Elon Musk’s space transportation company SpaceX sent 2 internet satellites into space as part of the SES O3b mPOWER mission. The Falcon-9 rocket carrying the satellites of the Luxembourg-based telecommunications company, SES, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 17:48 local time. It was noted that Falcon-9’s first-stage booster will […]
A fire broke out on the roof of a shopping mall in Levent, Istanbul, Turkey. As the roof was on fire, black smoke rising from the building could be seen from miles away. Many firefighters who came to the scene brought the fire under control after 3 hours of effort. Traffic came to a standstill […]
Three people were killed when a MI-8 helicopter caught fire while landing at Baikal Airport in Russia’s Autonomous Republic of Buryatia. According to Russian officials, the newly manufactured helicopter had not yet been delivered to its owner and was not in use. Airport firefighters and Buryatia Emergency Service personnel extinguished the fire. An investigation into […]
In Berlin, Germany, the world’s largest cylindrical aquarium at the Dom Aquaree entertainment complex exploded. The explosion of the AquaDom aquarium, which contains 1 million liters of water and 1,500 fish, injured 2 people, according to the police. The nearby Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse Street was closed to traffic following the spread of debris and water on the […]
Altnbeşik Cave in Antalya’s Ibradi drew 100,000 visitors in 10 months. A daily average of 350–400 people use excursion boats to explore the wonders of Altnbeşik Cave. Hasan Yaman, the staff member of Brad Municipality, stated that the lake, which is turquoise in color due to its soda water, provides a visual feast to visitors […]
Heavy rains from Storm Efrain flooded metro stations in Madrid, Spain’s capital. Flooding alerts were issued in 35 provinces across the country. The Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) had warned its citizens against floods caused by monsoon rains on Tuesday and Wednesday. The rain is expected to lose its impact over the weekend.
A landslide occurred at a camping area in Selangor state’s Batang Kali district, about 50 kilometers north of Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur. At least 16 people were killed, including a 5-year-old boy, 7 others were taken to hospitals, and 17 people were still missing, a local official said, adding that an estimated 94 people were […]
A fire broke out in one of the machinery tunnels in the upper chamber of the Panama Canal’s Miraflores locks, according to a written statement issued by the Panama Canal Administration. The passage of ships through the canal’s Miraflores lock was temporarily halted as a security precaution, and the Panama Canal Fire Department responded to […]
An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet crashed and hit its nose while making a vertical landing at the US naval airbase in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. The pilot had ejected successfully from the plane, the jet’s manufacturer Lockheed Martin said, adding that it would investigate the incident. It was the third accident involving an F-35 […]
The Russian Ministry of Defense shared a video of a large Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being loaded in a silo. The missile was located in the Kozelsky military district in the Kaluga oblast, southwest of Moscow. With a range of 7,500 miles, the Yars ballistic missile is estimated to carry an atomic bomb 12 times […]