South Korea launches homegrown space rocket

On June 21, South Korea successfully launched its homegrown space rocket and put multiple satellites into low-Earth orbit. The “Korea Space Launch Vehicle 2” (KSLV-II), also known as “Nuri”, launched from the Naro Space Center in the southern coastal village of Goheung at about 4:00 pm local time. Meanwhile the launched has been broadcast by […]

dazzling sunset over Ağrı skies

Sunset presented a visual feast in Ağrı, an eastern province of Turkey. Sun reflecting behind the clouds colorized the nature. Beautiful rainbow and mesmerizing fresh flowers on the fields amazed people. The soul-relieving moments were viewed and immortalized by people and photographers.

20 helicopters and 14 aircrafts dispatched to the forest fire in Turkey

On June 21, a forest fire broke out at 08:00 pm local time in Marmaris, Turkish city of Muğla. The fight against the forest fire continues today with the first lights of the morning with aerial intervention. A total of 1,480 personnel, including 688 forest personnel, and 20 helicopters and 14 aircraft are participating in […]

tree falls on vehicle, kills 3 in mexico

A 25-metre-high tree fell on a passing vehicle on a road in the city of Solosuchiapa, in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas. Three people in the vehicle died, and 1 child was seriously injured. People in the vicinity rushed to help immediately after the accident, eyewitnesses said. Authorities emphasized the possibility that the heavy […]

cable car malfunction leaves 11 stranded in India

A malfunction occurred in the cable car in the Solan region of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh yesterday. 11 people on the cable car were stranded at a height of meters. Regional officials, firefighters, police and emergency response teams were dispatched to the scene. The people on the cable car were rescued after 6 […]

tension between iran’s gunboats and US ships on strait Hormuz

Iranian gunboats harassed US patrol ship in the Persian Gulf, a US official claimed. “Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Cops navy (IRGCN) operates in an unsafe and unprofessional manner in close proximity to patrol coastal ship USS Sirocco and expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Choktaw County in the strait of Hormuz,” the statement of the US […]

Membership of NATO not possible until september, Finland’s Niinistö said

President of Finland Sauli Niinistö met with President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Metsola. Answering the questions of the journalists after the meeting, President of Finland Niinistö, referring to the meeting held yesterday between Turkey and Sweden at the NATO headquarters regarding his country’s NATO membership, said, “Basically, there was not much progress in […]

Civil Society Network for Peer Support and Localization in Turkish provinces continue at full speed

Civil Society Network for Peer Support and Localisation (ADA Türkiye), established in the scope of the Community-Based Local Initiatives Project (CLIP 2), co-financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the European Union, continues its activities at full speed in Turkey’s 15 provinces. So far, the network’s qualified and integrated […]

Flash floods kill 32 in southern Chinese provinces

Guangxi, Guangdong, and Fujian provinces in China experienced the heaviest rains in 60 years. According to a statement issued today by the Emergency Disaster Department in China’s Guangdong province, more than 77,000 people were evacuated from the region due to heavy rains, 1,729 houses were destroyed, and 27,000 hectares of land were damaged. The death […]