On April 2, Parisians will vote on whether to allow or ban the use of electric scooter services. Only rental companies will be affected by the referendum outcome, not scooters owned by individuals. In addition, 3 companies operating in Paris, namely Lime, Dott and Tier, have 15,000 scooters, and their contracts with the municipality expire […]
The increase in the number of jellyfish on the Sariyer coast of Turkey’s famous Bosphorus was recorded underwater. Stating that they are spotted in higher numbers around polluted areas, diver İsa Şahintürk said, “We observe the density of jellyfish in the Bosphorus from time to time. I recorded a dense population on the coastlines this […]
Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained along with other activists during a protest against coal mine expansion in the village of Luetzerath, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The protestors, including Thunberg, were blocked by the police as they approached the mining area. The Swedish activist was carried away by three police officers, who held her hands and […]
Storms and heavy rain in the state of Baja California have caused flooding and landslides. Two girls died as a result of their house collapsing during the storm in Tijuana, and two people drowned in the flood waters. One person was rescued with injuries from the rubble. Floods and landslides have destroyed some homes in […]
Three avalanches occurred simultaneously in the mountainous area where a tunnel project to connect Kashmir and Ladakh is taking place. These avalanches hit the shelters where workers were residing in the Ganderbal town of Jammu Kashmir region of India. Luckily, no deaths or injuries were recorded.
The second-most populated state of the US, Texas, will celebrate the Lunar New Year in many public places in various big cities and smaller regions for two weeks. An entertainment and cultural hub in Houston hosted an uplifting festival for the occasion on Sunday that included stunning shows, a carnival-like Asian market featuring foods, games, […]
A train crashed into a 32-year-old man who went down to the railroad tracks to pick up cigarette butts, at the Kuřim train station in Brno, Czech Republic. The man could not realize that the train was coming and was thrown from the rails to the platform. He was taken to the hospital by the […]
A lake in Almus Dam in Türkiye’s Tokat, which is being utilized for agricultural irrigation, electricity generation and fishing, dried up due to low rainfall and overutilization. The water level of the dam, which faces drought, dropped to 28 percent. The decrease in the water level of the dam, which streams into the Yeşilırmak River […]
A Sudanese young man, Muhammad Samir, was able to turn his master’s degree project from the University of Catholica Dicatro, an Italian university, into a tangible reality by manufacturing the first environmentally friendly Raksha Toktok and motorcycle in Sudan. The young man launched the new product after establishing the Al-Shehab Factory for electric bicycles in […]
The National Bureau of Statistics in China reported on January 17th that country’s population decreased for the first time since 1961. While the numbers showed 1.41260 billion in 2021, the population was recorded as 1.41175 billion on the following year, 2022. The National Health Commission had predicted that a decrease would occur in the population […]