A fire broke out at a food market in the Qiaoxi district of Zhangjiakou city in northern China’s Hebei province at around 08:40 local time for unknown reasons. Authorities announced that 8 people lost their lives and 15 people were injured. The flames, which spread quickly, were extinguished after 1.5 hours of work.
Patriotic Syrians are voluntarily cleaning the streets of Damascus, the capital of Syria, which were neglected during the Assad era, because municipal services have not yet started. “Instead of the municipality, we, the youth, are cleaning. There was no municipality back then; everywhere was covered in garbage. Now we are tidying up the environment and painting […]
As a result of the vote held in the US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, supported by President-elect Donald Trump, was re-elected as speaker of the House by a vote of 215 to 218. After the removal of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from office by his party in 2023, 15 rounds of voting were […]
Houthi supporters protested against Israel and the US’s attacks on Yemen in the capital, Sana’a. According to Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, a Houthis’ leader, the retaliatory attacks by the US and Israel have killed 106 people and injured 314 more in 2024.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported yesterday that Israeli forces carried out 8 attacks the day before. It was stated that 77 Palestinians lost their lives and 145 Palestinians were injured in the attacks. The total loss of life in the region has increased to 45,658 and the number of injured has increased to 108,583 […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and her French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot, who came to the Syrian capital Damascus to meet with the new Syrian administration, visited Sednaya Prison, which has become a symbol of the crimes committed by the Assad regime against the opposition, with Michael Unmacht, the President of the EU Delegation to Syria. […]
Ninety-five vehicles were involved in a pileup on the Astana-Petropavlovsk highway in the north and east of Kazakhstan at around 1:28 p.m. local time during a severe snowstorm. Local police reported that 11 people were injured. According to Kazakhstan’s road construction company KazAvtoJol, traffic restrictions were imposed on the section of the highway due to […]
Mucilage, which severely impacted the Sea of Marmara in 2021, has resurfaced, posing environmental and economic challenges. The dense layer, reducing oxygen levels and threatening marine life, clogs fishermen’s nets along the Tekirdağ coast, making daily operations nearly impossible. Hüseyin Oğuz, Vice President of Süleymanpaşa Fisheries Cooperative, noted the difficulties, saying, “When we throw our […]
In Tunceli, Türkiye, otters listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) were captured on video in the Munzur River. A local resident recorded the rare sighting of the otters swimming together before they vanished into the stream’s depths. The species is under protection due to its vulnerable status.
Public transport services have become free in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, as of January 1st. The decision, which was adopted by Belgrade Mayor Aleksandar Sapic on December 30, 2024, was made to reduce traffic congestion. Belgrade, which has a population of approximately 1.7 million, has become the only European city with a population of over 500,000 […]