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7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey and Syria: death toll continues to rise, over 912 people killed

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StePh Deschamps / February 6, 2023

The death toll from Monday’s powerful earthquake on the Syria-Turkey border is rising sharply as rescue services in different parts of the two countries clear the rubble.

 

France is “ready to provide emergency aid to the people” in Turkey and Syria after the violent earthquake that killed hundreds of people in both countries, said Emmanuel Macron. “Terrible images come to us from Turkey and Syria after an earthquake of unprecedented force,” the French president reacted on Twitter. “Our thoughts are with the bereaved families. »

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The European Union has sent relief teams to Turkey, hit by a massive earthquake that is also affecting Syria, European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic announced Monday. “Following this morning’s earthquake in Turkey, we have activated the EU’s civil protection mechanism. The EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre is coordinating the deployment of European rescue teams. Teams from the Netherlands and Romania are already on their way,” the EU official tweeted. This assistance is in response to a request from Turkey, said a Commission spokesman.

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered his condolences to the Turkish and Syrian leaders and assured that Moscow was ready to provide assistance after the earthquake that killed hundreds of people in Syria and Turkey.

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According to a statement issued by the Kremlin, Putin offered Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan his “sincere condolences” and assured that Russia was ready to “provide the necessary assistance. In another statement, addressed to Bashar al-Assad, he expressed his “sadness” and offered “all necessary assistance” from Moscow after this disaster.

 

The loss of life is incalculable. At the time of writing, nearly 912 people have died and over 5,000 are injured. Turkey and Syria are facing a devastating earthquake.

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On the real estate front, the damage is also significant. According to the first findings, nearly 1,800 buildings have collapsed. Later, there were nearly 2,800 buildings.

 

Among the collapses, the castle of Gaziantep, symbol of the Turkish city, is no more.

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At least 63 employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees killed in Gaza

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Eva Deschamps / October 31, 2023

Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 63 employees of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) have already lost their lives in the Gaza Strip. Ten aid workers have been killed in the last 72 hours, according to this new toll released by the agency on its website on Monday.
 
At least 22 UNRWA staff were also injured. Since October 7, 44 UNRWA facilities have also been destroyed. Of its 22 health centers, only nine are still operational, the UN agency said, warning that the provision of health care is made even more difficult by the very low fuel supply.
 
The UN agency had previously reported that several of its warehouses had been looted. “Due to the very limited aid available and overcrowded shelters, growing tensions are being reported within the displaced communities,” it stressed. Some 672,000 refugees are living in 149 UNRWA facilities across the Gaza Strip, “in increasingly difficult conditions”. “The ability to provide vital assistance was further hampered by the 36-hour communications blackout between October 27 and 29”, UNRWA added.
 
In all, an estimated 1.4 million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip. Over 120,000 of them have taken refuge in public buildings such as hospitals and schools.
 
“The aid currently available is insufficient to meet the most basic needs of displaced people and the communities hosting them”, warns the UN agency.
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Mouse embryos grown in space for the first time

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Sylvie Claire / October 31, 2023

This research into mammal reproduction in space could prove crucial for future solar system exploration missions.
 
Mouse embryos were grown on board the International Space Station (ISS) and developed normally, according to a Japanese study published in the scientific journal “iScience” on Saturday, October 28.
 
This is “the very first study to show that mammals might be able to thrive in space”, claim Yamanashi University and the Riken National Research Institute.
 
The researchers, including Teruhiko Wakayama, a professor at Yamanashi University’s Center for Advanced Biotechnology, and a team from the Japanese space agency Jaxa, sent frozen mouse embryos aboard a rocket to the ISS in August 2021. The astronauts thawed the embryos at an early stage, using a specially designed device, and cultured them on board the station for four days.
 
The experiment “clearly demonstrated that gravity had no significant effect”, noted the researchers. After analyzing the blastocysts (cells that develop into fetuses and placentas) that were returned to their laboratories on Earth, they observed no particular changes in the state of DNA and genes.
 
“In the future, it will be necessary to transplant blastocysts grown in microgravity on the ISS into mice to see if the mice can give birth,” in order to confirm that the blastocysts are normal, say Yamanashi University and the Riken Institute.
 
This research could prove crucial for future space exploration and colonization missions. As part of its Artemis program, NASA plans to send humans back to the Moon to learn how to live there in the long term, and to prepare for a trip to Mars in the late 2030s.

 

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Bobi, the world’s oldest dog, died aged 31

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Steph Deschamps / October 25, 2023

The world’s oldest dog died last weekend in Portugal. Bobi, a purebred Rafeiro de l’Alentejo, was 31 years and 165 days old, reports the British public broadcaster BBC on Monday.
 
Last February, Bobi entered the Guinness Book of Records as not only the oldest living dog, but also the oldest dog of all time.
 
The old record had been held for almost 100 years by Bluey from Australia. He died in 1939 at the age of 29 years and five months.
Bobi has spent his entire life with the Costa family in the village of Conqueiros, near the west coast of Portugal.
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