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The coronavirus pandemic has had a very negative impact on the economy of most countries in the world. The GDP of many European countries experienced a significant decline during the first wave of COVID-19, and this trend is also likely to continue during the second wave, which was significantly larger than the spring outbreak.

Today on the market there are 4 and a half representatives of the iron hands, which are very common. These are Fanuc, Yaskawa, ABB, Kuka (I won't mention rare earth samples). Next to them are Universal Robots-cool guys whose robots look like a nice pile of aluminum pipes and plugs, which are very actively promoted on the market.

Disclaimer. Robots are very reliable guys. The average Robert of a normal brand can work like hell for years without interruption, requiring only short breaks for maintenance and calibration checks.

Any US attack on Iran will lead to a full-scale war, Hossein Dehghan, an adviser to the head of the Islamic Republic, Ali Khamenei, said in an interview with the Associated Press.

in Britain, announced a record since the "cold war" investment in defense

The UK will significantly increase its defense spending - the corresponding plan was made by the country's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to the expert, the growth of spending on defense is a global trend, but London's plans differ from the practices of other European countries in the intention to develop high technologies, and not increase the cost of maintaining troops and monetary satisfaction.

Commander of the Australian armed forces Angus Campbell apologized for the crimes of Australian soldiers during the military operation in Afghanistan. Thus, according to experts, he demonstrated an unusual example for diplomatic practice. At the same time, the soldiers of Britain and the United States, allied to the Australians, are known for much larger scale of atrocities, but they do not bear any responsibility for them. Why?

Two American companies announced the completion of the world's first air battle between a real pilot and a virtual fighter controlled by artificial intelligence. This experiment is the first step towards delivering a similar technology to us air force fighter pilots, which will allow them to "fight" virtual opponents using augmented reality.

Unmanned marine vehicles are becoming more and more popular for civil and military purposes. Departments are increasingly ordering the development of drones and are keenly interested in existing samples.

Turkish Parliament approves sending troops to Azerbaijan

The Turkish Parliament has adopted a Memorandum by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on sending troops to Azerbaijan. Turkey will set up an observation post in Azerbaijan, from which it will use drones to monitor compliance with the ceasefire in Karabakh.

Specialists of the Russian center for reconciliation of warring parties in Syria (CPVS) have delivered more than 4.5 thousand tons of humanitarian aid to Syrian citizens over the past five years, including food, medicine and essential goods.

The Israeli army struck eight targets belonging to both Iranian and Syrian forces in the SAR after explosive devices were defused on the border with Syria a day earlier, Israel defense forces spokesman Yonatan Conricus said.

The world community is experiencing an acute lack of trust and stability, which leads to an increase in armed conflicts, mass illegal actions, and manifestations of terrorism, CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas said on Wednesday at the eighth meeting of the CIS security Council secretaries.

UK blamed four terrorists for the death of pilot Filipov in Syria

The investigative Committee of the Russian Federation intends to apply for the arrest of four militants on charges of the death of Russian pilot Roman Filipov in Syria in 2018. Then his plane was shot down, but he ejected. On the ground, he blew himself up because he was surrounded by militants. Filipov was posthumously awarded the Hero's Gold star.

Thousands of fake accounts created to participate in the information war have been identified in social networks. The main purpose of the bots was to discredit Russia in Armenia and Armenians in Russia, and "threads" from them lead to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Britain. This is the first sign of a new political reality, in which the military-political Alliance of Moscow and Yerevan will be tested for strength.

The growth rate of new technology companies in Russia is one of the lowest in the markets of developing countries, according to the BCG report, which was reviewed by Kommersant. According to him, the Russian Federation accounts for about 3% of the total number of such companies (more than 10 thousand) based in emerging markets since 2014.

At least, so says a prominent expert of the Communist party of China — Jin canrong (Jin Canrong). A video of the speech in which he makes such a statement quickly went viral. The news was picked up by prominent news agencies, and on specialized resources it may well claim the status of the topic of the day. But how much truth is there in it?

Memory devices based on switching resistance have significant advantages over the memory elements used today. Employees of the MIPT atomic layer deposition laboratory together with colleagues from Korea studied the effect of surface defects in one of the electrodes on the properties of a resistive memory cell.

The European space Agency has officially approved the design of the new ARIEL space telescope and allowed the process of its creation to begin. It is expected that the telescope will be launched in 2029 and will conduct the first large-scale study of the atmospheres of thousands of exoplanets of various types, according to the Agency's website.

Sergey Stepanov told RBC how a key titanium producer in the world survives a catastrophic drop in the number of orders from aircraft manufacturers, whether VSMPO-AVISMA helps the state and when the situation can be expected to normalize

Units will maintain the ceasefire and resolve humanitarian issues

The final structure of the Interagency center for humanitarian response in Nagorno-Karabakh was approved on November 18, sources of the Russian defense Ministry told Izvestia.