Sat 17 May 2025: Lebanese singer Mohammad Hadi Saleh is accused of providing information to Israel in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars, according to a legal indictment. A popular Hezbollah-affiliated singer is being prosecuted in Lebanon after being accused of spying for Israel and complicity in the killings of Lebanese citizens in exchange for cash. Proceedings […]
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Sat 17 May 2025: Air India has lobbied Indian officials to halt rival IndiGo’s leasing tie-up with Turkish Airlines (THYAO.IS), opens new tab, citing business impact as well as security concerns sparked by Istanbul’s support for Pakistan, according to a source and a document seen by Reuters. Amid growing public anger in India against Turkey’s […]
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Sat 17 May 2025: Florida has become the second US state to prohibit the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, following a new law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday, CNN reported. Under the new measure, only additives directly intended to address water quality, contaminants, or regulatory standards are permitted, effectively banning fluoride. […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: A 23-year-old Mexican influencer, Valeria Marquez, was fatally shot while livestreaming on Tuesday. A 23-year-old Mexican influencer, Valeria Marquez, was fatally shot on Tuesday while livestreaming on TikTok from her beauty salon in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Marquez, who had more than 113,000 followers on the platform, was broadcasting to her audience when […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: Prof. Dr. Levent Kuzu, a faculty member at Istanbul Technical University‘s (ITU) Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, stated that they are able to calculate vehicle emissions using traffic camera footage through an AI-supported method. The TÜBİTAK-supported project led by Kuzu and his team at ITU aims to predict air pollution from vehicles […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: In November 2024, three legislators from the Te Pati Maori party performed a protest haka in parliament against a contentious treaty bill. A New Zealand government committee has recommended that three Indigenous legislators be temporarily suspended from parliament for performing a protest haka last year. The Privileges Committee recommended on Wednesday […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: Microsoft is laying off 6,000 workers across the company, it announced on Tuesday. The planned layoffs make up under 3% of the total staff, a spokesperson told Bloomberg. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” the spokesperson said. It’s the […]
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Fri 16 May 2025: The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) opened a “Safe Home” in Port Sudan on Thursday to support women and girls affected by the ongoing conflict in Sudan since April 15, 2023, Anadolu reports. Launched under Turkiye’s “Year of the Family” initiative, the center was opened in coordination with Sudan’s Red Sea […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: US federal prosecutors say defendant and co-conspirators got the company to pay for deliveries that never occurred. A former food delivery driver pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal more than $2.5m from the food delivery service DoorDash. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a federal court in San […]
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Thu 15 May 2025: New Zealand has recorded the highest child suicide rate among 43 wealthy countries, and it ranks near the bottom in terms of youth mental health and well-being, said a UNICEF report released on Wednesday. The latest UNICEF Innocenti Report Card 19: Fragile Gains—Child Wellbeing at Risk in an Unpredictable World ranked New Zealand 32nd […]
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