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Ethiopian Airlines partners with PressReader to “further enrich inflight entertainment”
Share on LinkedInLinkedIn Share on TwitterTwitter Share on FacebookFacebook Share on RedditReddit Share on FlipboardFlipboard Share on TumblrTumblr Share via EmailGmail Share on WhatsAppWhatsApp Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with PressReader to...

10th Meeting of Culture and Tourism Ministers of Turkic States held in Ankara
Today, the 10th Meeting of Culture and Tourism Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) is taking place in Ankara, Turkiye, Azernews reports. The event is being hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, with participation...

Lawrence Shankland speaks about his Hearts contract saga, fitness & current headspace as he targets 100 goals
Scotland striker is ready for Tynecastle life in season 2025/26 Weeks and weeks of back-and-forth negotiating between Hearts, Lawrence Shankland and his agents created something approaching mass hysteria. Club officials stood firm, Shankland...

‘Cinema Jazireh’: An Afghan Woman Looking for a Loved One Must Transform Herself (KVIFF Trailer)
The threat of death lurks around every corner in Cinema Jazireh, whether in the form of the Taliban or the desert. The second feature from Turkey’s Gözde Kural (Dust) is set in Afghanistan and will world premiere on Thursday as one of the 12...

Sports News | Five Indians Book Final Berths at World Boxing Cup
Astana (Kazakhstan), Jul 5 (PTI) Meenakshi, Sakshi, Pooja Rani, Hitesh Gulia and Jugnoo registered convincing victories to reach the finals of their respective weight categories at the World Boxing Cup, here on Saturday. India's boxing contingent...

Turkey blocks 46 crypto site in major crackdown
Turkey’s financial regulator has unleashed one of its most sweeping crackdowns yet on the cryptocurrency sector. Turkey’s Capital Markets Board (CMB) has reportedly blocked access to 46 crypto websites, including the second-largest global...

Turkey investigations Spotify for anti-competitive practices
Turkey's competition commission has decided to investigate the online music streaming service Spotify for anti-competitive practices. The commission claims that Spotify's strategies and policies have an anti-competitive impact on the music...

Turkish teams rival Sunderland’s interest in Lyon’s Georges Mikautadze
4Sunderland are interested in Olympique Lyonnais forward Georges Mikautadze (24), however, they aren’t the only club in the race, as Foot Mercato have revealed. Whilst there will not be a fire sale at Lyon following the DNCG’s confirmation of the...

What Australia must do to overturn objections for WA rock art to attain UN heritage status
The federal government is in the final throes of a lobbying campaign to secure UN world heritage status for a globally significant rock art site in Western Australia.The federal environment minister, Murray Watt, will be in Paris this week to...

June's best tunes: 'Monthly Music Recap' from the KAXE Music Team
Good things come in threes: when bowling it's a turkey, when you strike your opponent out, the three amigos and trilogies. Now the KAXE Music Team, aka the Three Musketeers, needs to decide what it means when we all choose the same album in our...

In Ephesus, Turkey, concert of Italian classical music
The Italian trio formed by soprano Sara Minieri, tenor Lorenzo Martelli and pianist Nicoletta Conti gave a concert that evoked the excellence of Italian classical music at the Library of Celsio, among the best-known examples of classical Roman...

1,500-Year-Old Byzantine Mosaic Uncovered in Ancient City of Dara in Turkey
Ruins of a rock-cut building in Dara, Mardin, Turkey. CreditL Nevit Dilmen / CC BY-SA 3.0 Archaeologists have uncovered a nearly intact 1,500-year-old Byzantine mosaic in the ancient city of Dara (Greek: Δάρας), located in the Artuklu district of...

Turkish celebrity manager faces 30-year sentence despite medical report warning of risk of death in prison
Ayşe Barım, a well-known manager of Turkish television stars who faces up to 30 years in prison on charges of “attempting to overthrow the government” due to her alleged role in the anti-government Gezi Park protests in 2013 is at risk of dying if...

Turkish president says Israel's increasingly aggressive policies threatening regional peace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization in Khankendi, Azerbaijan on July 4, 2025. Israel's increasingly aggressive policies under its current administration are threatening peace and...

Inspiring art galleries, museums and cool creative studios to visit around the world
Exciting art spaces, museums, and studios go hand in hand with travel, since they’re filled with thought-provoking images and displays that comment on identity, culture, history, and self. Often free to visit, and found in pretty much every city...

Viral TikTok Video Looks at Best Movies Set in Various Iowa Towns
A very cool, viral TikTok video has been making the rounds showing a plethora of films set in various Iowa towns. Full disclosure: just because a movie was set in a location doesn't mean it was filmed there. No less, Iowa is obviously not the...
Top Turkish officials to visit Pakistan Wednesday, source says
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s foreign and defence ministers will visit Pakistan on Wednesday for talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to discuss bilateral ties, regional issues, and defence industry cooperation, a Turkish diplomatic source said...

Sony strikes hard with a Karate Kid Ultimate 6-Movie 4K Blu-ray set
Karate Kid: Legends is now available on digital, but Blu-ray.com is reporting that Sony has announced a special 6-movie Karate Kid film collection that will be on 4K Blu-ray. You can own The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, The Karate Kid Part...

Sports News | Nupur Storms into Final, Abhinash Enters Semis at World Boxing Cup
Astana, Jul 4 (PTI) India's medal tally at the World Boxing Cup in Astana continued to swell with Nupur (80+kg) advancing to the final and Abhinash Jamwal (65kg) entering the semifinals on Friday. Nupur produced a dominant performance in her...

Sports News | Nupur Storms into Final, Abhinash Jamwal Secures Semi-final Spot at World Boxing Cup 2025
Astana [Kazakhstan], July 4 (ANI): India's medal count at the World Boxing Cup in Kazakhstan 2025 continued to grow as Nupur (80+kg) advanced to the final, while Abhinash Jamwal (65kg) secured his place in the semifinals on Friday. Nupur delivered...