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air quality statistics reveal risky levels in bangkok, thailand
The air quality is worsened by agricultural burning and forest fires in the Thai capital, Bangkok. According to the Bangkok Air Quality Information Center, the statistics of the air quality in the Thai capital pose risky levels as the PM2.5…
Belgium shuts down 40-year-old nuclear reactor
Within the framework of a nuclear phase-out law, which was enacted against the energy crisis that arose recently, Belgium closed the Tiange 2 Nuclear Reactor. The reactor started operating on February 1, 1983 and produced at least three…
broken chairoplane in amusement park in Oman: 8 injured
A chairoplane in an amusement park at the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center in Muscat, the capital of Oman, collapsed during a festival while visitors, mostly consisting of children, were on it. As a result of the accident, 8 people,…
silent strike in myanmar leaves streets empty
In response to the call by anti-coup groups, a silent strike was held to protest the military coup that took place in the country in 2019. The protest took place between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. local time today, and the streets of Myanmar…
belarus provides zimbabwe with more agricultural machinery
Belarus has provided Zimbabwe with more agricultural machinery during the state visit of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, on Tuesday. The leaders of both countries have signed eight Memorandums of…
French Unions Call for More Strikes over Pension Reform
French unions have called for two more days of strikes on Feb 7 and 11 in an effort to force the government to reconsider its pension reform plan. The French Interior Ministry reported over 1.2 million people took to the streets across…
retirement age regulation protested in France, 30 detained in Paris
Although the protests that were held throughout about 200 French cities and towns against the pension reform to gradually increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 were peaceful in overall, occasional clashes broke out between police and…
63-year-old Chinese man performs extreme cliff diving for 40 years
A 63-year-old Chinese daring man, named Di Huanran, performed cliff diving in the cold-stone waters located in the snowy forests of China’s Mudanjiang, where temperatures are 20 degrees Celsius below zero. Born near the Duran River in the…
Hundreds of workers protest against staff shortages in Belgium
Hundreds of people gathered at the North Station in the Belgian capital and marched to the Brussels Midi Train Station. Due to the staff shortages, the demonstrators protested the increased workload. They demanded that the shortage be…
rockfall from mountain almost kills woman inside a house in Hawaii
A rock that fell from a mountain in the Palalo region of Honolulu, Hawaii, US, crashed into a house making a loud noise. A woman inside the house avoided being crushed from the rock that penetrated the walls in the house at the last moment.…
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