A ceremony was held for the purchase of 160 buses that Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) added to the metrobus (bus rapid transit) fleet. Speaking at the ceremony, Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu stated that the buses should be renewed and the buses that have exceeded 1 million kilometers on the metrobus line should not operate. The offer […]
Turkish city of Samsun with its rich historical and cultural background, attracts local and foreign tourists with its diversity such as nature, sea, winter, plateau and culture. Samsun Metropolitan Municipality will establish a Camp and Caravan Tourism Center which includes caravan park for 48 vehicles, in the district of Terme. Green areas, public facilities and […]
Aegean Exporters’ Associations, which ensured that Turkish cuisine is taught in the curriculum of William F. Harrah College of Hospitality in Las Vegas for 5 years, conducted an event that American chefs from Las Vegas competed for the first place with the Turkish menus they prepared. Aegean Exporters’ Unions Vice Coordinator Birol Celep stated that […]
Taiwanese fighter jets landed on the temporary runway built on the highway in Pingtung county of Pingtung city, Taiwan as part of the annual Han Kuang annual military exercise. The aim was to repel the Chinese invasion and protect critical infrastructure and night operations in the emergency take-off and landing drills. In the one-week exercise, […]
US-based technology company Apple introduced the new model of the iPhone series, the iPhone 13 family. The event was held online this year, as it was last year, due to the corona virus pandemic. It was stated that the iPhone 13, which was unveiled in 5 color options, including graphite, gold, silver, pink and sierra […]
Japanese paper manufacturers developed waterproof cardboard boxes. The demand for the boxes is expanding as it reduces the amount of plastic waste that increases every year. The use of boxes, which can store liquid and ice for 3 days, is becoming widespread in daily life, especially in the food sector. It is estimated that the […]
Russia successfully launched its Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket, delivering 34 satellites from the U.K.-based OneWeb company into space. The total number of satellites of OneWeb in space increased to 322. Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), which is working on sending satellites to space that will provide faster internet service to the world, announced that the satellites […]
Torrentail rain caused flooding in the province of Gard, in the south of France, and 1 person gone missing. Part of the A9 motorway between Nimes and Montpellier was closed to traffic, and rail traffic between the two cities was also interrupted. 900 firefighters continue their search and rescue efforts all across the province. Schools […]
A small plane carrying 7 people which belongs to a businessman, crashed shortly after takeoff in the city of Piracicaba, in the Brazilian state of San Paulo. Firefighters and ambulance crews were dispatched to the scene. A total of 7 people, including a businessman, his wife and 3 children, died in the crash.
During the annual Grindadrap Festival in Denmark’s Faroe Islands, 1,428 whales and dolphins were killed this year. The number of whales and dolphins killed this year is estimated to be the highest recorded since the tradition began in the 1500s. Fishermen mostly hunt pilot whales, bottlenose dolphins and white-sided dolphins to continue the tradition.