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One Forest fires broke out in many provinces today. The fires in Izmir, Yalova, Gaziantep and Hatay have been contained, but the fires in Kahramanmaras and Antalya continue. 2 Kahramanmaras The fire broke out of an unknown cause around 1:20 p.m. in a forest area near the Furniz resort in Crimiat district, Onikishbat district, Kahramanmaras province. 3 Eight homes in the area were evacuated. A team from the Regional Forestry Directorate was notified and instructed to respond to the fire with six helicopters, 11 water tankers, four water tankers, three first response vehicles, one work machine and 110 personnel. Teams…
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee decided on Saturday to register the controversial Sado Gold Mine as a cultural heritage site after Japan agreed to include the mine in an exhibit showcasing its dark history of mistreating Korean laborers during World War II.The decision marks an improvement in relations between Tokyo and Seoul.The gold mine, located on an island off the coast of Niigata in northern Japan, operated for nearly 400 years and was the world’s largest producer of gold before it closed in 1989. It is also linked to Japan’s mistreatment of Korean laborers during the war.Committee members, including South Korea,…
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee decided on Saturday to register the controversial Sado Gold Mine as a cultural heritage site after Japan agreed to include the mine in an exhibit showcasing its dark history of mistreating Korean laborers during World War II.The decision marks an improvement in relations between Tokyo and Seoul.The gold mine, located on an island off the coast of Niigata in northern Japan, operated for nearly 400 years and was the world’s largest producer of gold before it closed in 1989. It is also linked to Japan’s mistreatment of Korean laborers during the war.Committee members, including South Korea,…
This is part of Slate’s 2024 Olympics coverage. Read more here. If you enjoy our coverage from Paris, please support our work by joining Slate Plus. As part of efforts to reduce the Olympics’ carbon footprint, Olympic chefs are incorporating plant-based dishes both in athletes’ cafeterias and at the venues, with Flige urging fans to “Veni, Vidi, Veggie!” But merchants at Rungis, the giant wholesale market that supplies much of the capital’s food, have their own ideas about Olympic performance. “This is exactly the perfect food supply for the marathon,” Véronique Girard said, shucking her namesake oysters as the last…
As our conversation begins, Diane Kochilas spins her laptop to show me her view of the Aegean Sea. She’s just come from a swim in Ikaria, her hair wet and her smile beaming. On my end of the Zoom call, the wall of my home office is visible, and I can only say I’m filled with jealousy.Kochilas, a cookbook author and host of the public television series My Greek Table, was born and raised in Jackson Heights, Queens. But her family roots are in Ikaria, a famously isolated island that’s one of the world’s “Blue Zones.” Residents there enjoy particularly…
The last-minute movement of the gold price is being closely monitored. After gaining value in recent days, the gold price entered the weekend in an upward trend. On Sunday, July 28, a quarter gold was traded at 4,215 lira. The price of a gram of gold rose to 2,528 TL. Here is the live gold price buying and selling chart from the Grand Bazaar. July 28, 2024 – 18:01 | Last updated: 28.07.2024 – 18:01 Gold price updates are on the agenda. Gold, an investor’s safe haven asset, is on an upward…
There’s a reason NFL fans have a love-hate relationship with kickers: a missed field goal or extra point in a crucial moment can define a team’s season, and conversely, kickers rarely get the recognition they deserve when they perform well for their team. The Dallas Cowboys know this all too well. They usually prefer to find diamonds in the rough and rarely spend draft capital on the position. Brandon Aubrey, who signed with the Cowboys after a stellar 2022 season in the UFL, is living proof of this. After one season, Aubrey is already a top-five kicker in the game.…
When Kortni Borgerson thinks about the trillions of periodical cicadas emerging from the earth, she sees more than insects hopping clumsily from tree to tree looking for mates: she sees lunch.Some may find the idea uncomfortable — an idea often unwittingly rooted in colonialism and the idea that eating insects is “barbaric” — but Borgerson, the Montclair State University anthropologist, is among those eager to change that perception. While she loves eating all kinds of insects, she finds cicadas especially tasty. “They’re one of the best insects in America,” she says.She says its texture is like a shelled shrimp and…
Call it the big announcement: Vice President Kamala Harris has stepped out from behind the curtain of the Biden administration and onto her own stage in the past seven days. “There was a kind of explosion of joy, and you could see that in the reaction around the country,” said Stuart Stevens, a longtime Republican political strategist and author.”Being vice president makes you smaller, but being the nominee of a political party makes you bigger,” he said. “So I think we’ve seen a process since the president declined the nomination where VP Harris has become bigger than just the vice…
“One Thing” is a column that introduces tips on how to live your life. A vice presidential candidate gives Kamala Harris her best shot at winning the swing vote The coconut revolution has begun Those of you who really hate JD Vance! Maybe you should cuddle up on the couch? America’s new No. 1 song does something even Beyoncé couldn’t do It’s no secret that living in New York City is expensive, especially for college students. When I moved to Brooklyn in June for an internship after studying abroad in the UK over the winter, the biggest reverse culture shock…