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Expert says negligence led to Turkey ski resort deaths
AFP, Published on 23/01/2025
» KARTALKAYA, Turkey - Negligence played a role in the deaths of 78 people who perished when a huge fire gutted a luxury ski resort hotel in northern Turkey this week, an expert has told AFP.
Simmering anger as Turkey begins burying 76 fire victims
AFP, Published on 22/01/2025
» KARTALKAYA (TURKEY) - Turkey was preparing to bury its dead Wednesday a day after a huge fire killed 76 people at a ski resort hotel, as questions grew over safety measures at the luxury establishment.
Death toll from Turkey ski resort fire climbs to 66
AFP, Published on 21/01/2025
» The number of dead after a fire that engulfed a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday rose to 66, the interior minister said.
South Korea launches homegrown rocket
Published on 25/05/2023
» SEOUL: South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket on Thursday, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch just hours before lift-off.
Virtual reality revives Iraq's war-ravaged heritage
AFP, Published on 29/08/2022
» MOSUL (IRAQ) - An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by jihadist fighters and in battles to defeat them.
Iraq's Sadr supporters hold sit-in outside judicial body
AFP, Published on 24/08/2022
» BAGHDAD - Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr held a sit-in outside the top judicial body for several hours on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions in a showdown with a rival Shiite alliance.
South Korea's first lunar orbiter launched by SpaceX
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» SEOUL - South Korea's first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space.
South Korea launches first lunar orbiter
AFP, Published on 05/08/2022
» SEOUL - South Korea's first-ever lunar orbiter was launched from the US Thursday on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, live video showed, with a payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space.
Iraq's Sadr demands new polls as political crisis escalates
AFP, Published on 04/08/2022
» BAGHDAD - Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new national polls be called.
Iraqi cleric urges others to join protest as parliament sit-in digs in
AFP, Published on 01/08/2022
» BAGHDAD - Powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr Sunday urged other factions to support a protest that has seen his supporters occupy parliament in a dispute over who should name the next prime minister.