The Confucius Institute at University College Dublin (UCD) hosted a Chinese New Year celebration. At the event, visitors enjoyed the traditional Chinese music and dance performances held inside the teaching building of Confucius Institute, as well as a lantern and fire flame show outside the building. Several food stalls were set up outside to give […]
An oil tanker crashed into a roadside store and exploded on Long Island, New York. With injuries, the driver escaped the tanker, which was engulfed in flames after the explosion. About 50,000 liters of gasoline spilled onto the road, and the flames spread to the store. Firefighters who arrived at the scene spent more than […]
The first drilling platform in Turkey, Anadolu-01, is actively used after the drilling ships Kanuni, Fatih, and Yavuz. It has been actively working within the scope of well drilling projects for approximately 1.5 years since December 2020. A total of 9 wells will be drilled at depths between 1600 meters and 1950 meters. So far, […]
A fire broke out in the Surgical Building of the United Military Hospital in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The Pakistani army used a military helicopter to evacuate the patients and staff who had escaped the fire and climbed onto the hospital’s roof. Those on the lower floors were removed from […]
At least 94 people have died in Petropolis in floods following heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. More than 50 houses were destroyed and 370 people were placed to shelters. 24 people were rescued so far in the search and rescue operations that are conducted by 400 firefighters, authorities said. Also it’s been reported […]
Ukrainians gathered at Olympic Stadium in the capital, Kyiv after President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared February 16 as Unity Day for Ukrainians. A giant, 200 meters long National Flag was spread out during the celebration amid escalation on the Ukraine-Russian border. The State Flag of Ukraine raised on houses and buildings, and the National Anthem […]
A fire broke out in the dog shelter established by the volunteers of an association in Turkey’s capital Ankara. Only one of the 5 dogs kept indoors due to bad weather conditions could be saved in the fire. The dog was rescued by shelter workers and was treated. The building, which was at risk of […]
The influx of immigrants who set out from Central and South American countries with the hope of a better life to the US continues. Irregular immigrants in Tapachula city in the Chiapas state of Mexico which is located on the country’s border with Guatemala, decided to organize a hunger strike to get permission to pass […]
More than 12,000 families living in slums on both sides of the railway line from Mohakhali to Kamalapur have been evicted to make way for the construction of the Metrorail and Elevated Expressway in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. Since the eviction, a large number of slum dwellers have been living in a shaky and crowded environment […]
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made a statement before the meetings of the NATO Defence Ministers in the Belgium’s capital city of Brussels. In his speech, Stoltenberg told that Russia has not taken any steps to reduce the tension on the ground regarding the Ukraine crisis. “We have heard the signs […]