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The European Union called on Israel to refrain from building settlements in Palestinian territories. This was stated by the head of European foreign policy Josep Borrel reports the EU website. He said building in the Palestinian territories would do great harm to efforts to normalize Palestinian-Israeli relations. The EU does not recognize any border changes until 1967, including with regard to Jerusalem, other than those agreed by the parties. We call on Israel to reconsider these plans, the statement said. As the news agency reported on February 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called the deal of the century (the plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict) proposed by US President Donald Trump counterproductive.

The test flight of the silent supersonic passenger plane X-59, developed by the American company Lockheed Martin, is planned to take place in 2021, the Space.com reports. The assembly of the sample should be completed before the end of this year. In the production of an aircraft, technology is used to reduce the noise of supersonic aircraft. According to the news agency, in 2018 NASA and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics signed an agreement worth $247.5 million to create a supersonic passenger aircraft.

If coronavirus COVID-2019 continues to spread, the volume of sales of large companies in South Korea could decrease by 8%. This is reported by KBS with reference to the research company Mono Research. In a survey conducted from January to February 7 of this year among representatives of 152 non-financial companies, representatives of the company found that if the virus continues to spread around the world for six months or more, the volume of sales of South Korean companies will decrease by 8%, and exports by 9.1%. Experts note that the largest decline in sales volumes will be re

VSS Unity's suborbital spacecraft arrived at Virgin Galactic's launch site in New Mexico, United States, to undergo the latest series of tests before launching suborbital tourist flights. This is reported by the SpaceNews. Virgin Galactic plans to conduct suborbital tourist flights using its own system from the White Knight Two carrier plane and the SpaceShipTwo cosmoplanes. The second space plane of this series, called VSS Unity, will be used for the last stage of flight testing. The main purpose of this stage will be to check the reliability of the spacecraft during launches with pilots and four passengers in the cabin. There were no more than three people on board VSS Unity during previous test launches. Virgin Galactic noted that this phase of testing will be final before commercial launches begin. At the same time, the company did not name the exact number of forthcoming test flights. Virgin Galactic plans to launch a space tourism program in 2020. The cost of a tourist su

Police departments across China have ordered public parking to not take parking fees in order to ensure unimpeded traffic amid the fight against the new coronavirus, according to Xinhua news agency. The relevant circular was issued by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China. It aims to meet the population's need for parking spaces as part of the fight against the epidemic at a time when residents need to stay at home. At the same time, the police on the ground should work with the local authorities to ensure the openness of free parking. Moreover, vehicles carrying essential goods, according to the circular, should not be fined for minor traffic violations. At the same time, 24-hour emergency hotlines have been launched.