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Russian military officers with top secret security clearance are now being issued ultra-secure, cryptographically protected cellphones, Russia’s Izvestia newspaper has reported, citing the Defense Ministry. The devices, known as the Atlas M-663S, cost about 115,000 rubles (about $2,050 US) and can work…
China’s space laboratory Tiangong-1 is predicted to re-enter the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere in late April, although it remains unknown where exactly it will come crashing down. Jay Melosh, a professor of Earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences at Purdue University in the…
A Japanese pharmaceutical company has reportedly developed a new drug that can cure the flu in just one day and requires the patient to take only one dose. A new antiviral medicine called Xofluza that can beat the flu virus…
A Chinese enterprise has managed to turn a profit that reportedly rivals that of many prominent American high-tech companies by engaging in cryptocurrency mining on an industrial scale. As dedicated enthusiasts continue their attempts to get rich by mining cryptocurrency tokens, sometimes…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Standard & Poor’s financial services firm on Friday revised Russia’s ratings up to ‘BBB-/A-3’ from ‘BB+’ with a stable outlook. The New York-based ratings agency cited the country’s prudent policy and improved monetary transmission. Also, Fitch ratings…
President of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank Robert Kaplan says US monetary policy is set to maintain its current trajectory, characterized by gradual rate increases, this year, given current macroeconomic fundamentals and the effects of the Trump administration’s fiscal stimulus…
