Now let’s take a look at the important events that took place in the countries of the world today.
A rapidly warming Asia; World Meteorological Center warning
The Asian region is warming faster than the global average, and economic losses from extreme weather events such as floods and droughts are expected to exceed USD 35 billion by 2021, including at least USD 7.5 billion in India, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). .
Asia’s average temperature in 2021 was 0.86°C higher than the average for the 1981–2010 period. The global average temperature in 2021 was about 0.42 degrees Celsius higher than the 1981-2010 period, according to WMO’s Asia Climate Report.
For regional warming, WMO does not use a pre-industrial reference period to measure temperature increase due to insufficient data. Temperature rises are instead compared to recent 30-year reference periods.
Bombing in Turkish capital; 6 people died
Police in the Turkish capital Istanbul arrested 46 people on Monday in connection with a bombing on the city’s main pedestrian thoroughfare, Istiklal Avenue, news agency Reuters reported. This includes Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian woman who is suspected of having planted the bomb.
During the initial investigation, police said the woman said she was trained by Kurdish fighters in Syria and entered Turkey through the Afrin region of northwestern Syria.
The explosion occurred around 4:13 pm (1313 GMT), killing six Turkish residents. Others on the busy street before the attack fled the scene as ambulances and police vans arrived.
Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu blamed Kurdish fighters from Kobani for the attack on Istanbul. “We have assessed that the instruction for the attack came from Kobani,” he said. Kobani is a city in northern Syria where Turkish forces have been conducting operations against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia for the past years.
A village for sale in Spain
Spain has found a solution to repopulating a village abandoned 30 years ago: putting it up for sale.
According to the BBC, the village of Salto de Castro in northwestern Spain is up for sale for €260,000, roughly Rs. 2.1 crores. The village has 44 houses, a hotel, a church, a school, a municipal swimming pool and a building that once housed the Civil Guard.
Located on the Spain-Portugal border and three hours by road from Madrid, the village was abandoned three decades ago. The listing of the property on the Idealista website states that the property is in need of renovation. Owner Romuald Rodriguez has said, “I am selling because I am an urbanite and cannot take care of an inheritance or donation.”
Country singer receives $100 million gift from Amazon founder
Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton has been awarded $100 million with the “Bezos Courage & Civility Award” presented by Amazon.com founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos. The award is presented “as an honor recognizing leaders who pursue solutions with courage and civility”.
Jeff Bezos, owner of the space rocket company Blue Origin, announced the award Friday along with his longtime partner, Lauren Sanchez.
Lauren Sanchez said on Instagram that Dolly Parton is “a woman who gives with her heart and leads with love and compassion in every aspect of her work.”
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