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A man for money took responsibility for traffic violations committed by other people
(ORDO NEWS) — Spanish authorities have arrested a man who confessed to 100 traffic violations committed by other people. The Civil Guard of the Balearic Islands (Spain) reported that they detained a man who advertised a rather unusual service on the Internet. The unnamed man offered to take the blame for the driving violations so that the real culprit would keep his driver’s license and avoid paying fines. Sure, he…
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La Niña climate phenomenon could cause $1 trillion in damage to the world
(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists have assessed the long-term effects of atmospheric processes that cause severe storms, floods and droughts across the Earth. By the end of 2023, natural disasters will cause about $1 trillion in damage due to the lingering impact of La Niña, a global climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing a study by the US Climate Prediction Center. La Niña is associated…
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In Egypt found a cache of coins from the time of the great rulers
(ORDO NEWS) — In Egypt, the archaeological mission of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, while conducting research in the city of Esna, unearthed a cache in which coins of the Mamluk and Fatimid periods were hidden. The opening is reported by The National News. A group of archaeologists managed to find a cache in which a whole collection of coins was kept for centuries. Most of them belong to…
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WSJ learns Twitter shareholder preliminary approval of Musk acquisition
(ORDO NEWS) — Shareholders of Twitter overwhelmingly approved the takeover of the company by Elon Musk. Major Twitter shareholders, including index fund managers who control about 20% of the shares, are ready to support the deal, which Musk himself wants to exit, sources said. Musk has about 10% stake in the social network. Twitter shareholders are ready to approve the takeover of the company by billionaire Elon Musk, reports The…
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Investing in US stocks without the risk of a freeze: what you need to know about the NASDAQ-100 futures
(ORDO NEWS) — In the context of sanctions restrictions, buying a share of a fund that focuses on the American index is one of the few ways to make money in the US market without the risk of asset freezes, experts admit. However, the moment for investing in American big tech in the face of Fed rate increases is not the most favorable. As of September 6, Russian investors on…
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150 million dinosaur skeleton put up for auction
(ORDO NEWS) — The 150-million-year-old Iguanadon Zephyr dinosaur skeleton will go up for auction next month in Paris. The estimated sale price is between 400,000 and 500,000 euros. The fossil is from the Upper Jurassic and is called Zephyr - from the Greek word “Zephyros” or “west wind” - in reference to where it came from. According to paleontologist Jacopo Briano, who oversees the sale of the fossil, workers accidentally…
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US national debt at new record: approaches $31 trillion and continues to rise
(ORDO NEWS) — The US national debt is close to exceeding $31 trillion for the first time in history, according to Fox News. According to figures released last week by the Treasury Department, the country’s national debt stands at $30.9 trillion and could reach $31 trillion as early as this month. The new frontier is just around the corner, despite President Biden talking about a sharp decline in the annual…
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US is waiting for the same energy nightmare as in Europe
(ORDO NEWS) — Biden decided to practically stop the leasing of sites for oil and gas production, writes the New York Post. By doing so, he risks bringing on the US the same energy nightmare that Europe is experiencing due to the fact that its leaders have put climate policy at the forefront. Europe is preparing for energy shortages and a harsh winter due to the fact that Russia has…
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Global drought damage reached $13.2 billion in the first half of the year
(ORDO NEWS) — Experts believe that 2022 will be the worst drought in 500 years. The global damage from drought in many countries of the planet in January-June amounted to at least $13.2 billion, the economic newspaper Nikkei reported on Monday, citing the calculations of the local division of the international insurance company Aon. According to experts, the countries of the European Union are now hit by the worst drought…
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Treasure with rarest gold coins found in British mansion
(ORDO NEWS) — A unique collection of gold coins worth 250 thousand pounds found in the UK. The treasure was discovered in a mansion in Ellerby, whose owners decided to re-lay the floor. According to news.artnet.com, there was a metal mug with money under the floorboards, the oldest of which date back to the Shakespearean era. There are rarities among later products. A set of 260 coins was put up…
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Inhabitants of Jerusalem wallowed in luxury as early as the 8th century BC
(ORDO NEWS) — Fifteen hundred fragments of ivory artifacts dating back to the First Temple period were found in the City of David. The City of David is the oldest of the districts of Jerusalem, founded on the site of the ancient city of the Jebusites, the pre-Jewish population of Judea. In the 10th century BC, David, the second king of the people of Israel, conquered the city and moved…
