Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Professor Göran K. Hansson announced the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 was divided, […]
A fire broke out at an oil facility in southern Lebanon, where power outages occurs on daily basis in the country. A black plume rise from the area covered the sky. The Lebanese army evacuated the facility, and traffic flow has been suspended in the area. The cause of the fire has not yet been […]
Tens of thousands of Polish protested the Polish Constitutional Court’s decision that some of the articles in the EU treaties are contrary to the Polish constitution and that EU laws cannot be held above national laws. Upon the call of the leader of the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska) party and former prime minister Donald Tusk, […]
A group of about 10 people stopped a train from moving and paint sprayed the surface and windows of the wagons in Prague, the capital city of Czechia at Rajska Zahrada Station. Some of the passengers in the wagons went outside to respond to the paint attack. A small fight broke out between the sprayers […]
Flood hit the Greek island of Evia, which struggled with forest fires for about two months in summer. The infrastructure in many villages on the island was heavily damaged. Electricity poles toppled on the roads, causing them to close. Many houses were flooded. Residents may be forced to flee their homes in case of more […]
An L-410 type of small plane carrying 23 people were crashed shortly after taking off in Tatarstan, Russia. According to initial reports, 16 were killed and 7 were injured aboard. Firefighters, ambulances and rescue teams were sent to the area. It is estimated that the plane, which has a capacity of 19 people, may have […]
Misrata, Libya was pounded by hail as large as ping pong balls following heavy storm and rain. The hail caused property damage. Many vehicles and house windows were damaged.
Due to the power outage in Japan, many train services in the Tokyo area were suspended. East Japan Railway, one of the country’s largest rail operators, has announced that it has experienced extensive service interruptions in some states, including Tokyo. It is being investigated whether the fire at a company-owned substation in Warabi, Saitama state, […]
Eighteen out of 37 were killed for consuming fake alcohol in Orenburg, Russia. Six are in serious condition under treatment at hospitals. Orenburg regional prosecutor’s office started an investigation after the poisoning cases, and the address where the alcohol was supplied was determined through the statements of the people who were poisoned. Hundreds of bottled […]
The Taliban government in Afghanistan announced that the plan for the payment of salaries to civil servants of 5 ministries has started. The economy in Afghanistan has been in recession after Taliban took the management, where bakeries struggled with the crowd. After the payment of civil servants, the long queues in front of the bakeries […]