Misc

Russia buying $2.5B of agriculture products from the Philippines

Russia signed a contract to buy up to a mind-blowing $2.5 billion worth of fruits, grains or vegetables from the Philippines last Saturday during a meeting between President Duterte and Vladimir Putin, officials said on Sunday. Ramon Lopez the Philippines’ trade secretary said that the Russian delegation agreed “immediately” to the proposal of the importation …

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Finland will be the first country to remove all school subjects

The education system in Finland is considered one of the best in the whole world. In international ratings, it’s always in the top ten. But, the authorities there aren’t ready to rest on their laurels, and now they have decided to carry on a real revolution in their school system.   Finland’s officials planning to remove school subjects in the curriculum. There will no longer be any …

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law that forces parents to pay large fine if their child is a bully

Bully gets punished! In the past few years, bully-related suicides have been accounted for more than 6,000 deaths per year for individuals between 15-24. In very special cases, the victims are sometimes even younger than high school students. Bullying or cyber-bullying is the one part of our culture that hasn’t been resolved yet. Many social …

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Nokia making its way back to the phone industry after long absence

Nokia Nokia is expected to make a come back to the smartphone industry in 2017. A non-compete clause in the Microsoft purchase of Nokia Devices & Services which it was completely redundant prevented Nokia from producing a new smartphone until the current quarter. Most talk has been about the new smartphones being released some …

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