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Coins from the treasure of the SS were found in the Polish palace
(ORDO NEWS) — German coins minted during the Second World War were discovered in Poland on the grounds of an 18th-century palace. Information about the event was published by the Silesian Bridge Foundation. This organization is engaged in searching for lost German gold. On one of the plots next to the palace, where research was conducted, workers were engaged in clearing the land. It is worth noting that the palace…
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A married couple accidentally found the greatest treasure in Britain
(ORDO NEWS) — A British couple living in North Yorkshire initially thought they had discovered an electrical cable buried under a layer of concrete in their 18th-century mansion. When they took a closer look at the object, they were shocked. It turned out to be a pot of gold coins, the age of which is approximately 400 years old. There were a total of 264 coins in the pot. Some…
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The real scale of the coming crisis in Europe
(ORDO NEWS) — Some believe that the energy crisis raging in Europe will grow into a comparable scale to the financial crisis of 2008, writes a Chinese economist in an article for Huanqiu Shibao. He notes that it is too early to make such pessimistic forecasts. The mayor of London warned that the impact of the current energy crisis on ordinary British families “will be no less than the international…
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Iran plans to create a key gas hub in the struggle for dominance in the world market
(ORDO NEWS) — Iran has the second largest natural gas reserves in the world, and Russia is ready to help it unleash its potential in this area, writes Oil Price. Moscow and Tehran are working on a strategy that will eventually allow them to dominate the gas market. Last week, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Ouji called Kish Island in the province of Hormozgan a key element of the Russian-Iranian strategy…
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The US is on the verge of collapse
(ORDO NEWS) — The US is rapidly losing reputation, writes WP. During the Iraq War, the Bush Doctrine was mocked by the whole world, and Americans traveling abroad had to pretend to be Canadians. Now the situation has worsened even more: a world without US hegemony is just around the corner, the author notes. “What’s happening to you is just terrible,” one Bavarian public figure lamented over a German pilsner.…
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Greenland could reap economic benefits from warming it is poised to become the world’s sand exporter
(ORDO NEWS) — A national survey of about 1,000 adult Greenlanders, in which 90% were indigenous, conducted by a research team led by McGill University found that 3 out of 4 Greenlanders support the mining and export of sand and gravel. These materials quickly wash away the meltwater flowing down from the ice sheet. The melting Greenland ice sheet is a “faucet” from which flows not only water, but also…
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Xiaomi’s first humanoid robot costs $100,000
(ORDO NEWS) — In 2021, Tesla announced that it was developing a humanoid robot to work in factories. It is known that his height will be 173 centimeters, and his weight will reach 57 kilograms. Instead of a face, he will have a display that displays important information for the people around him. The official presentation of the Tesla robot is expected only in September 2022, but the Chinese company…
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How supermarkets make you spend more money - secrets of the trade
(ORDO NEWS) — Almost all modern supermarkets are arranged in such a way that customers start shopping after crossing the threshold. At the same time, people do not even suspect that they are being “processed” so that as much money as possible is spent. Experts told what manipulations can be used for this. Psychological influence When a person approaches a supermarket, he can see “bargains”. The thought of buying this…
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US dollar soared: It’s a problem for the whole world
(ORDO NEWS) — Since the beginning of 2022, the US dollar has grown by 10% compared to other major currencies, but this can only please American tourists abroad, writes CNN. The author of the article explains how this threatens countries with more modest economies. This year has been a very good year for the US dollar. Great news for American tourists traveling in Europe, but for virtually the rest of…
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Oil prices fell by almost 30% in two months
(ORDO NEWS) — In the past two months, oil prices have been falling after a sharp jump caused by the start of a military special operation in Ukraine, writes Business Insider. This is due, among other things, to stable production in Russia and weakening demand, the author of the article explains. Oil prices are slowly falling again after a spike caused by the start of the Russian military operation in…
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Company that received a contract to deliver cargo to the moon has become bankrupt
(ORDO NEWS) — Aerospace company Masten Space Systems, which became one of six firms that signed a NASA contract in 2020 to deliver cargo to the lunar surface under the CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) program, has filed for bankruptcy. Under the terms of the $75 million contract, Masten Space was to deliver nine scientific instruments to the lunar south pole to take samples of lunar soil and study their…
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Underwater archaeologists have found treasures from a galleon that crashed on a reef
