In the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, 12 people were killed and 32 injured after a bus carrying 60 passengers collided with a truck to avoid hitting stray animals. Police Officer Yamuna Prasad said that more casualties feared as several of the injured remain in serious condition. The treatment of the injured continues at the […]
The novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded with Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021 “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”. Gurnah was born in 1948 and grew up on the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar before fleeing […]
The airport in La Palma has been closed due to volcanic ash spreading on the runway, according to the Spanish Airports Authority AENA. The runways should be cleaned-up in order to make the airport operative again, AEANA spokesperson said. The airport, which had previously been closed on September 25, has now been closed for the […]
At least 20 people were killed and 300 wounded in a 5.9 magnitude earthquake with a shallow depth of fifteen kilometers that struck Harnai, Balochistan province of Pakistan. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), most of the deceased were reported to be children. Local sources suggest that at least 70 houses were collapsed. […]
Archaeologists, who have been excavating in Bursa’s Iznik district for a while, discovered a new Roman-era basilica that will shed light on history. In the olive field, 2,200-year-old sarcophagi consisting of dozens of tombs and a basilica estimated to be built 1500 years ago were discovered. It was also revealed that treasure hunters have been […]
Jazeera Airways passenger plane, which took off from Kuwait, made an emergency landing at Trabzon airport in Turkey on mid-flight due to a bomb threat. The air traffic suspended temporarily at the airport, where passengers were evacuated from the plane and went under inspection. No explosives have been found so far in the searches conducted […]
The beauty of autumn marks Uludag in Turkish city of Bursa, which hosts trees such as oak, pine species, chestnut, walnut, poplar, hazelnut, hornbeam, plane tree, Uludag fir and Western Black Sea fir. The region has been under protection as a national park since 1961, and it is open for visitors with the unique nature […]
The 32nd International Sarajevo Book Fair started in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. More than 100 bookstores and publishers are participating in the fair. The representative of the Hakikat Kitabevi publisher from Turkey, Tuna Aytan, said that they participated in the fair with 6 new books in Bosnian language, “The books are written […]
In two separate forest fires that have been going on for days in Argentina’s San Luis and Cordoba provinces, 2 people were killed and one injured. In the Cordoba fire, 16 thousand hectares of forest area have been destroyed, while 70 people living in the surrounding area have been evacuated for safety. The authorities have […]
Some 26-piece collection of drawings, sketches and paintings by the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali has sold for nearly $1 million at Bonhams Auction House in New York. One of the most anticipated works, “Sting Like a Bee,” sold for $425,000, more than 10 times its pre-sale estimate. In 1979, a red, white, and blue painting […]