Thursday published a new ranking of national teams. Russian team moved from 38th to 32nd. This was made possible by two victories in the League of Nations in September over Serbia and Hungary. The Russians made the biggest leap up among all teams. The leader of the rating remains … Read more
Two Arab countries recognizing Israel in just one month is a rare historic event. First it was the United Arab Emirates, now it is Bahrain. Just think that when the Jewish State celebrated 70 years in 2018, it maintained diplomatic relations in the Arab world only with Egypt and Jordan (Mauritania once recognized Israel, then … Read more
North Korean authorities have issued orders to shoot to kill to prevent the coronavirus from entering the country from China, according to the commander of American forces in South Korea. Impoverished North Korea – whose ruined health care system would struggle to cope with a major virus outbreak – has not confirmed a single case … Read more
Nerve impulses from the sympathetic nervous system signal the immune system to attack the pancreas. In type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that synthesize insulin – the so-called beta cells. Without insulin, the cells of the body do not absorb glucose, whose blood levels rise dramatically. All this leads … Read more
Matthew Robson, a 28-year-old man from the town of Trauton in southwest England, plans to buy his first home with the proceeds from the sale of 28 bottles of whiskey his father has been giving him on each birthday since his birth. The unusual history is revealed by BBC, explaining that since 1992, Matthew’s father, … Read more
One of Europe’s largest brothels, the “Pascha” in the German city of Cologne, has declared bankruptcy, the local press reported. “We are at the end,” said space director Armin Lobscheid, to the newspaper Express. According to Lobscheid, the brothel used up all of its financial reserves during the ban on prostitution enacted by state authorities … Read more