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Japan reached its hottest day on record, with temperatures in Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, hitting 41.8°C, surpassing the previous record of 41.2°C set in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture. Heatstroke warnings were issued for 44 of the 47…

A mass olive oil tasting record attempt was made during the 6th Didim Olive Festival held at the Apollon Temple in the Didim district of Aydın province of Türkiye. About 3,000 attendees simultaneously drank the small olive oil bottle given…

The interest of foreigners in Japan, which received record numbers of tourists in June and July, continued this month. Harajuku and Shibuya, two of Tokyo's most popular tourist areas, were visited by a surge of foreign visitors over the…

Mongolia is currently facing its highest winter snowfall since 1975, with the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring reporting an average snowfall of 9.6 mm this season. The extreme weather,…

Erciyes Mountain, one of Türkiye's important winter tourism centers, broke its own visitor record. Erciyes Ski Resort, which has 112-kilometer runways and 19 mechanical facilities and as cable car lines reaching an altitude of 3,400 meters,…

Former Ghana beauty queen Afua Asantewaa broke a new record by completing the 5-day singing marathon that she started on December 24. Asantewaa, who was given a 20-minute break every 4 hours during the marathon, which was held in Accra,…

19-year-old Necati Gül set a new Turkish record at the World Free Diving Cup in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, diving 73 meters in 2 minutes and 18 seconds. Recognized as the youngest record-holder in Turkish Free Diving history, Gül…

The Western Australian Police Force seized 2.4 tons of cocaine on a vessel off the coast of South America, intended to be transported to Australia by Mexican cartels, as part of an operation launched on December 28, 2022.To trap the…

Ümit Sabancı, a Turkish traveler, set a new Guinness World Record by circumnavigating the World in 46 hours and 23 minutes. He only used scheduled airlines along his attempt which required him to calculate the waiting periods at layovers.…