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Ankara, (UNI) Turkish security forces on Wednesday detained at least 37 people over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and “neutralised” two others as part of anti-terror operations, a cabinet minister said. “Two terrorists, who were sought with the arrest warrant, were neutralised when they tried to escape across the border in…
Stockholm, Oct 4 (UNI) Three scientists, Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov, won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Wednesday. “These smallest components of nanotechnology now spread their light from televisions and LED lamps, and can…
Baghdad, Oct 4 (UNI) The death toll from the deadly wedding fire in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate has increased to 119 after more than 20 people died from burns in recent days, Iraqi news agency Shafaq News reported Tuesday, citing the governorate’s health department. The agency cited local activists deeply affected by the tragedy as saying…
Washington, Oct 4 (UNI) Congressman Kevin McCarthy after being the first Speaker to be ousted in the House of Representatives announced he will not run for the position again, but he wouldn’t change a thing. “I will not run for speaker again, I’ll have the conference pick somebody else,” McCarthy said Tuesday evening. “I wouldn’t…
Stockholm, Oct 3 (UNI) The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier for creating methods for studying dynamics of electrons in matter, the Nobel Committee said on Tuesday. “The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2023 #NobelPrize in Physics to Pierre Agostini,…
Los Angeles, Oct 3 (UNI) Four people were killed Sunday night in a small plane crash in the U.S. state of Utah, authorities said on Monday. The small plane crashed into ground in a remote area shortly after taking off from the Canyonlands Regional Airport in Moab, a city in eastern Utah, according to the…
Hong Kong, Oct 3 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 132 km E of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea at 0156 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 96.4 km, was initially determined to be at 4.49 degrees south latitude and 153.45 degrees east longitude.
Stockholm, Oct 2 (UNI) The 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Hungarian-American biochemist Katalin Kariko and US physician-scientist Drew Weissman for developing the modified Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology used in COVID-19 vaccines, the Nobel Committee said on Monday. “The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Kariko and…
Ankara, Oct 2 (UNI) Turkish forces carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq and destroyed 20 targets of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the country’s Defense Ministry said Sunday evening. The Turkish airstrikes targeted the PKK bases in Gara, Hakurk, Metina and Qandil, the ministry said in a statement. The military campaign came after two…
King Edward Point, Oct 2 (UNI) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted South Sandwich Islands Region at 0206 GMT on Monday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 57.02 degrees south latitude and 30.06 degrees west longitude.
