A total of 59.2 million voters in Germany began voting as of 08:00 local time in the early general elections held to determine the 630 members of the 21st term Federal Parliament (Bundestag). A total of 4,506 candidates from 29 parties are competing to become new members of the Federal Parliament. Meanwhile, there are 5 […]
Thousands of supporters of the far-right Vizrajdane (Rebirth) Party protested the government’s plans to use the euro next year in front of a building belonging to the European Commission in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia. After throwing red paint and Molotov cocktails at the EU building and starting a fire, a scuffle broke out between them and […]
A knife-wielding man killed a person and injured 2 police officers in the eastern city of Mulhouse, France, yesterday. The 37-year-old Algerian attacker was arrested by French police after the incident. The incident is being described as a terrorist attack as the attacker, who is determined to be on a terrorism watch list, reportedly shouted […]
The Vatican announced that the health of 88-year-old spiritual leader Pope Francis, who has been under treatment for pneumonia since February 14 due to a respiratory infection at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, has deteriorated in the last 24 hours and has become “critical.” “Although he is more unwell than yesterday, he is awake and […]
A police officer was killed and five other people, including security forces, doctors and nurses, were injured in a shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania, USA, at 10:30 local time yesterday. The police stated that the gunman was killed. The prosecutor’s office said the attack is currently being treated as a “domestic violence […]
Seven people, including 3 children, have died and over 1,700 were displaced in floods caused by torrential rains that have been ongoing for a week in Botswana, according to Botswana President Duma Boko. “We need to rethink our infrastructure planning so that our national infrastructure can cope with floods as well as drought,” President Boko […]
Turkish 2024 World Masters Figure Skating Champion Naz Arıcı and the championship’s 3rd place finisher Elif Sırma Özel performed a “liberation dance” on the frozen Lake Çıldır as part of the 104th anniversary events of Ardahan’s liberation from occupation. “We gained a unique experience in this wonderful environment,” said Arıcı.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that she has fired Fire Chief Kristin Crowley for “sending thousands of firefighters home and refusing to prepare an after-action report on the fires” on the day the deadly forest fires in the state began. Bass has temporarily appointed former Deputy Fire Chief Ronnie Villanueva as Los Angeles Fire […]
Seven separate waterspouts appeared in 5 minutes near Tavşan Island off the Black Sea coast of Türkiye. The waterspouts, which could be observed from the coast of Amasra district of Bartın province, disappeared before reaching land.
Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, released 5 Israeli citizens as part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement that began in the Gaza Strip on January 19. Israeli-Ethiopian dual citizen Avera Mengistu and Israeli-Austrian dual citizen Tal Shoham were handed over to Red Cross officials in Rafah this morning, while three […]