More than 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China by Saturday. At least 70 percent of the target population in China is expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of this year, said Zeng Yixin, deputy head of the National Health Commission (NHC).
In Helsinki, the capital of Finland, around 150 members of the environmental group Elokapina protested the government’s environmental policies, and closed the city’s busiest street Mannerheimintie to traffic. Protesters demanded Prime Minister Sanna Marin to move her commitment of “zero carbon emission by 2035” to 10 years earlier.
In Turkey, mobile vaccine vehicles has began to deployin the Balıklıgöl plateau and Topcu Square in order to facilitate the access of vaccine to the people and to reach larger masses. People vaccinated in Balıklıgöl, Turkey’s largest natural aquarium, enjoy the beauty of nature.
China Manned Space Program Agency (CMSA) reported that 3 astronauts sent into space with Shenzhou-12 entered the core module Tianhe. With a total length of 16.6 meters, a diameter of 4.2 meters and a weight of 22.5 tons, the Tianhe module will serve as the control and management center of the Tiangong space station. The […]
A wild bear spread terror in the city center of Sapporo, Japan. A large number of security forces were dispatched to the region to neutralize the bear which is thought to be appeared in the town because of hunger. The bear injured 4 people before getting shot dead in an operation supported by helicopters.
Heavy rainfall caused floods and landslides in Nepal. A total of 11 people including 1 Indian and 2 Chinese workers killed, and 25 people went missing. The workers died were working for the Chinese company that was running a drinking water project a local official Baburam Khanal said. Many houses and fish farms were damaged […]
The 13th Iranian presidential election began today. There will be 59,310,307 voters in total and Abdolnaser Hemmati, Ebrahim Raisi, Mohsen Rezaee, Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi participated in the elections. The election results are expected to be complete by tomorrow noon. One of the candidates must receive 50+1 percent of the vote in order to be elected.
Turkey sent 26,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine to Nicosia, the capital of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). It is projected that a total of 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine will be sent by Turkey to the TRNC within a week. The TRNC Minister of Health Ünal Üstel stated that they aim to vaccinate […]
A general strike held in Lebanon upon the call of the General Labor Union. Banks, government offices and many private companies closed as part of the strike in which the economic situation and living conditions in the country were protested. Most of the country’s leading political parties joined the strike with civil society organizations, and […]
A fire broke out in Ayia Marina Xyliatos region in the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA) was extinguished early this morning. Due to the fire approximately 300 hectares of forest area, 80 hectares of which in the Adelphi forest, and agricultural products were damaged. The fire started at yesterday noon and was partially brought under control […]