(ORDO NEWS) — For three and a half centuries, people tried to get the valuables that sank along with the Spanish ship. Now it has finally succeeded. On the night of January 4, 1656, while passing through the Strait of Florida, the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas ran into a reef as a result of a navigational error. Of the 650 people on board, only 45 survived -…
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Court orders mistress to pay $560,000 to lover’s wife
(ORDO NEWS) — A Chinese court recently issued a controversial ruling ordering a woman to pay 3.79 million yuan ($560,000) to her lover’s wife because their relationship was not recognized by law. Recently in China, a wife sued her husband’s mistress in order to return all the material assets that he gave her during their romance. The court sided with the woman and ordered her mistress to pay as much…
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A giant pearl was found in the Philippines and by the will of God was sold in the US for $ 130 million
(ORDO NEWS) — The $130 million giant pearl is in private hands in the US after it was removed from the Philippines. The 36kg pearl, thought to be the largest ever discovered, was shipped to the US via Hong Kong by Charlton Hollenbach, who claims to have acted on behalf of a local missionary. It is not clear how the transfer was made, since such pearls must be registered with…
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American wins $250,000 lottery using dream numbers
(ORDO NEWS) — Alonzo Coleman, who lives in Henrico County, Virginia, won $250,000 in the local Virginia Lottery’s Million Pot. This event took place in June 2022, and, according to the man, he was helped by the fact that the day before he saw the winning numbers in a dream and decided to indicate them, hoping for a miracle. And a miracle happened. “It was hard to believe. I still…
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Apple offers two million dollars to anyone who hacks the new iPhone security mode
(ORDO NEWS) — Lockdown Mode not only offers “unprecedented” protection for the iPhone, but also severely restricts the owner of the device. The American company Apple will pay two million dollars to anyone who can crack the protection mode called Lockdown Mode, which appeared in the sixteenth version of the iOS mobile operating system, writes the Gizchina portal. The new “impenetrable” function is aimed at effectively combating Pegasus (capable of…
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Bill Gates may leave the list of the richest people on Earth: he promised to give some of his money to charity
(ORDO NEWS) — Microsoft founder Bill Gates has promised to donate so much money to charity, which will eventually lead to the release of the billionaire from the list of the richest people on the planet. The 4th richest person on Earth has pledged $20 billion to charity (and that’s just the beginning) Bill Gates currently has a net worth of over $100 billion, making him the fourth richest person…
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Scientists have found out how much money people want for an ideal life
(ORDO NEWS) — The authors of this major study received evidence that not every one of us dreams of becoming a billionaire, and the established opinion about the greed of people is a myth. One of the fundamental concepts in economics is limited resources , that is, the gap between the unlimited needs of a person and the scarcity of resources that are available to him at any given moment.…
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Fossil Gorgosaurus could be sold for $8 million and scientists are unhappy
(ORDO NEWS) — A complete fossilized skeleton of a 76-million-year-old Gorgosaurus dinosaur will go up for auction on July 28, auction house Sotheby’s announced Tuesday. Almost 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 22 feet (7 meters) long, this well-preserved specimen is a smaller cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex. It was discovered in the Judith River Formation near Hawr, Montana in 2018. According to the pre-sale estimate of the auction house, it…
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BMW starts selling heated seat subscriptions for $18 a month
(ORDO NEWS) — BMW is currently selling heated seat subscriptions in a number of countries, the latest example of the company’s introduction of microtransactions for high-end vehicle features. A monthly subscription to BMW’s heated front seats costs roughly $18, with the option to subscribe for a year ($180), three years ($300), or pay “unlimited” access for $415. It’s unclear exactly when BMW started offering the feature as a subscription or…
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Elon Musk refuses to buy Twitter
(ORDO NEWS) — The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has officially refused to buy the social network Twitter. He was ready to shell out $44 billion for the microblogging service, but eventually changed his mind. The deal itself has already begun. Thus, Musk abandoned the purchase right in the process. A little later, his representatives explained this decision. As it turned out, it was caused by the lack…
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Elon Musk’s agreement to buy Twitter is under threat
(ORDO NEWS) — The Western edition of the Washington Post published material based on data from its own sources close to the agreement between Elon Musk and Twitter. Three people at once claim that its closure is now under threat. According to the publication, negotiations with investors have significantly decreased in recent weeks. Musk’s team concluded that Twitter data on spam accounts was unverifiable. What is known - Musk has…
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