Baku International Book Fair has started for the 7th time this year at the Baku Expo Center. Nearly 200 publishing houses and printing companies from Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Georgia, France, Indonesia, Iran, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Egypt, Uzbekistan and Russia opened stands at the fair. Participating in the fair with 22 publishing houses, Turkey’s stand attracted […]
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden announced the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021 was awarded jointly to Benjamin List and David W.C. MacMillan for their development of a precise new tool for molecular construction organocatalysis. In 2000 they, independent of each other, developed a third type […]
In Turkey, the stray dog named ‘Boji’ travelling around Istanbul by tram, bus, metro and metrobus have gone viral on social media. Boji has become a phenomenon in the city, and it is followed with GPS that have name on dog collar. One of the destinations of Boji was the Ataşehir district of Istanbul. Boji’s […]
New footage of torture and sexual assaults on prisoners and detainees have caused quite a stir in Russia. The footage revealed the staff of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and guards of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) urinating on prisoners, beating them with sticks, and some raping them with torture tools. A total […]
An activist with a banner reading ‘Overconsumption equals extinction’ took the catwalk during the Louis Vuitton presentation of Spring/Summer 2022 collection at Paris Fashion Week in France. The guards chucked the activist out shortly after the incident. Extinction Rebellion, Amis de la Terre and Youth for Climate stated that about 30 people were involved in […]
Floods hit northern Kastamonu province for the second time destroying several bridges and ripped up roads leading to road closure among some villages, authorities said. No transportation could be provided in Kastamonu’s Çatalzeytin district due to the damage of some 3 temporary culverts, bridges and landslides caused by the heavy rain continued throughout the day, […]
Turkish Ministry of Interior developed KADES project to minimize violence and harassment against women. Within the scope of the project, Aksaray Provincial Gendarmerie Command teams instruct female residents about the application by visiting them across the city. The female gendarmes met with a group of women baking traditional dough in the village of Kökez in […]
Preparations for implementation of Turkish Turkovac Covid-19 vaccine have been completed in one of the 40 healthcare centers throughout the country, health authorities in northern Trabzon province said Wednesday. The vaccine is told to administer to volunteers aged between 18-60 in three polyclinics in Kanuni Training and Research Hospital of Trabzon. “We will follow up […]
A fire broke out at night in a forest area in Turkey’s Dalaman district. Upon the fire notification, the fire extinguishing teams of the Muğla Regional Directorate of Forestry were dispatched to the region. Dozens of land vehicles along with 3 planes and 16 helicopters continue extinguishing efforts.
Two cartels in Colombia engaged in combat ahead of football march played nearby. The shootout continued on the football field where 2 people were killed, and 2 were injured. The deceased were reported to be a coach and a side referee. “The shooutout between members of the Realengo and Villa del Mar cartels continued on […]