Manchester City holds trophy parade

The English football team Manchester City finished the season with three trophies, having won the Premier League, FA Cup, and UEFA Champions League titles. Having left a historic season behind, Coach Pep Guardiola and the players toured Manchester on an open-top team bus. Despite the rainy weather, fans waited for the team and celebrated with […]

“La Tomatina” Festival held in Colombia

“La Tomatina,” a tomato festival held in Sutamarchan, Colombia, featured lively scenes with a parade, concerts, dance performances, and competitions. The highlight was a thrilling tomato fight, where participants gleefully threw 40 tons of unfit tomatoes at each other. Despite authorities’ safety warnings, the festival attendees embraced the tomato war, resulting in a red-painted spectacle.

13,000 Evacuated as Mayon Volcano Activity in Philippines

Mayon Volcano in Albay province, Bicol region, Philippines, has been emitting ash and smoke for a week, leading to the evacuation of 13,000 individuals from nearby areas. Authorities anticipate a further rise in volcanic activity, prompting additional evacuations in the coming days. The Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported 21 tremors and 260 rockfalls […]

Marmara’s only rafting track ready for the summer season

The only rafting track in the Marmara Region, located in the Orhaneli district of Bursa, Türkiye, has started hosting guests again with the arrival of summer. The track is an 8.5-kilometer section of the Kocasu Creek and can be completed in 45 to 60 minutes with 6-person boats. The adventure awaits adrenaline enthusiasts who are […]

Türkiye holds second climbing festival

The Ballıkayalar Climbing Festival, Türkiye’s renowned rock climbing event, captivated audiences with its exhilarating displays. The festival, organized for the second time by the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality at Gebze Ballıkayalar Nature Park, overflowed with excitement and adrenaline. Joining local climbers, a total of 36 athletes, including 12 women, journeyed from various cities like Samsun, Ankara, […]

fire in industrial zone continues after 3 days in istanbul

Efforts to cool the fire that broke out on Saturday in a 6-storey industrial building in Başakşehir, in Türkiye’s Istanbul province, still continues after three days. Due to the fire, the floors collapsed onto one another. In order to extinguish the fire, many teams from the fire department were sent from the surrounding districts.

Heavy Penalties for Removing Protected Peonies in Türkiye’s Balıkesir

In Kazdağı National Park, Balıkesir, Türkiye plucking or removing peonies is strictly prohibited, and a penalty of 244,000 liras (USD 10,000) is imposed on violators. Peonies in the park dry out within two weeks after blooming and are considered protected plants. Balıkesir University Vice Rector, Prof. Dr. Fatih Satıl, emphasized the importance of these endemic […]

former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies at the age of 86

Former Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the Forza Italia party, Silvio Berlusconi, was announced to have died during his treatment at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan. Berlusconi was hospitalized on April 5 due to a lung infection and diagnosed with leukemia afterwards. Billionaire businessman Berlusconi, who is also a media mogul in Italy, […]

Three Workers Killed in Iraq as Crane Collapses

A crane, on which eight workers were working, collapsed at a construction site in the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah yesterday. Three workers were reported dead, while another was seriously injured. It was stated that the workers had been warned not to approach the area due to a technical problem with the crane the day before […]