Sunlight created a “sand painting” in the Gaoqing part of the Yellow River’s lower reaches in east China’s Shandong Province. As the rising sun’s reflection touched the lake, impressive orangey-colored clouds arose in the sky. Reflections of the sun over the river and fluttering birds formed a rare and magnificent sight for every nature enthusiast.
A man was trapped in his vehicle, which was buried by floodwaters under an underpass in the Haliliye district of Şanlıurfa. After about four hours, he managed to free himself and emerge from the vehicle. He was covered in mud and was then lifted up to the bridge with the help of a fire hose. […]
A 51-year-old police inspector working in Thailand’s Special Intelligence Bureau, who has been suffering from mental problems for a while, had a nervous breakdown at his home in the capital, Bangkok, and opened fire at random yesterday. Ignoring the efforts to persuade him to drop his weapon and surrender, the attacker fired more than 50 […]
Bears awaken from hibernation as spring arrives, but they struggle to find food because temperatures in Türkiye are above seasonal averages. A hungry bear was spotted foraging in the village of Duralidayılı in Sorgun, Yozgat. Although a resident was scared when he saw the bear, he captured the moment on his smartphone’s camera. Before disappearing […]
Supporters of Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, who was issued an arrest warrant for not attending the two trials of the cases opened on charges of selling state gifts and concealing his assets, have been clashing with the police who came to his house in Lahore to arrest him since yesterday. Sixty-four police […]
Ömerol Stream in Türkiye’s Adıyaman province overflowed due to heavy rain, causing flooding. Coordinator Governor Gökmen Çiçek said in a statement that as a result of the disaster, a person lost his life and three are missing. “The people who disappeared in the flood were staying in a container they set up in their own […]
Flooding occurred in many streets and main roads in Türkiye’s Şanlıurfa due to the torrential rain that started yesterday evening. The flood hit houses and workplaces, while traffic was heavily disrupted throughout the city as many vehicles were swept along the streets by the floodwaters. The waters also swept away several people, but no deaths […]
The earliest human genome has been found in southern Spain by an international research team. The genome belonged to a 23,000-year-old human being who lived during the peak of the last Ice Age, when sea levels were vastly lower than they are now. It was discovered in the Malalmuerzo cave on the southern Iberian Peninsula. […]
As sanitation workers continue their strike over the new pension reform that aims to raise the retirement age, tons of trash remained uncollected on the sidewalks of Paris, the capital of France. The Paris city hall reported on Monday that 5,600 tonnes of garbage remained uncollected in the streets. The workers have been on strike […]
David Vencl, a Czech free diver, set a new world record by diving 52.1 meters without a wetsuit and holding his breath. He accomplished this feat in Lake Sils, Switzerland, where the water temperature was 1 degree Celsius on the surface and 4 degrees Celsius at a depth of 50 meters. The dive lasted 1 […]