The firework show of the traditional Ignis Brunensis Fireworks festival named “Messages from the Continents to the Continents” lighted up the skies over Spilberk Castle in the Czechia city of Brno. Hundreds of drones were used for the first time to mark the 60th anniversary of Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s journey into the space. Artistics […]
Merapi Volcano erupted on the island of Java, Indonesia, spewing ash and smoke into the air, and making lava flow down the mountain. The eruption sound was heard several kilometers away. No casualties have been reported.
A fire broke out aboard cruise boat on the banks of the Nile River nearby the Zamalek district, Cairo. The fire started in the second floor of the boat due to a short circuit. The employees on the boat were evacuated in a short time. The firefighters who came to the scene brought the fire […]
In the clash that broke out in the Palestinian demonstration against Israel’s illegal settlement policies in the occupied city of Nablus in West Bank , 1 Palestinian was killed and 37 injured. The identity of the Palestinian who was killed announced as 37-year-old Imad Ali Mahmoud Dweikat. Journalist Naseem Maalla was wounded in the knee […]
A man in wheelchair fell from the platform onto the train tracks yesterday afternoon at the Union Square Station in NYC, and was rescued by another passenger on the platform. The passenger jumped onto the tracks without hesitation, and rescued the disabled man right before the train was seen approaching to the station. The incident […]
At least 150 houses were destroyed in the forest fires that have been continuing for the last 4 days in the north of Evia Island, Greece. The residents of the island called for the government to take action as no firefighting planes or helicopters have intervened the fires so far. In the touristic town of […]
In the Philippines, people overcrowded the Covid-19 vaccination centers before the 2-week quarantine to be implemented in the capital city of Manila. There were long queues of meters in front of the vaccination centers in the city. Only 10,3 million people have been vaccinated in the Philippines so far. The government’s goal is to vaccinate […]
A team of 150 people, 40 fire trucks and BE-200CS amphibious aircraft sent to Turkey in order to keep supporting the fight against forest fires. The aircraft takes 12 tons of water in 20-25 seconds, and is discharged to the fire area from a height of 50 meters. The efficiency of the aircraft is very […]
A 60-year-old Spanish national was detained in an operation carried out on a Turkish private jet by the Brazilian police at Fortaleza Airport in the Brazilian state of Ceara. A total of 1,304 kilograms of cocaine was seized which were inside 24 suitcases and 50 packets per suitcase on the jet en route to Brussels, […]
The number of global Covid-19 cases reached 200,860,439. The USA, India, Brazil, Russia and France have the most Covid-19 related cases in the world. While vaccination campaigns continue at full speed around the world, the number of cases is increasing in many countries due to the Delta mutation. The total deaths worldwide have reached 4,255,741 […]