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Blaze at a Buddhist temple in Australia
A fire broke out around 8:00 p.m. local time at the Bright Moon Buddhist temple in Springvale, Melbourne, Australia. It quickly grew and engulfed the main 2-story building. 150 firefighters battled the blaze, which was extinguished at 10:35…
colorful scenes from Taiwanese “Lantern Festival”
The annual Lantern Festival of Taiwanese, one of the most colorful festivals in the Far East, is being held in the capital, Taipei, for the first time in 23 years. On the first day of the festival, hundreds of handmade lanterns in various…
Kashmir Solidarity Day celebrated in Pakistan
Pakistan is holding celebrations for the annual Kashmir Solidarity Day, which is celebrated on every February 5th to draw the world's attention to the unsolved Kashmir problem between Pakistan and India that derives from India's illegal…
death toll reaches 22 in chile wildfires
The number of people who lost in the wildfires broke out in the central and southern parts of Chile due to the heat wave has reached 22. The fires which continue in various parts of the country, especially in the Nuble and Biobio regions,…
two men rescue stuck driver submerged in chinese river
A driver who fell into the river in Nantong city in eastern China's Jiangsu province got rescued by two men around the river. Approaching the nearly submerged vehicle with a boat after long efforts, the two broke the vehicles window and…
Berlin protests impropriation through “Carnival of Expropriation”
The re-expropriation of public houses sold to private companies years ago was demanded in a protest organized under the name "Carnival of Expropriation" in Berlin, the capital of Germany. Being dressed as politicians and real estate company…
anti-government protests continue in Israel
Protests against the attempts of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's government to "weaken the judiciary" and his far-right policies continue across the country, including in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, and Be'er Sheva.
In the demonstrations…
Orchids Festival in London
The Orchids Festival, which took inspiration from the biodiversity in Cameroon, kicked off in the Kew Garden botanical garden in London, the capital of England. The festival, which is the 27th version, attracted great attention from flower…
Explosion at gas station in Mexico: 2 dead, 4 injured
Two died and four injured in a powerful blast at a gas station in Mexico. Authorities stated that the fire that broke out after the explosion was extinguished and 10 vehicles in the area were burned.
According to the first examinations,…
sticky-rice competition in Myanmar
After a two-year delay caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, Myanmar organized a traditional Htamane (sticky-rice) making competition in Yangon on Friday to celebrate the nation's Htamane festival.
At the nation's renowned Shwedagon Pagoda,…