At least 70 people have died in flooding after torrential rains fell in northern Turkey last week. One of the towns most affected is Bozkurt in the province of Kastamonu as floodwaters poured along narrow streets from the rain-swollen river nearby. Resident Sumeyra Ergin Felek recorded dramatic video on her phone. It shows the rushing water, which engulfed the town within minutes. Houses on the river bed are caught in the floodwaters within seconds, and a person trying to protect his car from the fast-moving water disappears into the water. A statement from the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD)…
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In the face of a fourth wave of COVID-19 caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Israel is now offering a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to fully vaccinated people over 50. The first country in the world to make such a decision, Israel also was the first to make the Pfizer vaccination available to residents 16 and over, in December 2020. It was the first to vaccinate 12- to 15-year-olds; the first to offer a booster shot to people who are immunocompromised; and the first to offer the third shot to those 60 and over, on…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The memorial service for legendary Florida State University head coach Bobby Bowden was nothing short of a celebration. Generations of football players and coaches joined his family over the weekend to honor a man whose life was dedicated to faith, family and football. Only Bowden, who died at age 91 pancreatic cancer on Aug. 8 of, could have had a service led by a 12-year NFL veteran and a Southern Baptist pastor and music that went from “Oh Happy Day” by the Florida A&M gospel choir to the school’s war chant played by the FSU Marching Chiefs. “We…
Hundreds of deep-water sharks and the largest concentration of deep-sea shark eggs ever found were recently discovered off the coast near Tel Aviv, in what is one of the most significant discoveries of marine habitats in Israel. The hotspot that was found in the lowest layer of the ocean, just above the seabed, might be the region’s largest mating location for deep-sea sharks. It was revealed following years of geo-mapping beneath the ocean’s surface and long-term collaboration between the University of Haifa, the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences…
Juan Manuel Marquez’s right floored southpaw Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao once each in the third and last round of his welterweight sixth-round knockout victory in December 2012. A similar scenario played out for Yordenis “54 Miracles” Ugas during a fourth-round TKO win in September 2016, his right dropping left-hander Bryant Perrella in the first and final rounds. While Marquez left Pacquiao face-down and out cold, improving to 1–2–1 against his fallen foe, Ugas hammered a defenseless Perrella — who entered at 14–0 (11 knockouts) — with unanswered head and body blows in a corner of the ring to force a…
WASHINGTON — Whether it’s the fabrication of semiconductors or solar panels, mining of critical minerals, or even allegations of human-rights abuse, business and governments around the world are taking a hard look at their supply chains. Changes are coming, with some industries feeling the most pressure to secure their materials, and corporations preparing for the impacts both in prices and taxes. Here’s what corporate executives should know about global supply chains and how they will have a larger impact on the economy. Spurred by the supply chain issues that the COVID-19 pandemic presented — when the U.S. and other countries faced…
The world’s attention in February was focused on COVID-19 experimental drugs. By April, with the worldwide vaccine campaign in full swing, COVID treatments didn’t seem important anymore. Now that it’s understood that the virus isn’t going away despite vaccines, COVID drugs are back on the front burner. “Just two months ago, interest in COVID therapeutics was done. Everyone thought it was over because the vaccines were working well. And then Delta came along,” said Shai Novik, executive chairman of Enlivex Therapeutics. Shai Novik, executive chairman of Enlivex Therapeutics. (Courtesy of Enliven)Novik said the large number of unvaccinated people in the world…
A middle-lane motorist whose car is missing a front tire was captured on camera driving along a busy highway in Majorca, the largest island in the Balearic Islands of Spain. The incident was filmed on the three-lane MA-13 motorway near the town of Inca earlier this month. A driver came across a motorist on the highway who was hogging the middle lane in a compact Citroën C3 with damage to its front, and the front right-side wheel was missing. The video was posted on SocialDrive, an app that gives motorists up-to-date information on road accidents and other traffic concerns. In…
An unexploded bomb dropped by the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II is not a threat to anyone now. The bomb, which was discovered during excavation at a construction site near a former Nazi tank factory in St. Valentin, Lower Austria, weighed an estimated 1,102 pounds. It was unearthed on Aug. 10, detonated by Federal Army experts and removed. The explosive was an M100 fuse bomb, according to ammunition recovery company EOD Munitionsbergung. The Federal Army defused the bomb by removing the rear detonator. (EOD Munitionsbergung/Zenger)Stefan Plainer, EOD Munitionsbergung’s managing director, said St. Valentin was bombed at least…
NEW YORK — As the Big Apple gets ready to require proof of vaccination for indoor dining, gyms and performance venues, many New York City residents are already feeling the bite. Veronica Kwabla, who lives in Brooklyn, said she postponed dining out with friends last weekend, even though they are all vaccinated. “We didn’t think it would be good to dine indoors when we don’t know if the customers there are vaccinated or not.” She said the vaccine mandate will not be good for restaurant owners “who have already lost a lot during the pandemic when we all decided to stay…