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29/07/2022

Dubai will create the world's first "space court", which will regulate commercial disputes in the space industry.

This was reported in the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC), on the basis of which it is planned to create a space court.

To implement this initiative, DIFC, together with the Future Foundation in Dubai, will create an international group of public and private sector bodies and experts who will research the legal regulation in the space industry.

Now legal disputes regarding space activities are regulated by international conventions and resolutions, including the 1967 UN Treaty on the Principles of Activities of State Bodies in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space.

In addition, some countries have entered into bilateral or multilateral agreements to regulate space activities. That is, despite the significant commercialization of the space sector, its legal regulation is considered within the framework of the activities of states and institutions.

However, Dubai is proposing to revamp the judiciary and create a new “judicial support network” that can handle complex space-related commercial transactions.

The DIFC noted that the "space court" project will have three main stages. First, the international team should explore space-related legal innovations and develop scenarios for potential disputes regarding space activities.

After that, the experts will create a specific directive, a manual for judges on settling lawsuits, and after its approval, they will conduct special trainings where judges will be taught how to resolve claims in the field of space activities.

29/07/2022

The Verkhovna Rada allowed a deferment from conscription during mobilization to researchers and people who lost close relatives in the war.

The corresponding bills No. 7481 and 7352 were adopted at the meeting on July 29.

A reprieve will be given to those who have lost their husband or wife, son, daughter, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother or sister in the war, as well as to those whose relatives have gone missing.

In addition, the deputies allowed to give a deferment to scientific, scientific-pedagogical and pedagogical workers without a scientific degree if they work in scientific institutions and educational institutions at their main place of work by at least 0.75 of the rate.
On February 24, general mobilization was announced in Ukraine, it was extended until at least August 23. Men aged 18-60 are subject to the prize, they are prohibited from traveling outside Ukraine, with the exception of certain exceptions.
Who is exempt from mobilization?

The right to exemption from military service in connection with general mobilization is still enjoyed by people who have reached the age of 60 (for senior officers - 64), unfit for military service with deregistration, as well as people sentenced to imprisonment or restriction of liberty or deprivation of military rank.

Disabled people and those caring for such people or seriously ill children are exempted from military service. It also provides for the right to deferment from conscription for mobilization and conscription for military service for women and men with minor children if their husband or wife is serving in the military.

28/07/2022

If the Perseverance rover breaks down, two helicopters will load the samples onto a rocket that will launch them towards Earth.

NASA will launch two more mini helicopters to Mars to return Martian rocks and soil samples to Earth.

The Perseverance rover will deliver a container of materials collected on Mars to a rocket that will launch them towards Earth in about ten years.

It is noted that the spacecraft has already collected 11 samples. The most recent sample has the highest chance of containing possible evidence of Martian life.

The agency also stressed that the helicopters will be modeled after the successful Ingenuity, which has made 29 flights since arriving on Mars with Perseverance early last year. The weight of the helicopter is 1.8 kilograms. Newer versions will have wheels and robotic arms.

28/07/2022

"Okean Elzy" released a video for the song "Kviti Minnih Zony" with documentary footage of Donbass

The Ukrainian group "Okean Elzy" released a video for the song "Kviti Minnih Zony", which was written several years ago and was supposed to be included in the new album in April 2022.

The video, which was filmed a few weeks ago, in particular, documentary footage in the Donbass, tells about life in two dimensions - in the rear and at the front. The video was directed by Oleg Tomin.

27/07/2022