[ad_1] Opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) supporters celebrate outside the main municipality building following municipal elections across Turkey, in Istanbul on March 31, 2024. Yasin Akgul | Afp | Getty Images Turkey’s opposition won a stunning victory across several major cities in the country’s local elections Sunday, dealing a severe …
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Ornamental objects worn as piercings: 11,000 years old burials reveal stone-age body piercings – Times of India
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery that sheds light on the ancient practice of body piercing. They have found evidence of prehistoric body piercing in human burials that date back around 11,000 years. The findings were recently published in the journal Antiquity.The team of researchers conducted their …
Read More »DISCOs: govt to adopt Turkish model | The Express Tribune
[ad_1] The key challenges faced by DISCOs included poor governance and inadequate investment. Therefore, they were placed on the active privatisation list but the process could not move forward. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to follow the Turkish model through outsourcing the management of power distribution companies (DISCOs) in …
Read More »Arab states, Turkey urge ICJ to declare Israeli occupation illegal – SUCH TV
[ad_1] Arab states and Turkey urged international judges on Monday to rule the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories illegal and Turkiye described the occupation as “the real obstacle to peace” on the final day of hearings in a case examining its legal status. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has …
Read More »Turkey moving swiftly toward final step on Sweden’s NATO bid – SUCH TV
[ad_1] Turkey is expected to send the final instrument of ratification for Sweden’s NATO membership to Washington within days, now that President Tayyip Erdogan signed it off, in a move Ankara hopes will clear the way to its purchase of US F-16 fighter jets. A source familiar with the issue …
Read More »Crew with first astronaut from Turkey launched on flight to space station – SUCH TV
[ad_1] Turkey’s first astronaut and three other crew members representing Europe were launched from Florida on Thursday on a voyage to the International Space Station in the latest commercially arranged mission from Texas startup Axiom Space. A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying the Axiom quartet lifted off atop a Falcon …
Read More »Canceling trips in your own country? How war is rattling travelers far beyond the Middle East
[ad_1] The Israel-Hamas war is affecting travel across the Middle East and beyond. International arrivals to the region grew in the fourth quarter of 2023 — mainly owing to an increase in visitors to Saudi Arabia — to a level that matched 2019 numbers, according to the travel data company …
Read More »‘Turkey’s intl debt sales could hit record in 2024’ | The Express Tribune
[ad_1] LONDON: Turkey’s pivot back to orthodox fiscal policies could pay off with record debt issuance and the continued return of foreign investors in 2024, JPMorgan Managing Director Stefan Weiler told Reuters. International investors had fled Turkey amid years of low interest rates, despite soaring inflation, as well as a …
Read More »Seismic signals predicted Turkey’s devastating earthquake months in advance – Times of India
[ad_1] A recent overseas study has unveiled a groundbreaking revelation in earthquake prediction, as seismic signals were found to provide advanced clues leading up to a devastating quake that struck Turkey earlier this year, reported RNZ. The signals, unique in their nature, were detected up to eight months before the …
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