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 […]
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 […]