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Air pollution shuts down schools in India
India is grappling with air pollution from stubble burning and vehicle emissions. The air quality index (AQI) in 12 cities in the country surpassed 400, making it "dangerous." Primary schools in Delhi have been closed today because the air…
Pets implanted microcihps in Turkey
The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Turkish Veterinary Medical Association signed a protocol that made it mandatory to implant microchips into owned cats, dogs, and ferrets in Turkey. The goal of the application is to…
Oil spill along 8 km Mexico Coast
A leak in an oil pipeline owned by Mexican state oil company Pemex, passing through the city of San Juan Guichicovi in Mexican state of Oaxaca, spilled into a river in the city, polluting the 8 kilometers long coastline.
The Mayor of San…
Environmentalists attack King Charles’ waxwork with chocolate
The environmentalist group Just Stop Oil, which demands the cancellation of the new oil and gas licenses in England, attacked the waxwork of King Charles III of England, that is displayed at the Madame Tussauds Museum in London, with a…
Climate activists throw mashed potato at Claude Monet’s $110M Les Meules
Two climate activists, from the German environmentalist group Letzte Generation (Last Generation), protested Germany's fossil usage by throwing mashed potato at the $110M worth painting of Claude Monet, Les Meules, that is being displayed…
Tourists enjoy beaches in western Turkey in October
In the Bodrum district of Muğla, Turkey, tourists enjoy the sea, sand and sun in October. Despite the month of October, the air temperatures in Bodrum reached 29 celcius. The density of tourists continues on the beaches all over the…
Just stop oil stages another protest in front of Aston Martin showroom in London
The environmentalist group “Just Stop Oil” gathered in front of the luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin’s showroom in London, UK to stage another protest against the petrol and gas related policies of the government. Demanding the…
Activist group arrested after throwing tomato soup at Van Gogh painting
A group of oil protesters, named Just Stop Oil, threw tomato soup at the “Sunflowers” painting of Vincent Van Gogh, located at the National Gallery in London, UK. The two, protesting all new oil and gas projects in the UK, were arrested due…
Squirrel settles local tea house after rescued
Celal Cıvgın, who runs a tea house in Adana's Pozantı district, found an injured squirrel under a tree while walking back to his home. Cıvgın says he named the squirrel "Boncuk" and fed it with milk. Boncuk grew up and get better with the…
12 British divers dived into shipwrecks in Çanakkale
A group of 12 British divers dived into the "HMT Lundy" and "HMS Louis" shipwrecks off the coast of Suvla Bay, the Gallipoli Historical Underwater Park in Turkey. The Gallipoli wars during WWI are home to several shipwrecks that were sunk…