Hundreds of healthcare professionals and medical students from different cities of Pakistan gathered in the capital Islamabad to protest the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) in response to the change in the licensing exam. Many people were detained in the clash that broke out after protesters wanted to enter the building. Demonstrators, who unfurled banners with […]
Afghanistan began distributing passports to its citizens again on Tuesday, officials in Kabul passport department and ministry of interior said. Following the collapse of the previous government on August 15, like many other government departments, country’s passport department stopped operating for a few months. Acting head of Kabul passport department Alem Gul Haqqani said in […]
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden announced the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates in Physics. Japanese-born meteorologist Syukuro Manabe and German physicist, climate researcher and oceanographer Klaus Hasselmann were awarded “for the the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming”, and Italian physicist Giorgio Parisi “for the discovery of […]
The lava flow from the Cumbre Vieja on the Spanish Island of La Palma spread over an area of 434 hectares to date. Partial collapse of the volcanic crater caused increase in lava flow. According to Canary Islands Volcanology Institute (INVOLCAN), approximately 250,000 tons of sulfur dioxide has been emitted from the volcano since September […]
Russia has launched spacecraft Soyuz MS-19 carrying Russian film director Klim Shipenko and actor Yulia Peresildi, in a historic first to film a movie in orbit. Soyuz MS-19 was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan set off for the International space station (ISS). During the 12-day-trip to orbit, both filmmaker and actor to film segments […]
Around 200 drones began falling from the sky during a drone light show near a shopping mall in Zhengzhou, China. Drones falling on the ground and crashing onto vehicles caused panic. Some people were let to take shelter in the shopping mall, where about 5,000 spectators were enjoying the show. Local media reports suggest that […]
Nearly 3,000 supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his party United National Movement have gathered outside prison urging his release. Party’s chairman Nika Melia along with thousands of supporters gathered in front of prison No. 12 in Rustavi city in southeast region of the country. Founder of Georgia’s main opposition party, the United […]
A Spirit Airlines plane engine caught fire after a bird hit the right engine during the take off at the Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey, USA. The pilot safely stopped the accelerating plane on the runway, and ordered emergency evacuation of passengers aboard. Footage shows passengers escaping the plane using evacuation slides in […]
Clean up efforts began on the shores of Huntington Beach in the Californian state of US after 3,000 barrels of oil spilled in the Orange County coast. Fishing and public activities are temporarily halted, where authorities took samples to uncover what caused the spill in the incident area.
In Bursa, Turkey, an 83-year-old man, who was reported missing by his family in a forest area, was found by a dog that was taken for a walk by his owner. The man was stranded in the place for 3 days in Kadıyayla region on the outskirts of Uludağ mountain before the dog found him. […]