‘2023 Beykoz Duathlon’ was organized in the Beykoz district of Istanbul, Türkiye. Approximately 200 athletes competed in cycling and running races in the Beykoz Municipality Sports Forest. The winners were awarded prizes, presented by the president of the Turkish Triathlon Federation and the mayor of Beykoz Municipality.
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change in Türkiye continues efforts to protect the environment and natural life. The number of nests of endangered caretta carettas, which was 1,824 last year, increased to 2,551 this year, thanks to the measures taken in the breeding grounds of sea turtles. Caretta carettas were captured moving towards […]
An evacuation order was issued for nearly 36 thousand people while the struggle to control the massive fires in the Canadian province of British Columbia continues. Jerrad Schroeder, Deputy Director of the Kamloops Fire Brigade Fire Department, stated that the air is still critically dry and said, “We have difficult days ahead.” According to the […]
Ahead of the presidential elections in Ecuador, an armed attack was carried out in front of a restaurant in Guayaquil city where Otto Sonnenholsner, one of the presidential candidates, was having breakfast with his family. The Ecuadorian National Police stated that the attack took place due to a robbery in a sportswear store close to […]
The death toll is rising from the Russian army’s missile attack on Ukraine’s Chernihiv, which damaged a university and a theater. Chernihiv Mayor Oleksandr Lomako announced on his social media account that the number of people who lost their lives in the attack increased to 7 and the number of injured to 117. Ukrainian President […]
A Beehcraft 390 Premier 1 type private jet with 8 people, including 6 passengers, crashed on the highway while landing at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The jet turned into a fireball after hitting the vehicle with the motorcycle on the highway. A total of 10 people, consisting […]
The death toll from floods and landslides caused by monsoon rains in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has reached 72. The authorities stated that the search and rescue efforts for those trapped under mud and rubble piles continue. The death toll is feared to rise in the state. The Indian Weather Department issued a […]
A public bus at a bus depot next to the sea in Eminönü, one of the popular tourist districts in Türkiye’s İstanbul. The vehicle was removed from the water after six hours of firefighters’ efforts. Authorities stated that the bus was empty and that no one was injured.
A Turkish man named Süleyman Hilmi Kaya proposed to his girlfriend, Zeynep Çatal, while paragliding over Ölüdeniz in the Muğla province of Türkiye. Gliding at an altitude of 1,900 meters above , Kaya opened a banner that read “I don’t want to just live together, I want to grow old together. Will you marry me?”. […]
At Frankfurt Airport, about 70 flights were canceled, and 23 landings were directed to different airports as the apron was flooded due to the heavy rains that started yesterday evening in the southwestern and central parts of Germany. Streets, underpasses, basement flats, and train stations across the city were flooded as well.