El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, and asked the World Bank to help Bitcoin implemention. But the internaional lender rejected a request from El Salvador. El Salvador’s Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya said that the country had asked the World Bank for technical assistance.
Turkish man Ramazan Arslan established the first pet grooming center of Kocaeli, Turkey. The center provides pet care, bathing, shaving, nail cutting and blow drying for cats and dogs. The pets have a series of hygienic processes and they are not anesthetized during the care.
Severe storm hit the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) stated that 3 tornadoes occurred in Saskatchewan. The tornado seen near D’arcy caused damage to an agricultural land in the region.
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca stated on his social media account that 47,314 health care workers in 18,584 vaccination centers administered 1, 416, 795 doses of vaccine in one day. Minister Koca announced that all registered employees with the Social Security Institution (SGK) could be vaccinated.
A 22-day-old baby girl was found in an abandoned wooden box in the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh, India. The baby was taken to the hospital by the authorities for health checks. The Police said that the reason for the baby’s abandonment was not clear, but that she was in a good health. Uttar Pradesh […]
The Manned Space Program Agency (CMSA) announced that the spacecraft Shenzhou-12, carrying 3 astronauts into the first space station of China, was successfully launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert at 09:22 local time with the Long March-2F rocket. It was the first manned space mission launched by China after 5 […]
In the Serik District of Antalya, Turkey, a tornado hit the site after a heavy rain in the morning. The tornado hit the tourism region of Belek and damaged the roof of a hotel. It was effective on the sea for several minutes and later disappeared before reaching inner side of the area.
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Geneva, Switzerland. They were welcomed by Swiss President Guy Parmelin at Villa La Grange where the meeting was held. Before the meeting, Putin and Biden took a photo together for the first time. Swiss President Parmelin wished the leaders to establish an effective dialogue […]
Spider webs emerged after the flooding in the Australian state of Victoria last week. The spider web layer, which occurred in the Gippsland region, was noticed when the flood waters receded. Spider webs stretching for meters covered the bushes, grass and traffic signs. The incident have come to the fore in Australia.
China is preparing to launch its first manned mission to the space station that is being established in Earth’s orbit. China’s Manned Space Program Agency (CMSA) announced the names of astronauts at a press conference today. Nie Haisheng (56), Liu Boming (54) and Tang Hongbo (45) will take part in China’s first space station. During […]